Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Moved from family Eneopteridae at BugGuide on 1 February 2008. Placement in subfamily Hapithinae of family Gryllidae follows the classification used in the Orthoptera Species File
here; see Taxonomy Proposals forum topic on "Orthoptera"
here.
Numbers
Singing Insects of North America lists 6 species: O. diplastes, O. gryllodes, O. luteolira, O. nigrifrons, O. saltator, and O. tricornis.
Identification
Forewings cover abdomen, and hindwings project out from beneath them
(1).
Range
O. saltator is widespread in eastern United States, mostly southeast, though absent from Florida peninsula and southeastern Georgia.
O. luteolira is found in southeastern coastal plain
(1).
Other species restricted to Florida.
See Also
Short-winged bush crickets, genus
HapithusPrint References
Capinera, p. 204, plate 45
(1)
Helfer, pp. 334-335, fig. 534
(2)Internet References
description plus illustrations of head of five species and common name reference (Singing Insects of North America)
classification plus literature citations and included taxa (Orthoptera Species File)
