Species Allonemobius fasciatus - Striped Ground Cricket

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Internet References

Which cricket please .. - Allonemobius fasciatus - female

cricket being hunted by spider - Allonemobius fasciatus - male

Ground Cricket - Allonemobius fasciatus - male

Striped Ground Cricket - Allonemobius fasciatus - female

Allonemobius fasciatus? - Allonemobius fasciatus - female

Allanemobius spp? - Allonemobius fasciatus

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 Gryllidae (True Crickets)

Subfamily Nemobiinae (Ground Crickets)

Genus Allonemobius (Robust Ground Crickets)

Species fasciatus (Striped Ground Cricket)

Other Common Names

Banded Ground Cricket

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Allonemobius fasciatus (De Geer 1773)

Explanation of Names

At Words by William Whitaker, "fascia' translates to 'band" or "streak"

Identification

Morphology and song are identical to A. socius; the only way to distinguish the two is by allozyme assay or (in most cases) by range.

Range

Northern half of the U.S. and southern Canada - see range map at SINA

Habitat

Open grassy areas

See Also

A. allardi - often in the same places, but usually prefers drier parts of the field; song is quite different

A. socius - indistinguishable by appearance and song, only by range and allozyme assay

Internet References

Singing Insects of North America has photos, distribution map, as well as spectrogram and recording of song.

North Dakota State University has a key to differentiate the fasciatus complex.

Wil Hershberger offers a cd titled Songs of Crickets & Katydids of the Mid-Atlantic States which has the song of A. fasciatus among its many tracks.

OSF

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 27 October, 2004 - 7:56pm
Additional contributions by Harsi S. Parker, metrioptera
Last updated 6 June, 2019 - 11:08am

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