Schizodactylidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Orthoptera
Subordo: Ensifera
Superfamilia: Schizodactyloidea

Familia: Schizodactylidae
Subfamiliae: Comicinae - Schizodactylinae
Name

Schizodactylidae Blanchard, 1845

Synonyms

Brauckmanniidae Martins-Neto, 2007
Authority for synonymy: Heads & Leuzinger, 2011: 20 ('syn. n.')

References

Heads, S.W.; Leuzinger, L. 2011: On the placement of the Cretaceous orthopteran Brauckmannia groeningae from Brazil, with notes on the relationships of Schizodactylidae (Orthoptera, Ensifera). ZooKeys, 77: 17–30. ISSN: 1313-2970 (online) ISSN: 1313-2989 (print) DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.77.769

Vernacular names
English: dune crickets

Schizodactylidae is a family of orthopteran insects found in Asia and Africa, known as dune crickets or splay-footed crickets. They are usually found in desert and sandy areas. Species are predatory, including Schizodactylus inexspectatus.[1] T. B. Fletcher notes that one captive individual did not feed on any vegetable matter.[2] Fossils are known since the Early Cretaceous.[3]
Taxonomy

Two subfamilies and 20 species are included:

Comicinae [4]
Comicus arenarius Ramme, 1931
Comicus cabonegrus Irish, 1986
Comicus calaharicus Irish, 1986
Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986
Comicus campestris Irish, 1986
Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888
Comicus carnalli Irish, 1995
Comicus cavillorus Irish, 1986
Comicus myburghi Gorochov, 2021
Comicus namibicus Gorochov, 2021
Comicus orangensis Gorochov, 2021
Schizodactylinae [5]
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)
Schizodactylus salweenensis Dawwrueng et al., 2018
Schizodactylus tuberculatus Ander, 1938
†Schizodactylus groeningae (Martins-Neto, 2007) Crato Formation, Brazil, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

References

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.
Fletcher, T. B. (1914) Some South Indian Insects. By Superintendent Government Press, Madras.
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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.77.769. ISSN 1313-2970.
"Genus Comicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Orthoptera Species File".
"Genus Schizodactylus Brullé, 1835: Orthoptera Species File".