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Tridactylus
Tridactylus sp. (Kruger NP, South Africa)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Tridactylidae
Subfamily:	Tridactylinae
Genus:	Tridactylus Olivier, 1789
Synonyms
Heteropus Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 Trydactylus Salfi, 1935

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

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

• 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. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
3. ^ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 20 August 2020)

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Tridactylus at Wikimedia Commons
• Cedarcreek.umn.edu: Tridactylus sp.

• Tridactylidae
• Orthoptera genera