Velarifictorus micado

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Velarifictorus micado
Japanese Burrowing Cricket, U, Side, Upper Marlboro 2013-08-02-15.06.24 ZS PMaxj.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Genus: Velarifictorus
Subgenus: Velarifictorus
Species:
V. micado
Binomial name
Velarifictorus micado
(Saussure, 1877)
Synonyms

Gryllus latefasciatusChopard, 1933

Velarifictorus micado, the Japanese burrowing cricket, is a cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae (family Gryllidae). [1] [2] It is found in southern Asia, along with an introduced population in the United States. [2] It was first reported in the US in 1959, likely as overwintering eggs in the soil of imported plants, and has since spread all throughout the eastern half of the country. [3] [4]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gryllidae</span> Family of crickets

The family Gryllidae contains the subfamilies and genera which entomologists now term true crickets. Having long, whip-like antennae, they belong to the Orthopteran suborder Ensifera, which has been greatly reduced in the last 100 years : taxa such as the spider-crickets and allies, sword-tail crickets, wood or ground crickets and scaly crickets have been elevated to family level. The type genus is Gryllus and the first use of the family name "Gryllidae" was by Francis Walker.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gryllinae</span> Subfamily of crickets

Gryllinae, or field crickets, are a subfamily of insects in the order Orthoptera and the family Gryllidae.

<i>Gryllus pennsylvanicus</i> Species of cricket

Gryllus pennsylvanicus is known as the fall field cricket. G. pennsylvanicus is common in southern Ontario, is widespread across much of North America and can be found even into parts of northern Mexico. It tends to be absent in most of the southwestern United States including southern California. Within its geographic range this field cricket will burrow into soil in fields and forest edges. Individuals inhabit grassy disturbed areas and are often found around areas of human habitation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cricket (insect)</span> Small insects of the family Gryllidae

Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets, and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms, "crickets" were placed at the family level, but contemporary authorities including Otte now place them in the superfamily Grylloidea. The word has been used in combination to describe more distantly related taxa in the suborder Ensifera, such as king crickets and mole crickets.

<i>Gryllus</i> Genus of crickets

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<i>Isodontia mexicana</i> Species of wasp

Isodontia mexicana, the Mexican grass-carrying wasp, is a species of insect belonging to the family Sphecidae. It is mainly found throughout North America, but has become established in Europe, primarily France, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, and Spain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eneopterinae</span> 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grylloidea</span> Superfamily of cricket-like animals

Grylloidea is the superfamily of insects, in the order Orthoptera, known as crickets. It includes the "true crickets", scaly crickets, wood crickets and other families, some only known from fossils.

<i>Anurogryllus</i> Genus of crickets

Anurogryllus, commonly known as short-tailed crickets, is a genus of crickets in the tribe Gryllini; species are recorded from the Americas. The common and scientific names derive from the vestigial, poorly developed ovipositors of females.

<i>Anurogryllus arboreus</i> Species of cricket

Anurogryllus arboreus, the common short-tailed cricket or arboreal short-tailed cricket, is a species of cricket in the family Gryllidae. It is native to the southern and south-eastern United States where it lives in a burrow that it digs.

<i>Anurogryllus muticus</i> Species of cricket

Anurogryllus muticus, also known as De Geer's short-tailed cricket or simply short-tailed cricket is a species of cricket in the family Gryllidae.

<i>Capnobotes fuliginosus</i> Species of cricket-like animal

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gryllidea</span> Infraorder of cricket-like animals

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.

<i>Neoconocephalus retusus</i> Species of cricket-like animal

Neoconocephalus retusus, the round-tipped conehead, is a species of katydid or bush cricket in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in the eastern United States and southern Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pentacentrinae</span> Subfamily of crickets

Pentacentrinae is a subfamily of crickets in the family Gryllidae. Sometimes known as 'Silent Litter Crickets', they occur in tropical Asia, Africa and the Americas. The tribe Lissotrachelini Hubbell, 1938 has been moved to the Nemobiinae.

<i>Tafalisca</i> Genus of crickets

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Podoscirtinae</span> Subfamily of crickets

Podoscirtinae is a subfamily of crickets in the family Gryllidae.

The Landrevinae are a subfamily of crickets, in the family Gryllidae, based on the type genus Landreva. They are terrestrial, omnivorous and may be known as "bark crickets"; genera are distributed in: Central and South America, Africa, tropical Asia, Korea, Japan, Australia and the Pacific Islands.

<i>Velarifictorus</i> Genus of crickets

Velarifictorus is a genus of crickets in the family Gryllidae and tribe Gryllini. Species have been recorded in Australia, Asia, Africa and the southeastern US.

References

  1. bugguide.net Velarifictorus micado species information.
  2. 1 2 "Velarifictorus micado (Saussure, 1877)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. "Japanese burrowing cricket Velarifictorus micado (Saussure 1877)". The Orthopterists' Society. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. Alexander, Richard D.; Thomas J. Walker (1962). "Two introduced field crickets new to eastern United States (Orthoptera, Gryllidae)" (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 55: 90–94 via The Orthopterists' Society.

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