Mogoplistidae is a

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of scaly crickets and allies within the superfamily

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 ...

.Insect Information Database
/ref> Considered to be

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, a sister taxon to the

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 ...

crickets. This family consists of more than 370

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worldwide;Species Database
/ref> 20 species in 4 genera occur in North America and this family includes the scaly crickets of Europe.

Subfamilies, Tribes and selected Genera

The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists the following:

Malgasiinae

Auth.: Gorochov 1984; distribution: Madagascar and Indian Ocean islands *'' Malgasia'' Uvarov, 1940

Mogoplistinae

Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl 1873 Cycloptiloides-orientalis

;tribe Arachnocephalini Gorochov 1984 #'' Apterornebius'' Ingrisch, 2006 #''

Arachnocephalus ''Arachnocephalus'' is a genus of crickets in the family Mogoplistidae and typical of the tribe Arachnocephalini, erected by O.G. Costa in 1855.Costa OG (1855) ''Fauna del regno di Napoli. Ortotteri'' 41. Widespread records of distribution ar ...

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, 1855 #'' Bothromogoplistes'' Gorochov, 2020 #'' Cycloptiloides'' Sjöstedt, 1909 #''

Cycloptilum ''Cycloptilum'' is a genus of common scaly crickets in the family Mogoplistidae from the Americas. There are at least 50 described species in ''Cycloptilum''. Species These 53 species belong to the genus ''Cycloptilum'': * '' Cycloptilum abscon ...

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, 1869 #'' Discophallus'' Gorochov, 2009 #'' Ectatoderus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1847 #''

Ornebius ''Ornebius'' is a genus of crickets in the family Mogoplistidae and the tribe Arachnocephalini, erected by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1844. Species may be called "common scaled crickets" and have widespread records of distribution, w ...

'' Guérin-Méneville, 1844 #''

Pseudomogoplistes ''Pseudomogoplistes'' is a genus of crickets in the family Mogoplistidae, erected by AV Gorochov in 1984.Gorochov AV (1984) ''Zool. Zhur.'' 63(11): 1650. The recorded distribution of species is Europe and North Africa. Species The ''Orthoptera ...

'' Gorochov, 1984 #''† Archornebius'' #''† Pseudarachnocephalus'' Gorochov, 2010 ;tribe Mogoplistini Brunner von Wattenwyl 1873 #'' Biama'' Otte & Alexander, 1983 #''

Collendina ''Collendina''Otte D, Alexander RD (1983) ''Monographs Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.'' 22:415. is a genus of Australian "coastal scaled crickets Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets and more distantly, to grassho ...

'' Otte & Alexander, 1983 #'' Derectaotus'' Chopard, 1936 #'' Eucycloptilum'' Chopard, 1935 #'' Gotvendia'' Bolívar, 1927 #''

Hoplosphyrum ''Hoplosphyrum'' is a genus of scaly crickets in the family Mogoplistidae. There are about six described species in ''Hoplosphyrum'', from Africa and the Americas The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass compris ...

'' Rehn & Hebard, 1912 #'' Kalyra'' Otte & Alexander, 1983 #''

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'' Otte & Alexander, 1983 #'' Marinna'' Otte & Alexander, 1983 #'' Microgryllus'' Philippi, 1863 #'' Micrornebius'' Chopard, 1969 #''

Mogoplistes ''Mogoplistes'' is a genus of African and European Grylloidea, crickets which is typical of the family Mogoplistidae and Tribe (biology), tribe Mogoplistini, erected by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1838. This genus is distributed around t ...

'' Serville, 1838 #'' Musgravia'' Otte, 1994 #'' Oligacanthopus'' Rehn & Hebard, 1912 #'' Pachyornebius'' Chopard, 1969 #''

Paramogoplistes ''Paramogoplistes'' is a genus of European Grylloidea, crickets in the family Mogoplistidae and Tribe (biology), tribe Mogoplistini, erected by A.V. Gorochov in 1984 as part of the revision of genus ''Mogoplistes''.Gorochov AV (1984) A contribut ...

'' Gorochov, 1984 #'' Pongah'' Otte & Alexander, 1983 #'' Talia'' Otte & Alexander, 1983 #'' Terraplistes'' Ingrisch, 2006 #'' Tubarama'' Yamasaki, 1985 #'' Yarabina'' Otte, 1994

†Protomogoplistinae

*†'' Protomogoplistes'' Gorochov, 2010

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Ecology

These crickets have a worldwide distribution: especially in tropical/subtropical environments near water. Like many other crickets, they are omnivorous scavengers and will eat fungi, plant material, and other insects. Members of this family are distinguished from closely related families by the scales that covers their abdomen and parts of their thorax and resemble those of

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History

The family was originally described by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1873, but a genus (mogoplistes) was described earlier, 1838, by Serville and was the basis for the family nomenclature. Mogoplistidae has three subfamilies: Mogoplistinae, Malgasiinae and Protomogoplistinae. Little work has been completed to classify and describe these crickets although work has been done on their acoustic development and identification of new characters.Species Classification
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References

External links

* {{Authority control Crickets Mogoplistidae Extant Jurassic first appearances Orthoptera families