Mogoplistidae is a
family
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of scaly crickets within the superfamily
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 ...
.
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/ref> Considered to be monophyletic
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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 ( ...
crickets. This family consists of more than 370 species
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worldwide;[Species Database](_blank)
/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
*'' Malgasia'' Uvarov, 1940
Mogoplistinae
Auth.: Brunner von Wattenwyl
Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (13 June 1823, Bern – 24 August 1914, Kirchdorf) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera, and a botanist.
Von Wattenwyl was a postmaster. He described many new taxa of Orthoptera.
His collection i ...
1873
;tribe Arachnocephalini Gorochov 1984
#'' Apterornebius'' Ingrisch, 2006
#'' Arachnocephalus'' Costa
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Biology
* Rib (Latin: ''costa''), in vertebrate anatomy
* Costa (botany), the central strand of a plant leaf or thallus
* Costa (coral), a stony rib, part of the skeleton of a coral
* Costa (entomology), the leading edge of th ...
, 1855
#'' Bothromogoplistes'' Gorochov, 2020
#'' Cycloptiloides'' Sjöstedt Sjöstedt or Sjoestedt is a surname of Swedish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
* Carl-Erik Sjöstedt, (1900-1979), Swedish mathematician and teacher
*Bengt Sjöstedt (1906–1981), Finnish hurdler
* Bror Yngve Sjöstedt (1866–1 ...
, 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 absco ...
'' Scudder Scudder, a surname, may refer to:
People
* Bernard Scudder, translator from Icelandic to English
* Edward W. Scudder (1822-1893), Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
* Horace Scudder, American editor
* Henry Scudder (clergyman) (d. 1659?), Eng ...
, 1869
#'' Discophallus'' Gorochov, 2009
#'' Ectatoderus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1847
#'' Ornebius'' 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
#''† 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" in the tribe Mogoplistini.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists:
# ''Collendina elanora'' Otte ...
'' Otte & Alexander, 1983
#'' Derectaotus'' Chopard, 1936
#'' Ectatoderus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1847
#'' 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''.
Species
These six species belong to the genus ''Hoplosphyrum'':
* ''Hoplosphyrum aztecum'' (Saussure, 1897)
* ...
'' Rehn & Hebard, 1912
#'' Kalyra'' Otte & Alexander, 1983
#''Kiah
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'' Otte & Alexander, 1983
#'' Marinna'' Otte & Alexander, 1983
#'' Microgryllus'' Philippi, 1863
#''Micrornebius
''Micrornebius'' is a genus of Grylloidea, crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) in the subfamily Mogoplistinae, tribe Mogoplistini.
The recorded distribution of species is primarily Asian and includes: India, Indo-China, Hainan, Taiwan and western Ma ...
'' Chopard, 1969
#'' Mogoplistes'' Serville, 1838
#'' Musgravia'' Otte, 1994
#'' Oligacanthopus'' Rehn & Hebard, 1912
#'' Pachyornebius'' Chopard, 1969
#''Paramogoplistes
''Paramogoplistes'' is a genus of European crickets in the family Mogoplistidae and tribe Mogoplistini, erected by A.V. Gorochov in 1984 as part of the revision of genus '' Mogoplistes''.Gorochov AV (1984) A contribution to the taxonomy of mod ...
'' Gorochov, 1984
#'' Pongah'' Otte & Alexander, 1983
#''Talia Talia may refer to:
* Talia (given name)
* Talia (surname)
* Talia, Lebanon, a town
* Talia, South Australia, a locality in the District Council of Elliston
* Talia Station, a pastoral lease in South Australia
* Talia (grape), an alternative ...
'' Otte & Alexander, 1983
#'' Terraplistes'' Ingrisch, 2006
#'' Tubarama'' Yamasaki, 1985
#'' Yarabina'' Otte, 1994
†Protomogoplistinae
*†'' Protomogoplistes'' Gorochov, 2010 Burmese amber
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, Myanmar, Cenomanian
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 Lepidoptera.
History
The family was originally described by Brunner von Wattenwyl
Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (13 June 1823, Bern – 24 August 1914, Kirchdorf) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera, and a botanist.
Von Wattenwyl was a postmaster. He described many new taxa of Orthoptera.
His collection i ...
in 1873, but a genus (mogoplistes) was described earlier, 1838, by Serville[Species Classification](_blank)
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References
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Crickets
Ensifera
Extant Jurassic first appearances
Orthoptera families