Gryllidae Temporal range:
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Female Gryllus campestris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Superfamily: | Grylloidea |
Family: |
Gryllidae Laicharting, 1781 [1] |
Synonyms [2] | |
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The family Gryllidae contains the subfamilies and genera which entomologists now term true crickets. Having long, whip-like antennae, they belong to the Orthopteran suborder Ensifera, which has been greatly reduced in the last 100 years (e.g. Imms [3]): taxa such as the spider-crickets and allies, sword-tail crickets, wood or ground crickets and scaly crickets have been elevated to family level. [a] The type genus is Gryllus and the first use of the family name "Gryllidae" was by Francis Walker. [4]
They have a worldwide distribution (except Antarctica). [2] The largest members of the family are the 5 cm (2 in)-long bull crickets ( Brachytrupes) which excavate burrows a metre or more deep. The tree crickets ( Oecanthinae) are delicate white or pale green insects with transparent fore wings, while the field crickets ( Gryllinae) are robust brown or black insects. [5]
The family is divided into these subfamily groups, subfamilies, and extinct genera (not placed within any subfamily): [2]
Gryllidae Temporal range:
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Female Gryllus campestris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Superfamily: | Grylloidea |
Family: |
Gryllidae Laicharting, 1781 [1] |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
The family Gryllidae contains the subfamilies and genera which entomologists now term true crickets. Having long, whip-like antennae, they belong to the Orthopteran suborder Ensifera, which has been greatly reduced in the last 100 years (e.g. Imms [3]): taxa such as the spider-crickets and allies, sword-tail crickets, wood or ground crickets and scaly crickets have been elevated to family level. [a] The type genus is Gryllus and the first use of the family name "Gryllidae" was by Francis Walker. [4]
They have a worldwide distribution (except Antarctica). [2] The largest members of the family are the 5 cm (2 in)-long bull crickets ( Brachytrupes) which excavate burrows a metre or more deep. The tree crickets ( Oecanthinae) are delicate white or pale green insects with transparent fore wings, while the field crickets ( Gryllinae) are robust brown or black insects. [5]
The family is divided into these subfamily groups, subfamilies, and extinct genera (not placed within any subfamily): [2]