Gryllidea
| Gryllidea | |
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| Acheta hispanicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Infraorder: | Gryllidea |
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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]
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)
- Phalangopsidae Blanchard, 1845
- Protogryllidae Zeuner, 1937
- Trigonidiidae Saussure, 1874
- Family unplaced
- Pteroplistinae
- genus †Bellosichnus Genise & Sánchez, 2017
Gryllotalpoidea
- Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815 (mole crickets)
- Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1874 (ant crickets)
References
- ^ Kevan DKM (1982) In Parker [Ed.]. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms 2: 361.
- ^ a b Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "infraorder Gryllidea". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Gryllidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
- ^ "Gryllidea Infraorder Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
Further reading
- Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
- Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 1-889002-04-6.