Genus Neotridactylus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Grasshopper Nymph - Neotridactylus apicialis

Neotridactylus apicialis, Larger pygmy mole grasshopper - Neotridactylus apicialis

Pygmy Mole Cricket - Neotridactylus apicialis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)

Family Tridactylidae (Pygmy Mole 'Crickets')

Genus Neotridactylus

Other Common Names

Larger Sand Cricket (N. apicalis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tridactylus

Size

6-10 mm

Identification

At 6-10 mm, larger than Ellipes (4-5 mm), hind tibia have four pairs of long slender plates used in swimming. Hind tarsi have one segment--hind tarsi absent in Ellipes (1).

Range

N. apicalis is widespread in eastern North America, and also found in Southwest.

Habitat

Sandy shores, bars, etc.

See Also

Ellipes

Print References

Helfer, p. 325, fig. 517--(Neotridactylus) Tridactylus apicalis (1)

Capinera, Field Guide to Grasshoppers, p. 152--description, map, for N. apicalis (2)

Bland, p. 134--photo of specimen, N. apicalis (3)

Salsbury, p. 70--photo of specimen, N. apicalis (4)

Internet References

Insects of Cedar Creek--photo of the widespread Neotridactylus (Tridactylus) apicalis

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies By Jacques R. Helfer

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

3.	Orthoptera of Michigan By Roger Bland

4.	Insects in Kansas By Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 5 March, 2006 - 1:46am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 5 March, 2006 - 5:57am

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