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Rhaphidophoroidea
The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae of the suborder Ensifera has a worldwide distribution. Common names for these insects include cave wētā, cave crickets, camelback crickets, camel crickets, Hogan bugs, spider crickets (sometimes shortened to "criders", or "land shrimp" or "sprickets",) and sand treaders. Those occurring in New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania are typically referred to as jumping or cave wētā. Most are found in forest environments or within caves, animal burrows, cellars, under stones, or in wood or similar environments. All species are flightless and nocturnal, usually with long antennae and legs. More than 500 species of Rhaphidophoridae are described. The well-known field crickets are from a different superfamily (Grylloidea) and only look vaguely similar, while members of the family Tettigoniidae may look superficially similar in body form. Description Most cave crickets have very large hind legs with "drumstick-shaped" femora and equally long, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthoptera
Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grasshoppers, locusts, and close relatives; and Ensifera – crickets and close relatives. More than 20,000 species are distributed worldwide. The insects in the order have incomplete metamorphosis, and produce sound (known as a " stridulation") by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bumps. The tympanum, or ear, is located in the front tibia in crickets, mole crickets, and bush crickets or katydids, and on the first abdominal segment in the grasshoppers and locusts. These organisms use vibrations to locate other individuals. Grasshoppers and other orthopterans are able to fold their wings (i.e. they are members of Neoptera). Etymology The name is derived from the Greek � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensifera
Ensifera is a suborder of insects that includes the various types of crickets and their allies including: true crickets, camel crickets, bush crickets or katydids, grigs, weta and Cooloola monsters. This and the suborder Caelifera (grasshoppers and their allies) make up the order Orthoptera. Ensifera is believed to be a more ancient group than Caelifera, with its origins in the Carboniferous period, the split having occurred at the end of the Permian period. Unlike the Caelifera, the Ensifera contain numerous members that are partially carnivorous, feeding on other insects, as well as plants. ''Ensifer'' is Latin for "sword bearer", and refers to the typically elongated and blade-like ovipositor of the females. Characteristics Characteristics shared by the two orthopteran suborders, Caelifera and Ensifera, are the mouthparts adapted for biting and chewing, the modified prothorax, the hind legs modified for jumping, the wing shape and venation, and the sound-producing strid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wētā
Wētā (also spelt weta) is the common name for a group of about 100 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae endemic to New Zealand. They are giant flightless crickets, and some are among the heaviest insects in the world. Generally nocturnal, most small species are carnivores and scavengers while the larger species are herbivorous. Wētā are preyed on by introduced mammals, and some species are now critically endangered. Name Wētā is a loanword, from the Māori-language word ''wētā'', which refers to this whole group of large insects; some types of wētā have a specific Māori name. In New Zealand English, it is spelled either "weta" or "wētā", although the form with macrons is increasingly common in formal writing, as the Māori word ''weta'' (without macrons) instead means "filth or excrement". General characteristics Many wētā are large by insect standards and some species are among the largest and heaviest in the world. Their p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macrobaenetes
''Macrobaenetes'' is a genus of sand-treader crickets in the family Rhaphidophoridae The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae of the suborder Ensifera has a worldwide distribution. Common names for these insects include cave wētā, cave crickets, camelback crickets, camel crickets, Hogan bugs, spider crickets (sometimes shortene ..., found in California. There are at least four described species in ''Macrobaenetes''. Species These species belong to the genus ''Macrobaenetes'': * '' Macrobaenetes algodonensis'' Tinkham, 1962 (algodones sand treader cricket) * '' Macrobaenetes kelsoensis'' Tinkham, 1962 (kelso dunes giant sand-treader cricket) * '' Macrobaenetes sierrapintae'' Tinkham, 1962 (sierra pinta giant sand-treader cricket) * '' Macrobaenetes valgum'' (Strohecker, 1960) (coachella giant sand-treader cricket) References Ensifera genera Rhaphidophoridae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{rhaphidophoridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigantettix
''Gigantettix'' is a genus of camel crickets in the subfamily Aemodogryllinae and tribe Diestramimini. The type species, from Vietnam, was originally assigned to the genus ''Diestramima'' (''D. gigantea'' Gorochov); subsequently, other species have been found in the Indo-China region. Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: * ''Gigantettix gigantea'' (Gorochov, 1992) – type species * ''Gigantettix laosensis'' Gorochov & Storozhenko, 2015 * ''Gigantettix longipes'' (Rehn, 1906) * ''Gigantettix maximus'' Gorochov, 1998 * ''Gigantettix minusculus'' Gorochov, 1998 * ''Gigantettix sapaensis ''Gigantettix'' is a genus of camel crickets in the subfamily Aemodogryllinae and tribe Diestramimini. The type species, from Vietnam, was originally assigned to the genus ''Diestramima'' (''D. gigantea'' Gorochov); subsequently, other species h ...'' Gorochov, 2002 Reference {{Taxonbar, from=Q10504829 Rhaphidophoridae Ensifera genera Orthoptera of Indo-China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceuthophilus
''Ceuthophilus'' is a genus of insects in the cave cricket family Rhaphidophoridae. It contains most of the species that are known commonly as camel crickets.Sanders, DHouse-invading Crickets. University of Missouri Extension. 2010. These insects have thick, dorsally arched bodies. The head is oval in shape with long, tapering antennae. The hind femur is thick and usually spiny in males, and sometimes slightly spiny in females.Kirby, W. R. ''Key to Subfamilies of North American Rhaphidophoridae: Subfamily Rhaphidophorinae.'' ''Ceuthophilus'' have varied diets and have been described as omnivores and scavengers. Items observed in the diets of ''Ceuthophilus'' species include jelly, tuna, rancid liver, American cheese, pet food, oatmeal, wheat germ, peanut butter, molasses, wild fungi, persimmon, bread, dead and living insects, insect eggs, arachnids, dead bats, dead ring-tailed cats, and human feces Human feces (or faeces in British English) is the solid or semisolid rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Walker (entomologist)
Francis Walker (31 July 1809 – 5 October 1874) was an English entomologist. He was born in Southgate, London, on 31 July 1809 and died at Wanstead, England on 5 October 1874. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms. However, his assiduous work on the collections of the British Museum had great significance. Between June 1848 and late 1873 Walker was contracted by John Edward Gray Director of the British Museum to catalogue their insects (except Coleoptera) that is Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera. Walker largely accomplished this and (Edwards, 1870) wrote of the plan and by implication those who implemented it “It is to him raythat the Public owe the admirable helps to the study of natural history which have been afforded by the series of inventories, guides, and nomenclatures, the publication of which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhachocnemis
''Rhachocnemis'' is a genus of sand-treader crickets in the family Rhaphidophoridae The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae of the suborder Ensifera has a worldwide distribution. Common names for these insects include cave wētā, cave crickets, camelback crickets, camel crickets, Hogan bugs, spider crickets (sometimes shortene .... There is one described species in ''Rhachocnemis'', ''R. validus''. References Further reading * Rhaphidophoridae Articles created by Qbugbot {{rhaphidophoridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachycines
''Tachycines'' is a genus of camel crickets in the subfamily Aemodogryllinae and tribe Aemodogryllini. Some authorities had placed the type species, ''T. asynamorus'', in the genus '' Diestrammena'', but recent papers returned this to the subgenus ''Tachycines (Tachycines),'' with a substantial number of new species recently described. Species have a discontinuous distribution in Europe and eastern Asia (China, Korea, Japan), with species in subgenus ''Gymnaeta'' also found Indo-China and the Philippines. European records appear to refer to ''Tachycines asynamorus'': the cosmopolitan 'greenhouse camel cricket', which has also spread to the USA. Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: subgenus ''Gymnaeta'' Adelung, 1902 * ''Tachycines adelungi'' Chopard, 1921 * ''Tachycines altimontanus'' (Gorochov, 2010) * ''Tachycines ater'' Li, Feng & Luo, 2021 * ''Tachycines belousovi'' (Gorochov, 2010) * ''Tachycines beresowskii'' (Adelung, 1902) * ''Tachycines bifolius'' Zhu, Chen & S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
