The Armoured Crickets (Orthoptera: Bradyporidae) of South Africa

Compiled by John Irish

National Museum, Windhoek, Namibia

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Family: BRADYPORIDAE

The Subfamily Heterodinae is found throughout Africa and Arabia. The animals are herbivorous scavengers, often cannibalising other killed on roads.

    Subfamily: HETERODINAE

  1. Genus: HETERODES Fischer von Waldheim 1833
    1. H. pupus (Linnaeus)
      H. pupus pupus (Linnaeus)
      Gryllus (Tettigonia) pupus Linnaeus 1758: 431.
      = Heterodes variolosus Fieber 1853: 259.
      = Heterodes depressicollis Choppard 1955: 282.
      = Heterodes pupus form gigantea Weidner 1955: 127
      Western Cape; September to June.
      Heterodes pupus marginatus Walker
      Heterodes marginatus Walker 1869: 226.
      = Heterodes knysna Péringuey 1916: 429.
      Western Cape; September to June.
      Heterodes pupus abbreviatus Walker
      Heterodes abbreviatus Walker 1869: 227.
      Eastern Cape; September to June.
      Heterodes pupus namaqua Péringuey
      Heterodes namaqua Péringuey 1916: 430
      = Heterodes namaqua ab. maculipes Ebner 1939: 209.
      Northern Cape; September to June.


  2. Genus: ACANTHOPLUS Stål 1873
    1. A. longipes (de Charpentier)
      Heterodes longipes de Charpentier 1841-1845: Tab 45.
      = Acanthoplus stratiotes Brancsik 1895: 259.
      = Acanthoplus loandae Péringuey 1916: 433.
      Northern Cape, to Namibia and Angola; most months.

    2. A. discoidalis (Walker)
      Heterodes discoidalis Walker 1869: 230.
      = Heterodes pallidus Walker 1869: 231.
      = Acanthoplus desertorum Kirby 1899: 142.
      = Acanthoplus serratus Kirby 1899: 143.
      = Acanthoplus germanus Kirby 1899: 143.
      = Acanthoplus longipes var pallescens Karny 1910: 46.
      = Acanthoplus bechuanus Péringuey 1916: 433.
      Eastern Cape, Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Northern Province, Northwestern Province and Northern Cape, to Namibia, Angola, Botswana and Zimbabwe; most months.

    3. A. speiseri Brancsik
      Acanthoplus speiseri Brancsik 1895: 258.
      = Acanthoplus varicornis Péringuey 1916: 435.
      KwaZulu-Natal, to Zimbabawe, Zambia and Malawi; most months

    4. A. armativentris Péringuey
      Acanthoplus armativentris Péringuey 1916: 435.
      Northern Province, to Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique; most months.


  3. Genus: HEMIHETERODES Pictet 1888
    1. H. bachmannni (Karsch)
      Heterodes bachmanni Karsch 1887: 57.
      = Hemiheterodes peringueyi Pictet 1888: 74.
      Northern Cape, to Namibia; August to December.


  4. Genus: ENYALIOPSIS Karsch
    1. E. transvaalensis Péringuey
      Enyaliopsis transvaalensis Péringuey 1916: 437-439
      = Enyaliopsis patruelis Péringuey 1916: 437-439.
      KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Northern Province; ?.


  5. Genus: ACANTHOPROCTUS Karsch 1887
    1. A. cervinus de Haan
      Locusta (Heterodes) cervina de Haan 1842: 183.
      = Heterodes militaris White 1846: 316.
      = Heterodes fortis Walker 1869: 229.
      = Acanthoproctus elaphos Weidner 1941: 294.
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape, to Namibia; most months.

    2. A. vittatus (Walker)
      Heterodes vittatus walker 1869: 229.
      Western Caep and Northern Cape; August to November.
      Acanthoproctus vittatus capreolus Pictet 1888: 69
      = Acanthoproctus howarthae Kirby 1899: 145
      Eastern Cape and Free State; March to December.

REFERENCES

Irish, J. 1992.
The Heterodinae (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Bradyporidae) of southern Africa: systematics and phylogeny. Navorsinge van dies Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein 8: 393-434.
Glenn, G.S. 1991.
A systematic revision of Enyalopsis Karssch 1887 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Heterodinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 117: 67-102.

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