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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Crickets (Gryllidea) » True Crickets (Gryllidae) » Bush Crickets (Hapithinae) » Loud-singing Bush Crickets (Orocharis)

Genus Orocharis - Loud-singing Bush Crickets

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
? - Orocharis Orocharis saltator - male Help Identifying - Orocharis saltator - male Jumping Bush Cricket - Orocharis saltator - male pale bush cricket Orocharis? - Orocharis saltator Orocharis luteolira - female Gryllidae? - Orocharis saltator - female Brown tree cricket - Orocharis saltator - 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 Gryllidea (Crickets)
Family Gryllidae (True Crickets)
Subfamily Hapithinae (Bush Crickets)
Genus Orocharis (Loud-singing Bush Crickets)
Other Common Names
Jumping Bush Crickets
Explanation of Names
Orocharis Uhler 1864
Numbers
6 spp. in our area(1), 36 total(2)
Size
15-20 mm (O. saltator)
Identification
Forewings cover abdomen; hindwings project out from beneath them(3)
Range
US to Brazil(2); in our area: O. saltator is widespread in e.US though absent from peninsular FL & se.GA; O. luteolira southeastern coastal plain; 4 spp. restricted to FL(3)
Internet References
taxon page(1)
Works Cited
1.Singing Insects of North America
2.Orthoptera Species File Online
3.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.
Contributed by Mike Boone on 2 January, 2005 - 3:40pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 21 October, 2023 - 6:37pm

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