''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 – gras ...
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insect
Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ...
s of the family
Schizodactylidae, erected by
Brunner von Wattenwyl 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
References
External links
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Orthoptera of Africa
Ensifera genera
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