Tridactylus Explained

Tridactylus^[1] is a genus of pygmy mole crickets, with species recorded from Africa, India, Indo-China and Australia.^[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:^[2]

• 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

1. Olivier GA (1789) Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes 4: 26.
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1100311 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 20 August 2020)

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External links

• • Cedarcreek.umn.edu: Tridactylus sp.