Gryllidea
Infraorder of cricket-like animals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gryllidea[1] is an infraorder that includes crickets and similar insects in the order Orthoptera. There are two superfamilies, and more than 6,000 described species in Gryllidea.[2][3][4]
| Gryllidea | |
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| Acheta hispanicus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Infraorder: | Gryllidea |
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Superfamilies and Families
The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists the following families in the infraorder Gryllidea:
Grylloidea
- † Baissogryllidae Gorochov, 1985
- Gryllidae Laicharting, 1781 (sometimes called "true crickets")
- Mogoplistidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1873 (scaly crickets)
- Oecanthidae Blanchard, 1845 (tree crickets, anomalous crickets)
- Phalangopsidae Blanchard, 1845
- †Protogryllidae Zeuner, 1937
- Trigonidiidae Saussure, 1874 (wood crickets, trigs or sword-tail crickets)
- Family unplaced
- Pteroplistinae
- genus †Bellosichnus Genise & Sánchez, 2017
Gryllotalpoidea
- Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815 (mole crickets)
- Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1874 (ant crickets)
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