Schizodactylidae


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 Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 - '''type species'''

''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
  5. Schizodactylus jimo He, 2021
  6. Schizodactylus minor Ander, 1938
  7. Schizodactylus monstrosus - type species
  8. Schizodactylus salweenensis Dawwrueng et al., 2018
  9. Schizodactylus tuberculatus Ander, 1938