| Brachytrupes megacephalus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Gryllidae |
| Genus: | Brachytrupes |
| Species: | B. megacephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefèvre, 1827) | |
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Brachytrupes megacephalus is a species of cricket in the family Gryllidae. [1] [2]
Brachytrupes megacephalus can reach a length of about 40 millimetres (1.6 in). This species is characterized by a very large head (hence the species name megacephalus) and strong jaws. The tibia of the front and rear legs are armed with big teeth which facilitate the action of digging the deep holes in sandy soils in which these crickets live. These insects have crepuscular and nocturnal habits. The mating period extends from mid-March to the end of April. After mating, the males keep the females captive in their holes until they lay their eggs. [3] [4] [5]
This species can be found in sandy environments in Sardinia, Sicily, Malta and North Africa. [6] [7]
Gryllinae, or field crickets, are a subfamily of insects in the order Orthoptera and the family Gryllidae.
Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.
Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville was a French entomologist, born on 11 November 1775 in Paris. He died on 27 March 1858 in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre.
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Cycloptera is a South American genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Pterochrozinae.
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Brachytrupes is a genus of mostly African crickets in the family Gryllidae.
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Nemobius is a genus of crickets in the family Trigonidiidae.
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Mogoplistes is a genus of African and European crickets which is typical of the family Mogoplistidae and tribe Mogoplistini, erected by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1838. This genus is distributed around the Mediterranean in mainland Europe and North Africa. In 1984, the scaly cricket was moved from here to the new genus Pseudomogoplistes.
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