| Gryllidea | |
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| Acheta hispanicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Infraorder: | 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)
References
- Kevan DKM (1982) In Parker . Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms 2: 361.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "infraorder Gryllidea". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- "Gryllidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
- "Gryllidea Infraorder Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
Further reading
- Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
- Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. 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 the original on 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
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| Gryllidea | |