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Genus Neoscapteriscus - Two-clawed Mole Crickets

Mole cricket - Neoscapteriscus vicinus - female

Mole Cricket - Neoscapteriscus vicinus - male

Unknown Critter - Neoscapteriscus vicinus - female

Unknown specimen - Neoscapteriscus vicinus

Mole Cricket observed 6-19-2019 10:04 pm south Tarrant County, Texas - Neoscapteriscus borellii

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 Neoscapteriscus (Two-clawed Mole Crickets)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neoscapteriscus Cadena-Castañeda, 2015

On the basis of a phylogeny proposed by Cadena-Castañeda (2015), all but two species formerly in the genus Scapteriscus, were transferred to Neoscapteriscus, a new genus.

Numbers

Three species are reported from the U.S. Others occur further south.

Range

Native from Mexico and Caribbean south through South America, the three North American species are believed to have all been introduced at the beginning of the 20th century.

Print References

Nickle, David A. and James L. Castner, 1984. Introduced Species of Mole Crickets in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Annals of the Engomological Society of America 77 (4):450-465.

Walker, T.J. and D.A. Nickle, 1981. Introduceion and Spread of Pest Mole Crickets: Scapteriscus vicinus and S. acletus Reexamined. Annals of the Engomological Society of America 74 (2):158-163.

Internet References

Univ. of Florida Featured Creatures

Singing Insects of North America--account of genus

Dactyls UF diagram distinguishes between the three spp. on the basis of claw shapes

Orthoptera Species File Online

Contributed by Cotinis on 17 June, 2004 - 6:12pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, David Ferguson, metrioptera
Last updated 11 February, 2017 - 10:18am

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