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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » True Crickets (Gryllidae)

Family Gryllidae - True Crickets

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Internet References
Gryllus - female Tree Cricket - Neoxabea bipunctata Tiny cricket found at Tamarack Bog on Sphagnum moss - Neonemobius palustris - male Cricket - male Neoxabea bipunctata adult male - Neoxabea bipunctata - male Singing male Snowy Tree Cricket - Oecanthus fultoni - male Davis' female antennal markings - Oecanthus exclamationis - female snowy tree cricket - Oecanthus fultoni - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Family Gryllidae (True Crickets)
Pronunciation
GRILL-ih-dee
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trigonidiidae, Eneopteridae
and 8 other synonyms listed at OSF
Explanation of Names
cricket: an onomatopoeic word, imitative of the sound made by these animals
Numbers
8 subfamilies, 28 genera, 112 species North of Mexico (SINA)
Identification
Long, slender ovipositor. Long antennae. 3-segmented tarsi.
Internet References
classification plus synonyms, common name reference, included taxa, and literature citations (Orthoptera Species File)
Information and links (U. of Florida)
List of species, maps, photos, etc. (Singing Insects of North America)
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Joel Kits, Robin McLeod, Lynette
Last updated 31 January, 2008 - 11:05pm

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