Hapithinae

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Hapithinae
Restless Bush Cricket - Hapithus agitator, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, Virginia - 30812951304.jpg
Hapithus agitator
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Subfamily: Hapithinae
Tribes

Hapithinae is a subfamily of insects in the cricket family Gryllidae. [1] It is one of several groups referred to in American English as "bush crickets" (along with Eneopterinae and Trigonidiinae), although this term can be confused with the Tettigoniidae. [2]

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Taxonomy

The Orthoptera Species File [1] lists three tribes:

Aphonomorphini

Auth.: Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988 (Central & S. America, SE Asia)

Cearacesaini

Auth.: Koçak & Kemal, 2010 (South America)

Hapithini

Orocharis saltator Jumping Bush Cricket Male - Flickr - treegrow (3).jpg
Orocharis saltator

Auth.: Gorochov, 1986 (Central & S. America)

Tribe not assigned

Data sources: i = ITIS, [3] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [5] b = Bugguide.net [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0" . Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  2. 1 2 "Hapithinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. "Hapithinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  5. "GBIF" . Retrieved 2018-05-02.