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Acanthoproctus diadematus

Tettigoniidae
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
Synonyms
  • Acanthoproctus coronatus
    Karney, 1910
  • Acanthoproctus ibex
    Pictet, 1888
  • Hetrodes crassipes
    Walker, F., 1869
  • Hetrodes diadematus
    Stål, 1858

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.



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