Schizodactylidae

Schizodactylidae
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Recent
Schizodactylus monstrosus from Rajasthan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Superfamily: Schizodactyloidea
Family: Schizodactylidae
Karny, 1927
Synonyms
  • Brauckmanniidae Martins-Neto 2007
  • Comicinae Ander, 1939
  • Schizodactylini Blanchard, 1845

Schizodactylidae is a family of orthopteran insects found in Asia and southern Africa, known as dune crickets or splay-footed crickets. They are usually found in desert and sandy areas. Species are predatory, including Schizodactylus inexspectatus. T. B. Fletcher notes that one captive individual did not feed on any vegetable matter. Fossils are known since the Early Cretaceous.

Taxonomy

One extinct and two extant genera in the subfamily Schizodactylinae are included:

†Brauckmannia Martins-Neto, 2007
Comicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888

Schizodactylus

Authority: Brullé, 1835; distribution: mainland Asia

  1. Schizodactylus brevinotus Ingrisch, 2002
  2. Schizodactylus burmanus Uvarov, 1935
  3. Schizodactylus hesperus Bei-Bienko, 1967
  4. Schizodactylus inexspectatus (Werner, F., 1901)
  5. Schizodactylus jimo He, 2021
  6. Schizodactylus minor Ander, 1938
  7. Schizodactylus monstrosus (Drury, 1773) - type species (as Gryllus monstrosus Drury)
  8. Schizodactylus salweenensis Dawwrueng et al., 2018
  9. Schizodactylus tuberculatus Ander, 1938

References

  1. ↑ "Genus Comicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Orthoptera Species File".
  2. ↑ Gökhan Aydin & Andrey Khomutov (2008). "The biology, nymphal stages, and life habits of the endemic sand dune cricket Schizodactylus inexpectatus (Werner, 1901) (Orthoptera: Schizodactylidae)" (PDF). Turkish Journal of Zoology. 32: 427–432. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  3. ↑ Fletcher, T. B. (1914) Some South Indian Insects. By Superintendent Government Press, Madras.
  4. ↑ Heads, Sam; Leuzinger, Léa (2011-01-26). "On the placement of the Cretaceous orthopteran Brauckmannia groeningae from Brazil, with notes on the relationships of Schizodactylidae (Orthoptera, Ensifera)". ZooKeys (77): 17–30. Bibcode:2011ZooK...77...17H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.77.769. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3088056. PMID 21594149.
  5. ↑ "Genus Schizodactylus Brullé, 1835: Orthoptera Species File".