Schizodactylus monstrosus
| Schizodactylus monstrosus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Family: | Schizodactylidae |
| Genus: | Schizodactylus |
| Species: | S. monstrosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizodactylus monstrosus (Drury, 1773) | |
Schizodactylus monstrosus is a species of large cricket found in Asia. It is found mainly in sandy habitats and has large flattened tarsal extensions and wings that are curled at the tip.[1] They are nocturnal and show a high degree of variation in activity during the day and night.[2] They are known to be cannibalistic in captivity as adults as well as nymphs.[3][4]
The preferred habitats is along the sandy banks of rivers.[5][6] The splayed and flattened appendages on the tarsi is presumed to be an adaptation to sandy soils where they dig deep burrows. It has been noted that a closely related species S. inexpectatus is carnivorous and this species is also expected to be carnivorous.[7] T B Fletcher declared that an individual in captivity did not feed on any vegetable matter.[8][9]
These crickets are favourite food for many tribes in Arunachal Pradesh.[10]
References
- ↑ McClung, C. E. (1933). "The chromosomes of schizodactylus monstrosus". Journal of Morphology 55: 185. doi:10.1002/jmor.1050550111.
- ↑ Islam, A. (1982). "Diurnal rhythm of hemocyte population in an insect,Schizodactylus monstrosus Drury". Experientia 38: 567. doi:10.1007/BF02327052.
- ↑ Choudhuri, D.K. and Bagh, R.K. (1974). "On the Sub-social Behaviour and Cannibalism in Schizodactylus monstrosus (Orthoptera: Schizodactylidae)". Rev. Ecol. Biol. Sol. 11: 569–573.
- ↑ Khattar, N. (1972). "A description of the adult and the nymphal stages of Schizodactylus monstrosus (Drury) (Orthoptera)". J. Nat. Hist. 6: 589–600. doi:10.1080/00222937200770521.
- ↑ A K Hazra, R S Barman, S K Mondal and D K Choudhuri (1983). "Population ecology of Schizodactylus monstrosus (Drury) (Orthoptera) along the sand bed of Damodar river, West Bengal, India". Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences 92: 453–466.
- ↑ Hazra, A.K. and Tandon, S.K. (1991). "Ecology and Behaviour of a Sand Burrowing Insect, Schizodactylus monstrosus (Orthoptera: Schizodactylidae)". Advances in Management and Conservation of Soil Fauna (Eds: G.K. Veeresh, D. Rajagopal and C.A. Viraktamath). pp. 805–809.
- ↑ "The Biology, Nymphal Stages, and Life Habits of the Endemic Sand Dune Cricket Schizodactylus inexpectatus (Werner, 1901) (Orthoptera: Schizodactylidae)". Turk. J. Zool. 32: 427–432. 2008.
- ↑ "The Biology, Nymphal Stages, and Life Habits of the Endemic Sand Dune Cricket Schizodactylus inexpectatus (Werner, 1901) (Orthoptera: Schizodactylidae)". Turk. J. Zool. 32: 427–432. 2008.
- ↑ Fletcher, T. B. (1914). Some South Indian Insects. Government Press, Madras.
- ↑ Chakravorty, Jharna (2009). Entomophagy, an ethnic cultural attribute to control increased insect population due to global climate change:A case study. 7th International Science Conference on Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, Bonn.