Pseudomogoplistes squamiger, the scaly cricket, is a species of apterous cricket in the family Mogoplistidae. Long known in the genus Mogoplistes it was placed this genus, for which it became the type species, by AV Gorochov in 1984.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Mogoplistidae |
| Subfamily: | Mogoplistinae |
| Tribe: | Arachnocephalini |
| Genus: | Pseudomogoplistes |
| Species: | P. squamiger
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| Pseudomogoplistes squamiger | |
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Distribution and habitat edit
Usually found near the sea on pebble beaches,[3] its native range is in southern Europe and northern Africa,[4] but since the 1960s it has been recorded from Dorset, and later Devon[5] in the British Isles.[3]
References edit
- ^ Fischer. 1853. Orthoptera Europaea 173
- ^ Gorochov AV (1984) Zool. Zhur. 63(11): 1650.
- ^ a b Ragge DR (1965). Grasshoppers, Crickets & Cockroaches of the British Isles. London: F Warne & Co. p. 299.
- ^ Cigliano MM, Braun H, Eades DC, Otte D. "species Pseudomogoplistes squamiger (Fischer, 1853)". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ Sutton PG, Cooper PD (1999) The scaly cricket Pseudomogoplistes squamiger Fischer (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) in Devonshire: discovery of a second British colony, Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, London (Ent. Monthly Mag.) 135(1624-7):241-242
See also edit
- iNaturalist: image as the "Mediterranean Beach-Cricket"
- List of Orthoptera and allied insects of Great Britain