A new edible cricket species from Africa of the genus Scapsipedus

Chrysantus M Tanga; Henlay J O Magara; Monica A Ayieko; Robert S Copeland; Fathiya M Khamis; Samira A Mohamed; Fidelis O Umbura; Saliou Niassy; Sevgan Subramanian; Komi K M Foaboe; Nanna Roos; Sunday Ekesi; Sylvain Hugel

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4486.3.9

A new edible cricket species from Africa of the genus Scapsipedus

Chrysantus M Tanga, Henlay J O Magara, Monica A Ayieko, Robert S Copeland, Fathiya M Khamis, Samira A Mohamed, Fidelis O Umbura, Saliou Niassy, Sevgan Subramanian, Komi K M Foaboe, Nanna Roos, Sunday Ekesi, Sylvain Hugel

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	4486
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	383-392
Number of pages	10
ISSN	1175-5326
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4486.3.9
Publication status	Published - 28 Sept 2018

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Faculty of Science
Orthoptera
New species
Bioacoustics
Insect farming

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