| Cycloptilum slossoni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Mogoplistidae |
| Tribe: | Arachnocephalini |
| Genus: | Cycloptilum |
| Species: | C. slossoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Cycloptilum slossoni (Scudder, 1897) | |
Cycloptilum slossoni, or Slosson's scaly cricket, is a species of scaly cricket in the family Mogoplistidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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 : taxa such as the spider-crickets and allies, sword-tail crickets, wood or ground crickets and scaly crickets have been elevated to family level. The type genus is Gryllus and the first use of the family name "Gryllidae" was by Francis Walker.
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