Tettigoniidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Superfamily: | Tettigonioidea |
Family: | Tettigoniidae |
Genus: | Acanthoproctus |
Species: | A. diadematus |
Binomial name | |
Acanthoproctus diadematus Stål, 1858 |
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Acanthoproctus diadematus (Namibia katydid) is an armoured katydid, bush-cricket, or ground cricket endemic to the Namib Desert of southern Africa, where it lives in the tall sand dunes along the Kuiseb River in Namib-Naukluft National Park. The katydid feeds on the !nara melon endemic to the area.