''Comicus''
[Brunner von Wattenwyl (1888) ''Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch.'' Wien 38: 386.] is a genus of southern African
Orthoptera
Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grassho ...
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insects of the family
Schizodactylidae
Schizodactylidae is a family of orthopteran insects found in Asia and southern Africa, known as dune crickets or splay-footed crickets. They are usually found in desert and sandy areas. Species are predatory, including ''Schizodactylus inexspecta ...
, erected by
Brunner von Wattenwyl
Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (13 June 1823, Bern – 24 August 1914, Kirchdorf) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera, and a botanist.
Von Wattenwyl was a postmaster. He described many new taxa of Orthoptera.
His collection is ...
in 1888.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists:
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Comicus arenarius'' Ramme, 1931
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Comicus cabonegrus'' Irish, 1986
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Comicus calaharicus'' Irish, 1986
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Comicus calcaris'' Irish, 1986
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Comicus campestris'' Irish, 1986
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Comicus capensis'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 - type species
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Comicus carnalli'' Irish, 1995
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Comicus cavillorus'' Irish, 1986
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Comicus myburghi'' Gorochov, 2021
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Comicus namibicus'' Gorochov, 2021
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Comicus orangensis'' Gorochov, 2021
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Orthoptera of Africa
Ensifera genera
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