| Schizodactylidae
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| Schizodactylus monstrosus from Rajasthan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Superfamily: | Schizodactyloidea |
| Family: | Schizodactylidae Karny, 1927 |
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Schizodactylidae is a familyoforthopteran insects found in Asia and southern Africa, known as dune cricketsorsplay-footed crickets. They are usually found in desert and sandy areas. Species are predatory, including Schizodactylus inexspectatus.[2] T. B. Fletcher notes that one captive individual did not feed on any vegetable matter.[3] Fossils are known since the Early Cretaceous.[4]
One extinct and two extant genera in the subfamily Schizodactylinae[5] are included:
Authority: Brullé, 1835; distribution: mainland Asia
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Extant Orthoptera families
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