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Issue: Vol. 4486 No. 3: 28 Sept. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.3.9
Page range: 393–392
Abstract views: 131
PDF downloaded: 1

A new edible cricket species from Africa of the genus Scapsipedus 

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya School of Agriculture and Food Security, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University Science and Technology (JOOUST), P.O. BOX 210, Bondo, Kenya.
School of Agriculture and Food Security, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University Science and Technology (JOOUST), P.O. BOX 210, Bondo, Kenya.
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
University of Copenhagen, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Rolighedsvej 26, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, 3212 CNRS- Université de Strasbourg, 7 rue Blaise Pascal, 67084, Strasbourg, France
Orthoptera new species bioacoustics insect farming

Abstract

A new cricket of the genus Scapsipedus is described from Kenya. The distribution, acoustic behavior, including call and courtship song, mitochondrial sequences, and data on the biology of that new species are given. This edible cricket is a very promising species for mass production for food and feed.

 

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