Acanthoproctus diadematus

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Tettigoniidae
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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

Acanthoproctus diadematus (Namibia katydid) 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. ^ a b 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.