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Melanogryllus
''Melanogryllus'' is a genus of crickets in the family Gryllidae and tribe Gryllini, erected by Lucien Chopard in 1961.Chopard LM (1961) Les divisions du genre ''Gryllus'' basées sur l'étude de l'appareil copulateur (Orth. Gryllidae). ''Eos, Revista española de Entomología'' 37(3), 267–287. 960/ref> Species appear to be widely distributed (but records are probably incomplete) including: North Africa, mainland Europe (not Scandinavia or the British Isles) and Asia (India, Mongolia and Taiwan).Orthoptera Species File Genus ''Melanogryllus'' Chopard, 1961 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 22 April 2023) Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: # '' Melanogr ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gryllini
GrylliniLaicharting (1781) ''Verzeichnis und Beschreibung der Tyroler Insecten'' 1. is a tribe of crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) and typical of the family Gryllidae. Species are terrestrial, carnivorous or omnivorous and can be found in all continenents except Antarctica. Genera The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: ;subtribe Anurogryllina Randell, 1964 ( Americas) * ''Anurogryllus'' Saussure, 1877 * '' Hispanogryllus'' Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 * '' Mexigryllus'' Gorochov, 2019 * '' Paranurogryllus'' Mesa & García-Novo, 1999 * '' Zebragryllus'' Desutter-Grandcolas & Cadena-Castañeda, 2014 ;subtribe Brachytrupina Saussure, 1877 * genus group ''Atsigryllae'' Cadena-Castañeda & García García, 2020 (Neotropical) ** '' Atsigryllus'' Cadena-Castañeda & Tíjaro, 2020 * genus group ''Gigagryllae'' Cadena-Castañeda & García García, 2020 (Neotropical) ** '' Gigagryllus'' Cadena-Castañeda & García García, 2020 *** monotypic ''G. omayrae'' Cadena-Castañeda & García Garcí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grylloidea
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. Grylloidea dates from the Triassic period and contains about 3,700 known living species in some 528 genera, as well as 43 extinct species and 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 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 ( Tettigoniidae), Jerusalem crickets (''Stenopelmatus''), mole crickets, camel crickets and cave crickets ( Rhaphidophoridae) and wētā (Anostostomatidae), and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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.'' ImmsImms AD, rev. Richards OW & Davies RG (1970) ''A General Textbook of Entomology'' 9th Ed. Methuen 886 pp.): 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 Walker. They have a worldwide distribution (except Antarctica). The largest members of the family are the -long bull crickets ('' Brachytrupes'') which excavate burrows a metre or more deep. The tree crickets ( Oecanthinae) are delicate white or pale green insects with transparent fore wings, while the field crickets ( Gryllinae) are robust brown or black insects. Subfamilies The fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family (biology), family and subfamily. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes. By convention, all taxonomic ranks from genus upwards are capitalized, including both tribe and subtribe. In zoology, the standard ending for the name of a zoological tribe is "-ini". Examples include the tribes Goat-antelope#Tribe Caprini, Caprini (goat-antelopes), Hominini (hominins), Bombini (bumblebees), and Thunnini (tunas). The tribe Hominini is divided into subtribes by some scientists; subtribe Hominina then comprises "humans". The standard ending for the name of a zoological subtribe is "-ina". In botany, the standard ending for the name of a botanical tribe is "-eae". Examples include the tribes Acalypheae and Scilloideae#Hyacintheae, Hyacintheae. The tribe Hyacintheae is divided into subtribes, including the subtribe Massoniinae. The standard ending for the name of a botanical subtribe is "-inae". In bacteriology, the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucien Chopard
Lucien Chopard (31 August 1885 – 16 November 1971) was a French entomologist. Chopard was born in Paris. He graduated as a Doctor of Science in 1920 at the Faculté des sciences de Paris with a thesis entitled ''Recherches sur la conformation et le développement des derniers segments abdominaux chez les orthoptères''. After being named a correspondent of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in 1919 he entered that institution in 1931 working in the ''laboratoire d’entomologie'' where he was in charge of the vivarium. He became ''sous directeur'' in 1936, then professor in 1951. He retired in 1955. Chopard was a specialist in Orthoptera. He worked on Mantidae collected by Charles A. Alluaud (1861–1949) and René Gabriel Jeannel (1879–1965) on their East Africa expedition (1911–1912). He became a Member of the Société entomologique de France in 1901 and was distinguished by being made ''secrétaire général honoraire'' in 1950. He translated into French the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gryllus
''Gryllus'' is a genus of field cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Members of the genus are typically 15–31 mm long and darkly coloured. The type species is '' Gryllus campestris'' L.: the European field cricket. Until the mid-1950s, native field crickets in eastern North America were all assigned to a single species, ''Acheta assimilis'' Fabricius. Although regional variation in calling song and life history were noted,Rehn, J.A.G., and Hebard, M. (1915). The genus ''Gryllus'' (Orthoptera) as found in America. ''Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.'' 67:292-322.Fulton, B. B. 1952. Speciation in the field cricket. Evolution 6, 283-295. no morphological characters could be found to reliably distinguish these variants.Alexander, R.D. (1957). The taxonomy of the field crickets of the eastern United States (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Acheta). ''Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am.'' 50:584-602. Building upon the pioneering work of Fulton, Alexander used male calling song, life history and cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
