| Schizodactylidae Temporal range:
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| Schizodactylus monstrosus from Rajasthan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Superfamily: | Schizodactyloidea |
| Family: | Schizodactylidae Karny, 1927 |
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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]
- ^ "Genus Comicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Orthoptera Species File".
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2011ZooK...77...17H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.77.769. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3088056. PMID 21594149.