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Trigonidiidae
The Trigonidiidae are a family of crickets Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets and more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms,Imms AD, rev. Richards OW & Davies RG (1970) ''A General Textbook of Entomology'' 9th Ed. Methuen 886 ... consisting of two subfamilies: * Subfamily Nemobiinae Saussure, 1877 – wood crickets or ground crickets * Subfamily Trigonidiinae Saussure, 1874 – sword-tail crickets References External links * {{Orthoptera, 1 Orthoptera families Ensifera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemobiinae
Nemobiinae is a subfamily of the newly constituted Trigonidiidae, one of the Grylloidea, cricket families. The type genus is ''Nemobius'', which includes the wood cricket, but members of this subfamily may also be known as ground crickets or "pygmy field crickets". Characteristics Nemobiinae are typically small insects, generally less than long, and less robust than many other crickets (''e.g.'' those in the Gryllidae). The thorax is densely bristled and the abdomen is also bristly. There are four (or sometimes three) pairs of long, movable spines above the tip of the abdomen. The ovipositor varies from being long, straight and needle-like, to short, curved and sabre-like. These crickets have wings of variable lengths and are generally brown, a suitable colour for concealment among the leaf litter and plant bases where they live. They are often active during the day and can be quite common in woodland and pastureland. They are omnivores. There are about two hundred species world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemobius Sylvestris
''Nemobius sylvestris'', the wood cricket, is a flightless species of cricket (insect), cricket in the family Trigonidiidae. It is native to Western Europe and North Africa but uncommon in Britain. Description This cricket is a small, dark brown, ground-dwelling, grasshopper-like insect with long, thread-like antennae. It grows to about . Neither males nor females have hind wings; in males the fore-wings extend half way along the abdomen, while in females, the fore-wings are reduced to rounded stubs. Females also have a long ovipositor at the tip of the abdomen. Distribution and habitat The wood cricket is native to Europe and North Africa. Its range includes Western, Central and Southern Europe, Corsica, Algeria and Morocco. The natural habitat of this species is forest edges and woodland clearings, where it is associated with oak, beech, hazel and holly trees and with bracken. It thrives among the leaf litter in warm, sunny spots. It is uncommon in Britain, with separate popul ... [...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] |
Trigonidiinae
Trigonidiinae is a subfamily of insects in the order Orthoptera, suborder Ensifera, based on the type genus '' Trigonidium''. They are often referred to as sword-tail crickets, winged bush crickets or trigs. Tribes and genera The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: Phylloscyrtini Auth.: Chopard, 1968; distribution: Americas # '' Cranistus'' # '' Phyllopalpus'' # '' Phylloscyrtus'' Trigonidiini Auth.: Saussure, 1874; Worldwide distribution (except Antarctica) # '' Amusurgus'' # '' Anacyrtoxipha'' - monotypic ''A. albotibialis'' - E. Africa # '' Anaxipha'' # '' Anaxiphomorpha'' # '' Cyrtoxipha'' - Americas # '' Cyrtoxiphoides'' # '' Dolichoxipha'' - Australia # '' Estrellina''- monotypic ''E. rehni'' # '' Falcicula'' - monotypic ''F. hebardi'' # '' Hebardinella'' - monotypic ''H. americana'' # '' Homoeoxipha'' # '' Hydropedeticus'' # '' Jarmilaxipha'' # '' Laupala'' # '' Lobeda'' # '' Macroanaxipha'' # '' Metioche'' # '' Metiochodes'' # '' Natula'' # '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trigonidium (cricket)
''Trigonidium''Rambur (1838) ''Faune entomologique de l'Andalousie'' 2: 39. is a large genus of sword-tail crickets, typical of the tribe Trigonidiini. Records of occurrence are from Europe, Africa, tropical Asia, Australia and the Pacific islands; many species endemic to Pacific islands including Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ... have now been placed in the genus '' Nudilla''. Subgenera and species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' currently lists five subgenera: ;''Balamara'' Auth: Otte & Alexander, 1983 - Australia *'' Trigonidium albovittatum'' ( Chopard, 1951) *'' Trigonidium gidya'' (Otte & Alexander, 1983) *'' Trigonidium marroo'' (Otte & Alexander, 1983) ;''Parametioche'' Auth: Otte & Alexander, 1983 - Australia *'' Trigonidium rectinerve'' (Chopard, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthoptera Families
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 meaning " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
