Tettigoniidea
is an infraorder of the order
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 – grass ...
, with six extant families.
Families
The ''Orthoptera Species File''
Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 27 December 2018)
/ref> lists:
*superfamily Hagloidea Handlirsch, 1906
** † Eospilopteronidae Cockerell, 1916
** † Haglidae Handlirsch, 1906
** † Hagloedischiidae Gorochov, 1986
** † Prezottophlebiidae Martins-Neto, 2007
** Prophalangopsidae
The family Prophalangopsidae are insects belonging to the order Orthoptera. They are the only extant members of the superfamily Hagloidea. There is only one extant genus in North America, where they are known as grigs, four genera in Asia, and ...
Kirby, 1906 (grigs)
** † Tuphellidae Gorochov, 1988
** † Tzetzenulia Gorochov, 1990
* superfamily †Phasmomimoidea Sharov, 1968
** † Phasmomimidae Sharov, 1968
* superfamily Stenopelmatoidea
Stenopelmatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Orthoptera; in some older classifications this group was referred to as Gryllacridoidea.
Classification
The classification and constituency of Stenopelmatoidea is an ongoing source of co ...
Burmeister, 1838 (wetas & king crickets)
** Anostostomatidae
Anostostomatidae is a family of insects in the order Orthoptera, widely distributed in the southern hemisphere. It is named Mimnermidae or Henicidae in some taxonomies, and common names include ''king crickets'' in South Africa and ''wētā'' in ...
Saussure, 1859
** Cooloolidae
''Cooloola'' is a genus of ensiferan orthopterans known as Cooloola monsters. It is the only genus in the subfamily Cooloolinae and family Cooloolidae of the superfamily Stenopelmatoidea.
Four species are known from this family, all endemic to ...
Rentz, 1980
** Gryllacrididae
Gryllacrididae are a family of non-jumping insects in the suborder Ensifera occurring worldwide, known commonly as leaf-rolling crickets or raspy crickets. The family historically has been broadly defined to include what are presently several oth ...
Blanchard, 1845
** Stenopelmatidae
The family Stenopelmatidae is composed of large, mostly flightless insects resembling crickets (the family Gryllidae). Two genera: '' Ammopelmatus'' and the type genus '' Stenopelmatus'' are found in the New World. '' Oryctopus'' and ''Sia'' are O ...
Burmeister, 1838
* superfamily Tettigonioidea Krauss, 1902 (bush crickets or katydids)
** † Haglotettigoniidae Gorochov, 1988
** † Permotettigoniidae Nel & Garrouste, 2016
** Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America), or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, ...
Krauss, 1902
''Incertae sedis''
** † Tettoraptor maculatus Gorochov, 2012
References
Further reading
*
* Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). ''Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States''. Cornell University Press.
External links
*
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Tettigoniidea
Ensifera
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