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Cardiodactylus Novaeguineae
''Cardiodactylus'' is an Asian genus of crickets in the family Gryllidae 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 (''e.g ..., subfamily Eneopterinae and tribe Lebinthini. Species Species have been recorded from: Japan, South-East Asia, Sri Lanka, Australia and western Pacific islands. The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: * '' Cardiodactylus minuta'' Bhowmik, 1981 * '' Cardiodactylus nigris'' Bhowmik, 1981 ;species group ''Cardiodactylus (efordi)'' Otte, 2007 New Guinea region only * '' Cardiodactylus busu'' Otte, 2007 * '' Cardiodactylus canotus'' Saussure, 1878 * '' Cardiodactylus efordi'' Otte, 2007 * '' Cardiodactylus enkraussi'' Otte, 2007 * '' Cardiodactylus javarere'' Otte, 2007 * '' Cardiodactylus kokure'' Otte, 2007 * '' Cardiodactylus kolombangara'' Otte, 2007 * '' Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grylloidea
Grylloidea is the Taxonomic rank#Ranks in zoology, superfamily of insects, in the order (biology), order Orthoptera, known as Cricket (insect), crickets. It includes the "Gryllidae, true crickets", Mogoplistinae, scaly crickets, Nemobiinae, wood crickets and many other subfamilies, now placed in six Extant taxon, extant families; some genera are only known from fossils. Grylloidea dates from the Triassic period and contains about 3,700 known living species in some 528 genera, as well as at least 27 extinct genera. Characteristics The features which distinguish crickets in the superfamily Grylloidea from other Ensiferans are long, thread-like antennae, three tarsal segments, slender tactile Cercus, cerci at the tip of the abdomen and bulbous sensory bristles on the cerci. They are the only insects to share this combination of characteristics. The term cricket is popularly used for any cricket-like insect in the order Ensifera, being applied to the ant crickets, bush crickets (Tet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |