Biology:Tridactylus

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Short description: Genus of Caelifera

Tridactylus
Tridactylus sp. (Kruger NP, South Africa)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tridactylidae
Subfamily: Tridactylinae
Genus: Tridactylus
Olivier, 1789
Synonyms
  • Heteropus Palisot de Beauvois, 1805
  • Trydactylus Salfi, 1935

Tridactylus[1][2] is a genus of pygmy mole crickets, with species recorded from Africa, India, Indo-China and Australia.[3]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:[3]

  • Tridactylus angustus Günther, 1995
  • Tridactylus australicus Mjoberg, 1913
  • Tridactylus berlandi Chopard, 1920
  • Tridactylus bijakherensis Gupta, Shi & Chandra, 2018
  • Tridactylus fossor Fabricius, 1798
  • Tridactylus major Scudder, 1869
  • Tridactylus paradoxus Latreille, 1802 - type species (locality Dieke, Guinea)
  • Tridactylus thoracicus Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • Tridactylus tithonus Blackith & Blackith, 1979

Note: species such as T. capensis and T. peruvianus Chopard, previously placed here, are now in similar genera such as Ellipes and Xya.

References

  1. ↑ Olivier GA (1789) Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes 4: 26.
  2. ↑ Roskov Y.; Kunze T. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". in Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/tridactylus/match/1. Retrieved 6 October 2018. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 20 August 2020)

Wikidata ☰ Q10703422 entry