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. T. B. Fletcher notes that one captive individual did not feed on any vegetable matter. Fossils are known since the Early Cretaceous.
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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. T. B. Fletcher notes that one captive individual did not feed on any vegetable matter. Fossils are known since the Early Cretaceous.
==Taxonomy== One extinct and two extant genera in the subfamily Schizodactylinae are included: †Brauckmannia Martins-Neto, 2007 monotypic †B. groeningae Martins-Neto, 2007 Crato Formation, Brazil, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Comicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 - type species ===Schizodactylus=== Authority: Brullé, 1835; distribution: mainland Asia Schizodactylus brevinotus Ingrisch, 2002 Schizodactylus burmanus Uvarov, 1935 Schizodactylus hesperus Bei-Bienko, 1967 Schizodactylus inexspectatus (Werner, F., 1901) Schizodactylus jimo He, 2021 Schizodactylus minor Ander, 1938 Schizodactylus monstrosus (Drury, 1773) - type species (as Gryllus monstrosus Drury) Schizodactylus salweenensis Dawwrueng et al., 2018 Schizodactylus tuberculatus Ander, 1938
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