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Family Gryllidae - True Crickets

Phyllopalpus pulchellus couple - Phyllopalpus pulchellus - male - female Long Antennae! - Oecanthus Oecanthus Species - Oecanthus pini Neoxabea bipunctata instar - Neoxabea bipunctata Restless Bush Cricket - Hapithus agitator - female What Cricket? - Orocharis saltator - female Stuck at Ensifera - Oecanthus What have I here? - Phyllopalpus pulchellus
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)