Neoscapteriscus didactylus

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Neoscapteriscus didactylus (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Diogo Luiz
Source: iNaturalist

Neoscapteriscus didactylus (Latreille, 1804) - (Changa mole cricket, West Indian mole cricket)

This mole cricket is apparently native to South America and has spread to the West Indies before 1800. It is now found in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Grenada, where it is a major pest of vegetable seedlings and turf grass. It has been also recorded from Australia (Rentz, 1995).

Synonyms:
Scapteriscus didactylus

For a review see Leppla et al. (2007).