Schizodactylidae Temporal range:
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Schizodactylus monstrosus from Rajasthan | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]