Tridactylidea

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Tridactylidea
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Tridactylus sp.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Tridactylidea
Brullé, 1835

The infraorder Tridactylidea [1] has a single extant superfamily which includes pygmy mole crickets; they are thought to be sister to all other lineages in the Caelifera, the Orthopteran suborder that includes grasshoppers. [2] [3]

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Superfamilies and families

The infraorder consists of two superfamilies, one living and one extinct; the Orthoptera Species File lists the following: [4]

References

  1. Brullé GA (1835) In Audouin & Brullé: Histoire naturelle des insectes 9 [1] (5):1-225 [225–416 in 1836]
  2. Kevan DKM (1982) In Parker [Ed.]: Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms 2: 378
  3. Gaugel, Sarah Maria; Hawlitschek, Oliver; Dey, Lara‐Sophie; Husemann, Martin (2023-08). "Evolution of mitogenomic gene order in Orthoptera". Insect Molecular Biology. 32 (4): 387–399. doi:10.1111/imb.12838. ISSN   0962-1075.{{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)