Miogryllus

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Miogryllus [1] [2]
Eastern Striped Cricket - Miogryllus saussurei, Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area, Aden, Virginia.jpg
Miogryllus saussurei, eastern striped cricket
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Tribe: Gryllini
Genus: Miogryllus
Saussure, 1877

Miogryllus is a genus of "true crickets" in the subfamily Gryllinae and tribe Gryllini from the Americas. [3] Members of the genus Miogryllus are called striped crickets, also lesser field crickets. [4] There are two North American species of Miogryllus, Miogryllus lineatus , the western striped cricket, and Miogryllus saussurei , the eastern striped cricket. [2]

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Species

The genus contains the following species: [3] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File, Miogryllus (retrieved 3 September 2024)
  3. Encyclopedia of Life Genus Miogryllus overview.