Gryllidea
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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.
Superfamilies and families
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following families in the infraorder Gryllidea:
Grylloidea
- † Baissogryllidae Gorochov, 1985
- Gryllidae Laicharting, 1781 (sometimes called "true crickets")
- Mogoplistidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1873 (scaly crickets)
- Oecanthidae Blanchard, 1845 (tree crickets, anomalous crickets)
- Phalangopsidae Blanchard, 1845
- †Protogryllidae Zeuner, 1937
- Trigonidiidae Saussure, 1874 (wood crickets, trigs or sword-tail crickets)
- Family unplaced Pteroplistinae genus †Bellosichnus Genise & Sánchez, 2017
Gryllotalpoidea
- Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815 (mole crickets)
- Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1874 (ant crickets)
Further reading
- Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). . Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
- Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). . Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 1-889002-04-6. Archived from on 2019-11-29.