Family Gryllidae - True Crickets

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Internet References

Tree Cricket - Neoxabea bipunctata - female

Prairie Tree Cricket??? - Oecanthus argentinus

Black-horned Tree Cricket - Oecanthus nigricornis - female

House cricket fight - Acheta domesticus - male

House crickets courting - Acheta domesticus - male - female

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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