Tridactylus[1][2] is a genus of pygmy mole crickets, with species recorded from Africa, India, Indo-China and Australia.[3]
| Tridactylus | |
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| Tridactylus sp. (Kruger NP, South Africa) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Tridactylidae |
| Subfamily: | Tridactylinae |
| Genus: | Tridactylus Olivier, 1789 |
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Species
editThe 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
edit- ↑ Olivier GA (1789) Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes 4: 26.
- ↑ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 20 August 2020)
External links
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Media related to Tridactylus at Wikimedia Commons- Cedarcreek.umn.edu: Tridactylus sp.
