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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Neotridactylus apicialis - Larger Pygmy Mole Grasshopper

I was told this may be a Neotridactylus archboldi ( Archbold Pygmy Mole Cricket ) but seems to be out of range ??   - Neotridactylus apicialis 8023504 orthoptera - Neotridactylus apicialis Neotridactylus apicialis Unk - Neotridactylus apicialis Mole Cricket - Neotridactylus apicialis Neotridactylus apicialis Neotridactylus apicialis Neotridactylus apicialis
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 Neotridactylus
Species apicialis (Larger Pygmy Mole Grasshopper)
Other Common Names
Larger Sand Cricket(1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tridactylus apicialis Say 1825
Explanation of Names
Neotridactylus apicialis (Say)
apicialis is probably a reference to the "bristly appendages" at the tip of the abdomen(1)
Size
5.5-10 mm(1)
Range
e NA to CA to Ecuador(2)
Food
Organic material such as algae(1)
Works Cited
1.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.
2.Orthoptera Species File Online