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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Crickets (Gryllidea) » Mole Crickets (Gryllotalpidae) » Gryllotalpa

Genus Gryllotalpa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Big Bug - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa - female Mystery bug in suburban New York - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa - male Crazy Unidentified Bug - PLEASE HELP - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa - female unknown specimen - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Strangest bug I've ever seen - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Creepy Crawler - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Unidentified bug - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Unknown Monster - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Gryllidea (Crickets)
Family Gryllotalpidae (Mole Crickets)
Genus Gryllotalpa
Explanation of Names
Gryllotalpa Latreille 1802
from Latin gryllus 'cricket' + talpa 'mole'
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, ~80 total(1)
Identification
easily distinguished from Neocurtilla by the costal area of the tegmen ('lateral field'): in Gryllotalpa all the veins are directed apically, whereas in Neocurtilla the distalmost veins are directed towards the base. --Sam W. Heads, 28.iii.2008
Range
much of the world(1); in our area:
G. gryllotalpa - introduced, downstate NY
G. major - native: relic tallgrass prairies in KS, OK, MS, AR
G. cultriger - native: CA & TX (only 3 specimens known from the U.S.); Mexico
Works Cited
1.Orthoptera Species File Online
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 30 March, 2008 - 3:01pm
Additional contributions by v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 3 July, 2022 - 7:01pm

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