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

Subfamily Trigonidiinae - Winged Bush Crickets, Trigs

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Internet References
Red-headed bush cricket - Phyllopalpus pulchellus - male Cricket ID Request - Anaxipha exigua Columbian Trig - Cyrtoxipha columbiana - female Say's Trig - Anaxipha exigua - female Red-headed Bush Cricket - Phyllopalpus pulchellus - female Orthop - Anaxipha exigua - female Say's Bush Cricket - Anaxipha exigua - female immature Red-headed Bush Cricket - Phyllopalpus pulchellus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Gryllidea (Crickets)
Family Gryllidae (True Crickets)
Subfamily Trigonidiinae (Winged Bush Crickets, Trigs)
Other Common Names
Sword-tail Crickets
Trigs
Leaf-running Crickets
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Moved from family Trigonidiidae at BugGuide on 31 January 2008. Placement in family Gryllidae follows the classification used in the Orthoptera Species File here; see Taxonomy Proposals forum topic on "Orthoptera" here.
Explanation of Names
Subfamily name from genus Trigonidium Rambur, 1838. This would appear to be from Greek trigonos three-cornered. Common name "trigs" appears to be from the scientific name.
Internet References
classification plus common names reference, synonyms, included taxa, literature citations (Orthoptera Species File)
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
Last updated 6 May, 2011 - 5:59am

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