Hemigryllus

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Hemigryllus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Subfamily: Eneopterinae
Genus: Hemigryllus

Hemigryllus is a genus of crickets in subfamily Eneopterinae.

Taxonomy

The Orthoptera Species File database lists the following species: [1]

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Gryllidae Family of crickets

The family Gryllidae contains the subfamilies and genera which entomologists now term true crickets. They belong to the Orthopteran subfamily Ensifera, having long, whip-like antennae and has been reduced in terms of the older literature, with taxa such as the spider-crickets and allies, sword-tail crickets, wood or ground crickets and scaly crickets elevated to family level. The type genus is Gryllus and the first use of the family name "Gryllidae" was by Walker.

Prophalangopsidae

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Stenopelmatidae

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Phalangopsinae Subfamily of crickets

Phalangopsinae, occasionally known as spider crickets, are a subfamily of crickets in the family Phalangopsidae. Members of Phalangopsinae are found worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions. Most species in the subfamily are nocturnal and can be found in rocky areas, near fallen wood, and the understory of forests. Some species are gregarious, gathering in large numbers.

Eneopterinae Subfamily of crickets

The Eneopterinae 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". 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. Eneopterinae show a great diversity in stridulatory apparatus, signals emitted, and associated behaviour.

Nemobiinae Subfamily of crickets

Nemobiinae is a subfamily of the newly constituted Trigonidiidae, one of the cricket families. The type genus is Nemobius, which includes the wood cricket, but members of this subfamily may also be known as ground crickets or "pygmy field crickets".

Polionemobius is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Nemobiinae. Species can be found in Asia.

Conoblemmus is a genus of crickets in tribe Gryllini; species are recorded from central Asia.

Ganoblemmus is a genus of crickets in tribe Gryllini; species are recorded from Africa.

Hagloidea

The superfamily Hagloidea are insects belonging to the order Orthoptera: Ensifera; they are now represented by the extant Prophalangopsidae, with many extinct genera and families.

Tettigoniidea

Tettigoniidea is an infraorder of the order Orthoptera, with six extant families.

Podoscirtinae Subfamily of crickets

Podoscirtinae is a subfamily of crickets in the family Gryllidae.

Grigoriora is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini: in the subfamily Meconematinae.

Phalangopsidae Family of crickets

The Phalangopsidae are a recently reconstituted family of crickets, based on the type genus PhalangopsisServille, 1831 from South America. Priority for family-group names based on this genus dates from Blanchard's "Phalangopsites".

The Phaloriinae is a subfamily of crickets of the family Phalangopsidae. Species are terrestrial and are distributed in: Africa, tropical Asia, Korea, Australia and the Pacific Islands.

Trellius is an Asian genus of crickets in the family Phalangopsidae, subfamily Phaloriinae, tribe Phaloriini.

Modicogryllini Tribe of crickets

Modicogryllini is a tribe of crickets of the family Gryllidae. Species are terrestrial, carnivorous or omnivorous and can be found in all continenents except Antarctica.

Gryllini Tribe of crickets

Gryllini is a tribe of crickets and typical of the family Gryllidae. Species are terrestrial, carnivorous or omnivorous and can be found in all continenents except Antarctica.

<i>Eumodicogryllus</i> Genus of crickets

Eumodicogryllus is a genus of crickets in the family Gryllidae and tribe Modicogryllini. Species in this genus are similar to - and were originally considered a subgenus of - Modicogryllus (Eumodicogryllus); they have been recorded from: Europe, northern Africa and temperate Asia.

Parendacustes is a genus of crickets in the family Phalangopsidae, tribe Phalangopsini, subtribe Parendacustina. Species have been recorded from Indo-China, Malesia and New Guinea.

References

  1. "Genus Hemigryllus". Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 11 May 2015.