Schizodactylidae
Family of cricket-like animals
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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.[2] T. B. Fletcher notes that one captive individual did not feed on any vegetable matter.[3] Fossils are known since the Early Cretaceous.[4]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Superfamily: | Schizodactyloidea |
| Family: | Schizodactylidae Karny, 1927 |
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Taxonomy
One extinct and two extant genera in the subfamily Schizodactylinae[5] are included:
- †Brauckmannia Martins-Neto, 2007
- monotypic †B. groeningae Martins-Neto, 2007 Crato Formation, Brazil, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- Comicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888
- Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 - type species
Schizodactylus
Authority: Brullé, 1835; distribution: mainland Asia
- Schizodactylus brevinotus Ingrisch, 2002
- Schizodactylus burmanus Uvarov, 1935
- Schizodactylus hesperus Bei-Bienko, 1967
- Schizodactylus inexspectatus (Werner, F., 1901)
- Schizodactylus jimo He, 2021
- Schizodactylus minor Ander, 1938
- Schizodactylus monstrosus (Drury, 1773) - type species (as Gryllus monstrosus Drury)
- Schizodactylus salweenensis Dawwrueng et al., 2018
- Schizodactylus tuberculatus Ander, 1938