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Infraorder Gryllidea - Crickets

Grasshopper-like - Phyllopalpus pulchellus - male nymph - Neoxabea bipunctata Dune cricket - Gryllus integer - male Oecanthus californicus Field Cricket - Gryllus - male Tree cricket on composite, Saskatchewan - Oecanthus Oecanthus niveus - male Antennal markings - Oecanthus beameri - male
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)
Remarks
This infraorder contains the four families of "True Crickets" of the superfamily Grylloidea.

Also, included is the family Schizodactylidae (in its own superfamily - Schizodactyloidea), which includes two genera from southern Eurasia (Schizodactylus) and southern Africa (Comicus) known as Dune Crickets or Splay-foot Crickets.

See further comments under suborder Ensifera.