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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Crickets (Gryllidea) » Mole Crickets (Gryllotalpidae) » Two-clawed Mole Crickets (Neoscapteriscus)

Genus Neoscapteriscus - Two-clawed Mole Crickets

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Print References · Internet References
Mole Cricket - Neoscapteriscus borellii - male Found in pool - Neoscapteriscus borellii - male Neoscapteriscus vicinus Neoscapteriscus vicinus Neoscapteriscus sp? - Neoscapteriscus vicinus Mole Cricket observed 6-19-2019 10:04 pm south Tarrant County, Texas - Neoscapteriscus borellii Neoscapteriscus vicinus - female Unknown - Neoscapteriscus vicinus
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 Gryllotalpidae (Mole Crickets)
Genus Neoscapteriscus (Two-clawed Mole Crickets)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Neoscapteriscus Cadena-Castañeda, 2015

On the basis of a phylogeny proposed by Cadena-Castañeda (2015), all but two species formerly in the genus Scapteriscus, were transferred to Neoscapteriscus, a new genus.
Numbers
Three species are reported from the U.S. Others occur further south.
Range
Native from Mexico and Caribbean south through South America, the three North American species are believed to have all been introduced at the beginning of the 20th century.
Print References
Nickle, David A. and James L. Castner, 1984. Introduced Species of Mole Crickets in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Annals of the Engomological Society of America 77 (4):450-465.
Walker, T.J. and D.A. Nickle, 1981. Introduceion and Spread of Pest Mole Crickets: Scapteriscus vicinus and S. acletus Reexamined. Annals of the Engomological Society of America 74 (2):158-163.
Internet References
Univ. of Florida Featured Creatures
Singing Insects of North America--account of genus
Dactyls UF diagram distinguishes between the three spp. on the basis of claw shapes
Orthoptera Species File Online
Contributed by Cotinis on 17 June, 2004 - 6:12pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, David Ferguson, metrioptera
Last updated 11 February, 2017 - 10:18am

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