''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
''Comicus''Brunner von Wattenwyl (1888) ''Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch.'' Wien 38: 386. is a genus of southern African Orthopteran insects of the family Schizodactylidae, erected by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1888.
Species
The ''Ort ...
'' Ramme, 1931
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Comicus cabonegrus
''Comicus''Brunner von Wattenwyl (1888) ''Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch.'' Wien 38: 386. is a genus of southern African Orthopteran insects of the family Schizodactylidae, erected by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1888.
Species
The ''Ort ...
'' Irish, 1986
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Comicus calaharicus
''Comicus''Brunner von Wattenwyl (1888) ''Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch.'' Wien 38: 386. is a genus of southern African Orthopteran insects of the family Schizodactylidae, erected by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1888.
Species
The ''Ort ...
'' Irish, 1986
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Comicus calcaris
''Comicus''Brunner von Wattenwyl (1888) ''Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch.'' Wien 38: 386. is a genus of southern African Orthopteran insects of the family Schizodactylidae, erected by Brunner von Wattenwyl
Carl Brunner von Watten ...
'' 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
''Comicus''Brunner von Wattenwyl (1888) ''Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch.'' Wien 38: 386. is a genus of southern African Orthopteran insects of the family Schizodactylidae, erected by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1888.
Species
The ''Ort ...
'' Irish, 1986
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Comicus myburghi'' Gorochov, 2021
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Comicus namibicus
''Comicus''Brunner von Wattenwyl (1888) ''Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch.'' Wien 38: 386. is a genus of southern African Orthopteran insects of the family Schizodactylidae, erected by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1888.
Species
The ''Ort ...
'' Gorochov, 2021
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Comicus orangensis
''Comicus''Brunner von Wattenwyl (1888) ''Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch.'' Wien 38: 386. is a genus of southern African Orthopteran insects of the family Schizodactylidae, erected by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1888.
Species
The ''Ort ...
'' Gorochov, 2021
References
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Orthoptera of Africa
Ensifera genera
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