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Species Ellipes minuta - Smaller Sand Cricket

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
Family Tridactylidae (Pygmy Mole 'Crickets')
Genus Ellipes
Species minuta (Smaller Sand Cricket)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tridactylus minutus Scudder 1892
Explanation of Names
Ellipes minuta (Scudder)
Size
4-5 mm(1)
Identification
Antennae with 10 segments in both sexes (compare with E. gurneyi, monticolus, and californicus). Pronotum basically blackish, with laterocaudal corners pale and with a few small pale spots.
Range
NJ-MN to FL-CA; Cuba, Mesoamerica(1)
Habitat
sandy areas along margins of water(1)
Food
Algae(2)
Works Cited
1.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
Jacques R. Helfer. 1962. Wm. C. Brown Company.
2.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.