dune cricket
nounEtymology From dune (“a hill of sand, especially in a desert”) + cricket (“kind of insect”), named for the sandy habitats which they live in.
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Any orthopteran in the family Schizodactylidae, not too distantly related to the true crickets in the family Gryllidae, known for inhabiting sandy areas.
- The Thar desert in Rajasthan is home to two of the seven known dune cricket species.2023 September 24, Geetha Iyer, “Dune Crickets: The Underdogs of the Thar Desert”, in roundglass sustain, roundglass, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2024:
- Related terms
- Schizodactylidae