Gryllodinus kerkennensis

Gryllodinus kerkennensis, the silver-bell cricket, is a cricket species which presents a disjunct distribution in the Southern part of the Western Palearctic, from North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula up to Central Asia[1] inhabiting arid, semidesert or desert land mostly associated with saline soils near water sources of lagoons or river beds depressions. The species can be recognized at night by its unique song,[2] to which its common name makes reference.

Gryllodinus kerkennensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Genus: Gryllodinus
Species:
G. kerkennensis
Binomial name
Gryllodinus kerkennensis
(Finot, 1893)

Its European population (Iberian Peninsula) is highly threatened due to the fragility and scarcity of its specific habitat.[3]

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