Subfamily Hapithinae - Bush Crickets

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

pale grasshopper or cricket - Orocharis saltator

Jumping Bush Cricket Nymph - Dorsal without Antenna - Orocharis saltator - female

Jumping bush cricket - Orocharis saltator - male

unknown cricket - Orocharis saltator - 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)

Subfamily Hapithinae (Bush Crickets)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

includes the genera Hapithus and Orocharis formerly placed in family Eneopteridae

the genus Tafalisca is now placed in subfamily Tafaliscinae of family Gryllidae at OSF

the genus Xenogryllus is now placed in subfamily Eneopterinae of family Gryllidae at OSF

Numbers

9 species in 2 genera in North America listed at SINA

Size

body length 9-20 mm

Identification

Usually brown or gray. Hind tibia has 5-8 spines on upper margin. Tarsi have second segment much shorter than the other two and it has two lobes with flattened pads (1).

Range

mostly southeastern states; not present in the west

Habitat

on bushes, forbs, and canopies of trees

Food

Leaves, flowers, and fruit of plants.

Life Cycle

Eggs are laid in the stems of living plants.

Remarks

This page contains contributions from Patrick Coin and Joel Kits (copied from Eneopteridae page, now removed).

Print References

Capinera, p. 203 (1)

Internet References

classification plus literature citations and included taxa (Orthoptera Species File)

links to species accounts plus some remarks and behavior plus common name reference of Eneopterinae (Singing Insects of North America)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States By John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 31 January, 2008 - 11:08pm

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