🪲Parktown prawn

Libanasidus vittatus (Kirby, 1899)

The Parktown prawn, African king cricket or tusked king cricket is a species of king cricket endemic to Southern Africa. It is unrelated to prawns, Libanasidus being insects in the order Orthoptera – crickets, locusts and similar insects. The king crickets are not true crickets either: they belong to the family Anostostomatidae, whereas true crickets are in the Gryllidae. The insect gets its English name from the suburb of Parktown in Johannesburg, South Africa, where they are common. It is found throughout Namibia, and in the southern savanna and semi-arid regions of Angola. The Parktown prawn is related to the New Zealand tree wētā, which is also in the family Anostostomatidae.

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Conservation status

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Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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classInsects · Insecta
orderGrasshoppers & crickets · Orthoptera
subfamilyAnostostomatinae
genusLibanasidus

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kingdomMetazoa
phylumArthropoda
subphylumHexapoda
classInsects · Insecta
subclassPterygota
orderGrasshoppers & crickets · Orthoptera
suborderEnsifera
superfamilyStenopelmatoidea
familyAnostostomatidae
subfamilyAnostostomatinae
genusLibanasidus

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