Zabalius apicalis

{{Short description|Species of cricket-like animal}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Zabalius | species = apicalis | authority = ([[Ignacio Bolívar|Bolívar]], 1886) }}

'''''Zabalius apicalis''''' is a species of [[Tettigoniidae|katydid]], native to Africa.<ref name="Studies on the life history of the African bush-cricket Zabalius apicalis Bolivar (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)">{{cite journal | title=Studies on the life history of the African bush-cricket Zabalius apicalis Bolivar (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) | journal=Journal of Natural History | volume=9 | pages=33–39 | date=1975 | doi=10.1080/00222937500770031 |last1 = Eluwa|first1 = M.C.}}</ref>

The animal lays eggs in water with an incubation period of 18 days,<ref name="Studies on the life history of the African bush-cricket Zabalius apicalis Bolivar (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)" /> Males moult six times and reach adulthood at about 55 days,<ref name="Studies on the life history of the African bush-cricket Zabalius apicalis Bolivar (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)" /> and females moult seven times and reach adulthood at about 65 days<ref name="Studies on the life history of the African bush-cricket Zabalius apicalis Bolivar (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)" />

Embryos take longer to develop the hotter they are<ref name="Studies on the life history of the African bush-cricket Zabalius apicalis Bolivar (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)" /> and do not develop above 30.5 degrees Celsius (86.9 Fahrenheit)<ref name="Studies on the life history of the African bush-cricket Zabalius apicalis Bolivar (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)" />

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[[Category:Pseudophyllinae]] [[Category:Orthoptera of Africa]] [[Category:Insects described in 1886]] [[Category:Taxa named by Ignacio Bolívar]]