African sandhopper
Appearance
African sandhopper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Tridactylidae |
Genus: | Afrotridactylus |
Species: | A. usambaricus
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Binomial name | |
Afrotridactylus usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1910)
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Subspecies | |
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Synonyms | |
Tridactylus usambaricus Sjöstedt, 1910 |
The African sandhopper (Afrotridactylus usambaricus) is a species of pygmy mole cricket found throughout Africa south of the Sahara Desert. It prefers sandy or muddy open river banks. It has been recorded from Niokolo-Koba National Park in Senegal.
References
[edit]- ^ Hochkirch, A. (2014). "Afrotridactylus usambaricus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19675432A19681765. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19675432A19681765.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Günther, Kurt K. (1994). "Afrotridactylus gen. n., eine neue afrikanische Gattung der Familie Tridactylidae, einschließlich der Beschreibung neuer Arten (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea) 'Afrotridactylus gen. n., a new African genus of the family Tridactylidae with descriptions of new species (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 41 (2): 261–298. doi:10.1002/mmnd.19940410202.