Global InformationAcanthoplus discoidalis information
| Armoured katydid | |
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Genus: | Acanthoplus |
| Species: | A. discoidalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869)
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| Synonyms | |
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Hetrodes discoidalis Walker, 1869 | |
Acanthoplus discoidalis is a species in the Hetrodinae, a subfamily of the katydid family (Tettigoniidae). Like its closest relatives, Acanthoplus discoidalis variously bears common names such as armoured katydid, armoured ground cricket, armoured bush cricket, corn cricket, setotojane and koringkriek. The species is native to parts of Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa.[2]
Note that the common names are characteristically misleading; the species is not closely related to true crickets and "katydids" which originally belonged to the unrelated subfamily Pseudophyllinae.
- ^ Bazelet, C.; Naskrecki, P. (2014). "Acanthoplus discoidalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T20636721A43266507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T20636721A43266507.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Developing Integrated Pest Management Strategies for Control of the Armoured Bush Cricket, Acanthoplus Discoidalis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Poster 120 Mosupi, P. O. P., J. van den Berg, M. A. McGeoch & S. V. Green