Acanthoproctus diadematus

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]

Tettigoniidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Orthoptera
Suborder:
Ensifera
Superfamily:
Tettigonioidea
Family:
Tettigoniidae
Genus:
Acanthoproctus
Species:
A. diadematus
Binomial name
Acanthoproctus diadematus
Stål, 1858
Synonyms
  • Acanthoproctus coronatus
    Karney, 1910
  • Acanthoproctus ibex
    Pictet, 1888
  • Hetrodes crassipes
    Walker, F., 1869
  • Hetrodes diadematus
    Stål, 1858

References
  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. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-10-10.


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