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'''Schizodactylidae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[orthoptera]]n [[insect]]s found in Asia and southern Africa, known as '''dune crickets''' or '''splay-footed crickets'''. They are usually found in desert and sandy areas. Species are predatory, including ''[[Schizodactylus inexspectatus]]''.<ref name="Aydin">{{cite journal |author=Gökhan Aydin & Andrey Khomutov |year=2008 |title=The biology, nymphal stages, and life habits of the endemic sand dune cricket ''Schizodactylus inexpectatus'' (Werner, 1901) (Orthoptera: Schizodactylidae) |journal=[[Turkish Journal of Zoology]] |volume=32 |pages=427–432 |url=http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/issues/zoo-08-32-4/zoo-32-4-10-0708-5.pdf }}</ref> [[Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher|T. B. Fletcher]] notes that one captive individual did not feed on any vegetable matter.<ref>Fletcher, T. B. (1914) Some South Indian Insects. By Superintendent Government Press, Madras.</ref> Fossils are known since the [[Early Cretaceous]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Heads|first1=Sam|last2=Leuzinger|first2=Léa|date=2011-01-26|title=On the placement of the Cretaceous orthopteran Brauckmannia groeningae from Brazil, with notes on the relationships of Schizodactylidae (Orthoptera, Ensifera)|url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2537/|journal=ZooKeys|language=en|issue=77|pages=17–30|doi=10.3897/zookeys.77.769|issn=1313-2970|doi-access=free|pmid=21594149 |pmc=3088056|bibcode=2011ZooK...77...17H }}</ref>
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