Acanthoproctus diadematus

Tettigoniidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Superfamily:	Tettigonioidea
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Genus:	Acanthoproctus
Species:	A. diadematus
Binomial name
	Acanthoproctus diadematus; Stål, 1858
Synonyms
	Acanthoproctus coronatus; Karney, 1910; Acanthoproctus ibex; , 1888; Hetrodes crassipes; Walker, F., 1869; Hetrodes diadematus; Stål, 1858;

Acanthoproctus diadematus (Namibia katydid or Nara cricket) is an armoured katydid, bush-cricket, or ground cricket endemic to the Namib Desert of southern Africa, where it lives in the tall sand dunes along the Kuiseb River in Namib-Naukluft National Park.^[1] The katydid feeds on the !nara melon endemic to the area.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Conti, E.; Viglianisi, F.M. (2005). "Ecology of the calling song of two Namibian armoured ground crickets, Acanthoplus longipes and Acanthoproctus diadematus (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Hetrodinae)". Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 17: 261–269. doi:10.1080/08927014.2005.9522596. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-10-10.

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[Conti-1] Conti, E.; Viglianisi, F.M. (2005). "Ecology of the calling song of two Namibian armoured ground crickets, Acanthoplus longipes and Acanthoproctus diadematus (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Hetrodinae)". Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 17: 261–269. doi:10.1080/08927014.2005.9522596. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-10-10.

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