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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) » Southern Mole Cricket (Neoscapteriscus borellii)

Species Neoscapteriscus borellii - Southern Mole Cricket

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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)
Species borellii (Southern Mole Cricket)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scapteriscus borellii Giglio-Tos 1894 (described from Paraguay)
Scapteriscus acletus Rehn & Hebard 1916 (described from Georgia, USA)
Explanation of Names
Neoscapteriscus borellii (Giglio-Tos 1894)
Size
25-35 mm
Identification
Brown to pinkish, pronotum dark with four pale spots
Range
neotropical species introduced to se US & parts of California
Habitat
Gardens, lawns, agricultural land
Season
Spring-summer
Print References
(1)(2)
Internet References
Fact sheet (Capinera & Leppla 2016)(3)
Works Cited
1.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
Jacques R. Helfer. 1962. Wm. C. Brown Company.
2.Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides)
Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.
3.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Cotinis on 17 June, 2004 - 6:22pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, David Ferguson, v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 2 February, 2023 - 5:06pm

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