Eneopterinae

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Eneopterinae
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Eneoptera guyanensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Subfamily: Eneopterinae
Saussure, 1874
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Eneopteridae, Eneopteriens, Eneopterites Saussure, 1874
  • Platydactylidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1873

The Eneopterinae [1] are a subfamily of crickets, in the family Gryllidae, based on the type genus Eneoptera . It is one of several groups widely described as "true crickets", [2] but this subfamily may also referred to in American English as "bush crickets". Of the more than 500 species that make up this subfamily, most occur in moist, tropical habitats. These insects are medium to large and brown or gray in color. They eat plant leaves, flowers, and fruits and can occasionally cause economic damage. Their eggs are deposited in pith, bark, or wood. [3] Eneopterinae show a great diversity in stridulatory apparatus, signals emitted, and associated behaviour. [4]

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Tribes and genera

Eneopterinae currently consists of five tribes; a sixth tribe, Hemigryllini Gorochov, 1986 (for the South American genus Hemigryllus Saussure, 1877), is now treated as a separate subfamily, Hemigryllinae. [4] [5] Orthoptera Species File [6] lists the following tribes and genera within Eneopterinae:

Eneopterini

Auth. Saussure, 1874 (South America)

Eurepini

Eurepella mjobergi Eurepella mjobergi.jpg
Eurepella mjobergi

Auth. Robillard, 2004 (mostly Australia, spp. of Eurepa from Thailand)

Lebinthini

Cardiodactylus novaeguineae Cardiodactylus novaeguineae.jpg
Cardiodactylus novaeguineae

Auth. Robillard, 2004 (SE Asia, Australia, Pacific, S. America)

Nisitrini

Auth. Robillard, 2004 (Malesia, New Guinea)

Nisitrus sp., Borneo Borneo Cricket (Nisitrus sp.) (14674592291).jpg
Nisitrus sp., Borneo

Xenogryllini

Auth. Robillard, 2004 (Central-southern Africa, Asia)

incertae sedis

References

  1. ↑ Saussure (1874) Mission scientifique au Méxique et dans l'Amérique centrale 6: 464 .
  2. ↑ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 6 July 2019)
  3. ↑ Walker, Thomas J; Moore, Thomas E. "Subfamily Eneopterinae". Singing Insects of North America. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. 1 2 Robillard, Tony (2006). "Phylogenetic systematics of Pseudolebinthus, a new genus of Eneopterinae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Eneopteridae) from south-east Africa" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 31. Royal Entomological Society of London: 671–683. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00347.x . Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J. (2025-07-15). "Studies on Neotropical crickets: On the Hemigryllus Saussure, 1877 taxonomic placement (Orthoptera: Grylloidea), with comments on Gryllidae classification, including new species and records". Zootaxa. 5661 (2): 151–177. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5661.2.1. ISSN   1175-5334.
  6. ↑ Cigliano, M.M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D.C.; Otte, D. "Eneopterinae Saussure, 1874". Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
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