The ''Oecanthidae'' are a recently (2022 de Campos LD, Souza-Dias PGB, Audino JA, Desutter-Grandcolas L, Nihei SS (2022) The fifth family of the true crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera: Ensifera: Grylloidea), Oecanthidae ''defin. Nov.'': phylogenetic relationships and divergence times. ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'', 20, 1–44.) restored 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 ...

based on the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearin ...

'' Oecanthus'' . They include "tree crickets", "anomalous crickets" and "bush crickets" (American usage) and can be found in warmer parts of most of the world (not the northern

Palaearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

Nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...

or Antarctica).Orthoptera Species File: family Oecanthidae Blanchard, 1845
(retrieved 31 October 2024)

Origin and circumscription

The family and lower taxonomic names are based on "Oecanthites" used by

Émile Blanchard Charles Émile Blanchard (6 March 1819 – 11 February 1900) was a French zoologist and entomologist. Career Blanchard was born in Paris. His father was an artist and naturalist and Émile began natural history very early in life. When he was ...

in 1845, with the first use as Oecanthidae by

Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (13 June 1823, Bern – 24 August 1914, Kirchdorf) was a geologist and physicist who worked as the first head of telegraphy administration in Switzerland. He was the first to promote transnational cooperation for teleg ...

in 1873.Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1873) ''Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. Gesellsch.'' 4(4): 164. Campos ''et al.'' (2022) provide a key to the four subfamilies and tribes.

subfamily Euscyrtinae

Auth: Gorochov, 1985; selected genera: * '' Beybienkoana'' * '' Euscyrtodes'' * '' Euscyrtus'' - type genus * '' Patiscus''

subfamily Oecanthinae

Auth: Blanchard, 1845: the

tree cricket In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only plan ...

s which are delicate white or pale green insects with transparent fore wings. Three tribes are now placed in two supertribes: ;supertribe Diatrypidi Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988 # monotypic genus '' Diatrypa'' ;supertribe Oecanthidi Blanchard, 1845 * tribe Oecanthini Blanchard, 1845 * tribe Xabeini Vickery & Kevan, 1983 * unplaced genera

Podoscirtinae

Auth: Saussure, 1878; : previously a subfamily group containing the "anomalous crickets" ;supertribe Hapithidi Gorochov, 1986 * tribe Aphonomorphini Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988 * tribe Cearacesaini Koçak & Kemal, 2010 * tribe Hapithini Gorochov, 1986 * tribe Phyllogryllini Campos, 2022 ;supertribe Podoscirtidi Saussure, 1878 * tribe Aphonoidini Gorochov, 2008 * tribe

Podoscirtini Podoscirtinae is a subfamily of crickets in the family Oecanthidae. Tribes and Genera The ''Orthoptera Species File'' includes two supertribes: supertribe Hapithidi Auth.: Gorochov, 1986 - Americas * tribe Aphonomorphini Desutter-Grandcolas ...

Saussure, 1878 * tribe Truljaliini Gorochov, 2020 * Unplaced genera (extinct)

Tafaliscinae

Auth: Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988: previously incorporated in the Oecanthinae ;supertribe Paroecanthidi Gorochov, 1986 * tribe Neometrypini Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988 * tribe Paroecanthini Gorochov, 1986 ;supertribe Tafaliscidi Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988 * tribe Tafaliscini Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988 ** ''

Tafalisca ''Tafalisca'' is a genus of silent bush crickets in the family Oecanthidae. Records for described species in ''Tafalisca'' are mostly from Central and South America, with one species from Java. Species These species belong to the genus ''Tafali ...

'' - type genus

References

External links

* * {{Orthoptera, 1 crickets Orthoptera families Taxa described in 1845