Species Gryllotalpa major - Prairie Mole Cricket

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Gryllotalpa major - Prairie mole cricket - Gryllotalpa major - male

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 Gryllotalpa

Species major (Prairie Mole Cricket)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gryllotalpa major (Saussure)

Orig. Comb: Gryllotalpa major Saussure, 1874

Range

c Great Plains (OK-AK-MO-KS) - Map (SINA)

Habitat

Relicts of tall grass prairie. (SINA)

Remarks

considered by AR and OK to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (1)(2)

Print References

Hill, P. (1998). Environmental and Social Influences on Calling Effort in the Prairie Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa major). Behavioral Ecology 9: 101–108.

Hill, P. (1999). Lekking in Gryllotalpa major, the Prairie Mole Cricket (Insecta: Gryllotalpidae). Ethology 105: 531–545.

Howard, D. and P. Hill (2006). Morphology and calling song characteristics in Gryllotalpa major Saussure (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research 15: 53–57.

Howard, D., N. Lee, C. Hall, A. Mason (2010). Are Centrally Displaying Males Always the Centre of Female Attention? Acoustic Display Position and Female Choice in a Lek Mating Subterranean Insect. Ethology 117: 199–207.

Internet References

Singing Insects of North America - SINA

Orthoptera Species File Online - OSF

Wikipedia

Works Cited

1.	Arkansas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - 2006

2.	Oklahoma "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - 2005

Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 23 March, 2012 - 1:19pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, metrioptera
Last updated 5 February, 2022 - 2:46pm

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