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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Hump-winged Crickets (Prophalangopsidae)

Family Prophalangopsidae - Hump-winged Crickets

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
Some sort of Cricket? - Cyphoderris monstrosa Type of cricket maybe? - Cyphoderris Cyphoderris - Cyphoderris monstrosa - female Cricket ? - Cyphoderris Gret Grig - Cyphoderris monstrosa - Cyphoderris monstrosa curiosity peaked - Cyphoderris monstrosa curiosity peaked - Cyphoderris monstrosa Prophalangopsidae: Cyphoderris buckelli - Cyphoderris buckelli
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 Prophalangopsidae (Hump-winged Crickets)
Other Common Names
Hump-winged Grigs
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Haglidae (Tree of Life)
Numbers
3 species in 1 genus in North America (nearctica.com)
Size
body length 17-30 mm
Identification
brown with black and pale yellowish markings; short-winged and flightless
Range
northwestern United States and southwestern Canada
Habitat
coniferous forests and high-altitude sagebrush prairie; hide beneath leaf litter during the day, and become active at night
Season
adults from May to August
Food
staminate flowers of coniferous trees, and flower parts & pollen of broadleaved shrubs; sometimes eats fruit and small insects
Life Cycle
overwinters as a late-instar nymph or young adult in burrow in ground; one generation per year
Remarks
males stridulate to attract females or to announce territory
Internet References
live adult images of male and female Cyphoderris strepitans by Darryl Gwynne, plus classification, biology, and references (Tree of Life)
links to info, images, distribution maps of the 3 North American species (Singing Insects of North America, U. of Florida)
biology and behavior (U. of Toronto)
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 30 March, 2005 - 6:17pm
Additional contributions by Joel Kits, Robin McLeod, David Ferguson, metrioptera
Last updated 28 April, 2014 - 7:16pm

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