Subfamily Nemobiinae - Ground Crickets

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Internet References

Tiny crickets found at Tamarack Bog on Sphagnum moss - Neonemobius palustris - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)

Family Gryllidae (True Crickets)

Subfamily Nemobiinae (Ground Crickets)

Other Common Names

Pygmy Field Crickets

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Moved from family Trigonidiidae at BugGuide on 31 January 2008. Placement in family Gryllidae follows the classification used in the Orthoptera Species File here; see Taxonomy Proposals forum topic on "Orthoptera" here.

Identification

"Nemobiinae are characterised by the presence of prominent bristles on the vertex and frons and the absence of dorsal spines on the hind basitarsus." -Sam W. Heads

Internet References

classification plus common names reference, synonyms, included taxa, and literature citations (Orthoptera Species File)

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 26 October, 2004 - 8:32am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, ceiseman
Last updated 7 December, 2008 - 2:21pm

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