Genus Macrobaenetes - Sand-treader Crickets

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References

Algodones Sand Treader Cricket - Macrobaenetes algodonensis

Kelso giant sand treader cricket - Macrobaenetes kelsoensis

Macrobaenetes algodonensis? - Macrobaenetes algodonensis

Algodones Sand Treader Cricket - Macrobaenetes algodonensis - male

Algodones Sand Treader Cricket - Macrobaenetes algodonensis - female

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 Rhaphidophoridae (Camel Crickets)

Subfamily Ceuthophilinae

Genus Macrobaenetes (Sand-treader Crickets)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Macrobaenetes Tinkham, 1962. Type species: Macrobaenetes kelsoensis Tinkham

Numbers

Four species have been described from California

Print References

Tinkham, Earnest R. (1962) A new genus and three new species of large sand-treader camel crickets from the Colorado Desert with keys and notes. Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., 61(2):89-111 (Full Text)

Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 28 January, 2012 - 11:01am
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 4 April, 2017 - 9:10am

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