Cycloptilum

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Cycloptilum
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Cycloptilum sp.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Mogoplistidae
Genus: Cycloptilum
Scudder, 1869

Cycloptilum is a genus of common scaly crickets in the family Mogoplistidae. There are at least 50 described species in Cycloptilum. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Species

These 53 species belong to the genus Cycloptilum:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cycloptilum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-11.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. 1 2 "Browse Cycloptilum". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. 1 2 "Cycloptilum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. 1 2 "Cycloptilum Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. "Cycloptilum Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online" . Retrieved 2018-04-11.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

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