Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Suborder Ensifera Scientific name Acanthoproctus diadematus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Orthoptera Superfamily Tettigonioidea Rank Species | |
Similar Acanthoplus longipes, Antlered thorny katydid, Hetrodinae, Acanthoplus discoidalis, Acanthosicyos horridus | ||
Acanthoproctus diadematus (Namibia katydid) is an armoured katydid, bush-cricket, or ground cricket endemic to the Namib Desert of southern Africa, where it lives in the tall sand dunes along the Kuiseb River in Namib-Naukluft National Park. The katydid feeds on the !nara melon endemic to the area.
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