Gryllotalpa africana
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| Gryllotalpa africana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Gryllotalpidae |
| Genus: | Gryllotalpa |
| Species: | G. africana |
| Binomial name | |
| Gryllotalpa africana (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) | |
Gryllotalpa africana, also known as the African mole cricket, is a relatively small mole cricket species, native to Africa, but local populations exist in Asia, and southern Europe.
It is now understood that G. africana is a species complex that may include cryptic species. These cryptic species can be distinguished only by their song patterns. There are two subspecies of G. africana; the Orthoptera Species File[1] lists:
- Gryllotalpa africana Palisot de Beauvois, 1805
- G. africana africana Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 (Africa, Portugal, Indian Subcontinent)
- G. africana microphtalma Chopard, 1936 (Senegal)
- Gryllotalpa bulla Townsend, 1983
- Gryllotalpa debilis Gerstaecker, 1869
- Gryllotalpa devia Saussure, 1877
- Gryllotalpa robusta Townsend, 1983
- Gryllotalpa rufescens Chopard, 1948
