Tridactylus

Tridactylus
	Tridactylus sp. (Kruger NP, South Africa)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Tridactylidae
Subfamily:	Tridactylinae
Genus:	Tridactylus; Olivier, 1789
Synonyms
	Heteropus Palisot de Beauvois, 1805; Trydactylus Salfi, 1935;

Tridactylus^[1]^[2] is a genus of pygmy mole crickets, with species recorded from Africa, India, Indo-China and Australia.^[3]

Species[edit]

The Orthoptera Species File lists:^[3]

Tridactylus angustus Günther, 1995
Tridactylus australicus Mjoberg, 1913
Tridactylus berlandi Chopard, 1920
Tridactylus bijakherensis Gupta, Shi & Chandra, 2018
Tridactylus fossor Fabricius, 1798
Tridactylus major Scudder, 1869
Tridactylus paradoxus Latreille, 1802 - type species (locality Dieke, Guinea)
Tridactylus thoracicus Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Tridactylus tithonus Blackith & Blackith, 1979

Note: species such as T. capensis and T. peruvianus Chopard, previously placed here, are now in similar genera such as Ellipes and Xya.

^ Olivier GA (1789) Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes 4: 26.
^ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 20 August 2020)