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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Hump-winged Crickets (Prophalangopsidae) » Cyphoderris

Genus Cyphoderris

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References

Golden cricket - Cyphoderris monstrosa - male

large nocturnal mystery insect - Cyphoderris

hump-winged cricket - Cyphoderris monstrosa - female

Prophalangopsidae: Cyphoderris buckelli - Cyphoderris buckelli

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)

Infraorder Tettigoniidea (Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives)

Family Prophalangopsidae (Hump-winged Crickets)

Genus Cyphoderris

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

placed in family Haglidae by some sources (e.g. Tree of Life)

placed in subfamily Decticinae in family Tettigoniidae by other sources (e.g. U. of Wisconsin)

Explanation of Names

CYPHODERRIS: from the Greek "kyphos" (bent) + "derris" (a covering); refers to the humped wings that resemble a bulky blanket heaped on the insect's back

Numbers

3 species in North America listed under Haglidae at nearctica.com

Size

body length 17-30 mm

Identification

brown with black and pale yellowish markings; short flightless wings are bulky and humped up like a loosely-folded blanket heaped on the insect's back

Range

northwestern United States and southwestern Canada

Habitat

coniferous forests and high-altitude sagebrush prairie; adults hide beneath leaf litter during the day, and become active at night

Season

adults from May to August

Food

staminate flowers of coniferous trees, and flower parts & pollen of broadleaved shrubs; sometimes eats fruit and small insects

Life Cycle

overwinters as a late-instar nymph or young adult in burrow in ground; one generation per year

Remarks

males stridulate to attract females or to announce territory

Internet References

live adult images of male and female C. strepitans by Darryl Gwynne, plus classification, biology, and references (Tree of Life)

links to info, images, distribution maps of the 3 North American species (Singing Insects of North America, U. of Florida)

biology and behavior (U. of Toronto)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 29 November, 2005 - 3:04am
Additional contributions by metrioptera
Last updated 19 February, 2014 - 6:46am

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