The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and grasshopper-like insects, as well as other superfamilies classified with them: the ground-hoppers (Tetrigoidea) and pygmy mole crickets (Tridactyloidea). The latter should not be confused with the mole crickets (Gryllotalpidae), which belong to the other Orthopteran sub-order Ensifera.
The speckled bush-cricket is a flightless species of bush-cricket belonging to the family Tettigoniidae. The species was originally described as Locusta punctatissima in 1792.
Gryllus is a genus of field cricket. Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is Gryllus campestris L.: the European field cricket.
Hapithinae is a subfamily of insects in the cricket family Gryllidae. It is one of several groups referred to in American English as "bush crickets", although this term can be confused with the Tettigoniidae.
Hapithus saltator, the Jumping Bush Cricket, is a species of cricket in the family Gryllidae. It is found in North America.
Gryllidea 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.
Hapithus melodius, the musical bush cricket, is a species of bush cricket in the family Gryllidae. It is found in North America.
Falcicula is a genus of winged bush crickets, or trigs, in the family Gryllidae, containing the single species Falcicula hebardi.
Hoplosphyrum boreale, known generally as the western bush cricket or long-winged scaly cricket, is a species of scaly cricket in the family Mogoplistidae. It is found in North America.
Hapithus brevipennis, the short-winged bush cricket, is a species of bush cricket in the family Gryllidae. It is found in North America.
Neonemobius cubensis, the Cuban ground cricket, is a species of ground cricket in the family Gryllidae. It is found in the Caribbean. During its mating process the female will often feed upon the male’s glandular tibial spurs. Males who have mated previously will likely be found with some sort of damage done to their tibial spurs because of their mating process.
Phyllopalpus pulchellus, known generally as the red headed bush cricket,handsome trig or handsome bush cricket, is a species of winged bush cricket in the family Trigonidiidae. It is found in the eastern United States.
Bootettix is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Bootettix.
Anaxipha delicatula, the chirping trig, is a species of winged bush crickets, trigs in the family Trigonidiidae. It is found in North America.
Hapithus luteolira, the false jumping bush cricket, is a species of bush cricket in the family Gryllidae. It is found in North America.
Cycloptilum squamosum, known generally as the Scudder's scaly cricket or Scudder's scaly bush cricket, is a species of scaly cricket in the family Mogoplistidae. It is found in North America.
Tafalisca lurida, known generally as the silent bush cricket or robust bush cricket, is a species of true cricket in the family Gryllidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, North America, and the Caribbean.
Tafalisca is a genus of silent bush crickets in the family Gryllidae. Records for described species in Tafalisca are mostly from Central and South America.
Hapithini is a tribe of crickets in the subfamily Hapithinae. There are about 12 genera and more than 260 described species: found in Central and South America.
