Biology:Acanthoproctus diadematus
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Short description: Species of cricket-like animal
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Genus: | Acanthoproctus |
| Species: | A. diadematus
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| Acanthoproctus diadematus Stål, 1858
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Acanthoproctus diadematus (Namibia katydid or Nara cricket) is an armoured katydid, bush-cricket, or ground cricket endemic to the Namib Desert of southern Africa, where it lives in the tall sand dunes along the Kuiseb River in Namib-Naukluft National Park.[1] The katydid feeds on the !nara melon endemic to the area.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conti, E.; Viglianisi, F.M. (2005). "Ecology of the calling song of two Namibian armoured ground crickets, Acanthoplus longipes and Acanthoproctus diadematus (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Hetrodinae)". Ethology Ecology & Evolution 17: 261–269. doi:10.1080/08927014.2005.9522596. http://ejour-fup.unifi.it/index.php/eee/article/view/1045/991. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
Wikidata ☰ Q4672018 entry
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