Pseudomogoplistes squamiger
Pseudomogoplistes squamiger, the scaly cricket, is a species of apterous cricket in the family Mogoplistidae. Long known in the genus Mogoplistes it was placed this genus, for which it became the type species, by AV Gorochov in 1984.[2]
| Pseudomogoplistes squamiger | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Mogoplistidae |
| Subfamily: | Mogoplistinae |
| Tribe: | Arachnocephalini |
| Genus: | Pseudomogoplistes |
| Species: | P. squamiger |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudomogoplistes squamiger | |
| Synonyms | |
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Habitat and Distribution
Usually found near the sea on pebble beaches,[3] its native range is especially in southern Europe and northern Africa,[4] but since the 1960s it has been recorded from Dorset, later found in Devon[5] in the British Isles[3]
References
- Fischer. 1853. Orthoptera Europaea 173
- Gorochov AV (1984) Zool. Zhur. 63(11): 1650.
- Ragge DR (1965). Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles. F Warne & Co, London. p. 299.
- Cigliano, M.M., H. Braun, D.C. Eades & D. Otte. "species Pseudomogoplistes squamiger (Fischer, 1853)". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) - Sutton PG, Cooper PD (1999) The scaly cricket Pseudomogoplistes squamiger Fischer (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) in Devonshire: discovery of a second British colony, Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, London (Ent. Monthly Mag.) 135(1624-7):241-242
See also
- iNaturalist: image as the "Mediterranean Beach-Cricket"
- List of Orthoptera and allied insects of Great Britain
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