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| Scapsipedus icipe Hugel & Tanga, 2018
in Tanga, Magara, Ayieko, et al., 2018.
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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.
Keywords: Orthoptera, new species, bioacoustics, insect farming
Scapsipedus icipe Hugel & Tanga, n. sp.
Etymology. This new cricket is named after the type locality, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Duduville Campus, Nairobi, Kenya.
Chrysantus M. Tanga, Henlay J. O. Magara, Monica A. Ayieko, Robert S. Copeland, Fathiya M. Khamis, Samira A. Mohamed, Fidelis L. O. Ombura, Saliou Niassy, Sevgan Subramanian, Komi K. M. Fiaboe, Nanna Roos, Sunday Ekesi and Sylvain Hugel. 2018. A New Edible Cricket Species from Africa of the Genus Scapsipedus. Zootaxa. 4486(3): 383–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.3.9
New edible cricket species discovered in Kenya www.icipe.org/news/new-edible-cricket-species-discovered-kenya
