Biology:Zabalius apicalis

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Short description: Species of cricket-like animal

Zabalius apicalis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae
Genus: Zabalius
Species:
Z. apicalis
Binomial name
Zabalius apicalis
(Bolívar, 1886)

Zabalius apicalis is a species of katydid, native to Africa.[1]

The animal lays eggs in water with an incubation period of 18 days,[1] Males moult six times and reach adulthood at about 55 days,[1] and females moult seven times and reach adulthood at about 65 days[1]

Embryos take longer to develop the hotter they are[1] and do not develop above 30.5 degrees Celsius (86.9 Fahrenheit)[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Eluwa, M.C. (1975). "Studies on the life history of the African bush-cricket Zabalius apicalis Bolivar (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)". Journal of Natural History 9: 33–39. doi:10.1080/00222937500770031. 

Wikidata ☰ Q8063433 entry