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Gryllotalpidae
Mole crickets are members of the insect family Gryllotalpidae, in the order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets). Mole crickets are cylindrical-bodied, fossorial insects about long as adults, with small eyes and shovel-like fore limbs highly developed for burrowing. They are present in many parts of the world and where they have arrived in new regions, may become agricultural pests. Mole crickets have three life stages: eggs, nymphs, and adults. Most of their lives in these stages are spent underground, but adults have wings and disperse in the breeding season. They vary in their diet: some species are herbivores, mainly feeding on roots; others are omnivores, including worms and grubs in their diet; and a few are largely predatory. Male mole crickets have an exceptionally loud song; they sing from a burrow that opens out into the air in the shape of an exponential horn. The song is an almost pure tone, modulated into chirps. It is used to attract females, eithe ...
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Gryllotalpinae
Mole crickets are members of the insect family Gryllotalpidae, in the order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets). Mole crickets are cylindrical-bodied, fossorial insects about long as adults, with small eyes and shovel-like fore limbs highly developed for burrowing. They are present in many parts of the world and where they have arrived in new regions, may become agricultural pests. Mole crickets have three life stages: eggs, nymphs, and adults. Most of their lives in these stages are spent underground, but adults have wings and disperse in the breeding season. They vary in their diet: some species are herbivores, mainly feeding on roots; others are omnivores, including worms and grubs in their diet; and a few are largely predatory. Male mole crickets have an exceptionally loud song; they sing from a burrow that opens out into the air in the shape of an exponential horn. The song is an almost pure tone, modulated into chirps. It is used to attract females, either ...
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Scapteriscinae
Mole crickets are members of the insect family Gryllotalpidae, in the order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets). Mole crickets are cylindrical-bodied, fossorial insects about long as adults, with small eyes and shovel-like fore limbs highly developed for burrowing. They are present in many parts of the world and where they have arrived in new regions, may become agricultural pests. Mole crickets have three life stages: eggs, nymphs, and adults. Most of their lives in these stages are spent underground, but adults have wings and disperse in the breeding season. They vary in their diet: some species are herbivores, mainly feeding on roots; others are omnivores, including worms and grubs in their diet; and a few are largely predatory. Male mole crickets have an exceptionally loud song; they sing from a burrow that opens out into the air in the shape of an exponential horn. The song is an almost pure tone, modulated into chirps. It is used to attract females, either ...
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Scapteriscus
''Scapteriscus'' is a genus of insects in the family Gryllotalpidae, the mole crickets. Members of the genus are called two-clawed mole crickets.Genus ''Scapteriscus''.
In: Walker, T. J. ''Singing Insects of North America''. Entomology and Nematology. University of Florida, IFAS.
They are native to South America.Parkman, J. P. and J. H. Frank. (1992)
Infection of sound-trapped mole crickets, ''Scapteriscus'' spp., by ''Steinernema scapterisci''.
''Florida Entomologist'' 75(1) 163-65.
Some species have arrived in other regions (by flight or ...
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Scapteriscus Vicinus
''Neoscapteriscus vicinus'', the tawny mole cricket, is a species of insect in the mole cricket family, Gryllotalpidae. This species is native to South America and also occurs in the Southern United States, where it arrived as a contaminant of ship's ballast around 1900. Colombian insect taxonomist Oscar Cadena-Castañeda studied specimens of the genus which had been called ''Scapteriscus'', and decided that it included two groups; a smaller group (the true ''Scapteriscus'') and a larger group that he named ''Neoscapteriscus'' (a new genus) in 2015. North American mole cricket taxonomists agreed with his decision and altered Orthoptera Species File Online accordingly. Description ''N. vicinus'' is a medium-sized mole cricket. Members of this genus are characterized by having two sharp claws and a blade-like process with a sharp edge on their fore legs. Other mole crickets have three or four claws. Its colour is yellowish-brown with a dark prothorax. It can be differentiated from ...
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Neoscapteriscus Vicinus
''Neoscapteriscus vicinus'', the tawny mole cricket, is a species of insect in the mole cricket family, Gryllotalpidae. This species is native to South America and also occurs in the Southern United States, where it arrived as a contaminant of ship's ballast around 1900. Colombian insect taxonomist Oscar Cadena-Castañeda studied specimens of the genus which had been called ''Scapteriscus'', and decided that it included two groups; a smaller group (the true ''Scapteriscus'') and a larger group that he named ''Neoscapteriscus'' (a new genus) in 2015. North American mole cricket taxonomists agreed with his decision and altered Orthoptera Species File Online accordingly. Description ''N. vicinus'' is a medium-sized mole cricket. Members of this genus are characterized by having two sharp claws and a blade-like process with a sharp edge on their fore legs. Other mole crickets have three or four claws. Its colour is yellowish-brown with a dark prothorax. It can be differentiated from ...
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Cricket (insect)
Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets, and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms,Imms AD, rev. Richards OW & Davies RG (1970) ''A General Textbook of Entomology'' 9th Ed. Methuen 886 pp. "crickets" were placed at the family level (''i.e.'' Gryllidae), but contemporary authorities including Otte now place them in the superfamily Grylloidea. The word has been used in combination to describe more distantly related taxa in the suborder Ensifera, such as king crickets and mole crickets. Crickets have mainly cylindrically-shaped bodies, round heads, and long antennae. Behind the head is a smooth, robust pronotum. The abdomen ends in a pair of long cerci; females have a long, cylindrical ovipositor. Diagnostic features include legs with 3-segmented tarsi; as with many Orthoptera, the hind legs have enlarged femora, providing power for jumping. The front wings are adapted as tough, leathery elytra, and some crickets ...
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Gryllotalpa Gryllotalpa
''Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa'', commonly known as the European mole cricket, is widespread in Europe and has been introduced to the eastern United States. The scientific name is derived from the Latin 'gryllus' meaning a cricket and 'talpa', a mole, and is descriptive because of the fine dense fur by which it is covered and its subterranean habits,ARKive.org: Gryllotalpa
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The body length is about 50 millimetres in males and 70 millimetres in females. The cricket is dark brown with a silky shimmer and yellowish underside and is cover ...
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Neocurtilla
''Neocurtilla'' is a genus of northern mole crickets in the family Gryllotalpidae Mole crickets are members of the insect family Gryllotalpidae, in the order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets). Mole crickets are cylindrical-bodied, fossorial insects about long as adults, with small eyes and shovel-like fore .... There are about seven described species in ''Neocurtilla'', found primarily in North, Central, and South America. Species These seven species belong to the genus ''Neocurtilla'': * '' Neocurtilla claraziana'' (Saussure, 1874) * '' Neocurtilla hexadactyla'' (Perty, 1832) (northern mole cricket) * '' Neocurtilla ingrischi'' Cadena-Castañeda, 2015 * '' Neocurtilla robusta'' Canhedo-Lascombe & Corseuil, 1996 * '' Neocurtilla scutata'' (Chopard, 1930) * '' Neocurtilla townsendi'' Cadena-Castañeda, 2015 * † '' Neocurtilla schmidtgeni'' Zeuner, 1937 References Further reading * Gryllotalpidae {{gryllotalpidae-stub ...
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Gryllotalpa
''Gryllotalpa'' is a genus of insects in the mole cricket family Gryllotalpidae. Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists a number species, including cryptic species groups (indicated with a * and often distinguished only by song patterns). They include: * species group* ''Gryllotalpa africana'' Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 — Africa * species group* '' Gryllotalpa australis'' Erichson, 1842 includes: ** '' Gryllotalpa brachyptera'' Tindale, 1928 — Australia * '' Gryllotalpa breviabdominis'' Ma & Zhang, 2011 * '' Gryllotalpa chiliensis'' Saussure, 1861 * ''Gryllotalpa chinensis'' Westwood, 1838 * ''Gryllotalpa choui'' Ma & Zhang, 2010 * '' Gryllotalpa cophta'' (Haan, 1844) * '' Gryllotalpa cultriger'' Uhler, 1864 — Mexico * '' Gryllotalpa cycloptera'' Ma & Zhang, 2011 * '' Gryllotalpa dentista'' Yang, 1995 * '' Gryllotalpa formosana'' Shiraki, 1930 — Taiwan * '' Gryllotalpa fraser'' Tan & Kamaruddin, 2013 * '' Gryllotalpa fulvipes'' Saussure, 1877 * '' Gryllotalpa fusca ...
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Gryllotalpa Africana
''Gryllotalpa africana'', also known as the African mole cricket, is a relatively small mole cricket species, native to Africa, but local populations exist in Asia, and southern Europe. Subspecies and similar species It is now understood that ''G. africana'' is a species complex that may include cryptic species. These cryptic species can be distinguished only by their song patterns. There are two subspecies of ''G. africana''; the ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: * ''Gryllotalpa africana'' Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 ** ''G. africana africana'' Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 (Africa, Portugal, Indian Subcontinent) ** ''G. africana microphtalma'' Chopard, 1936 (Senegal) * '' Gryllotalpa bulla'' Townsend, 1983 * '' Gryllotalpa debilis'' Gerstaecker, 1869 * '' Gryllotalpa devia'' Saussure, 1877 * '' Gryllotalpa robusta'' Townsend, 1983 * '' Gryllotalpa rufescens'' Chopard, 1948 Biology The species is omnivorous. The mole cricket lives underground, making burrows and feeding on plant roots ...
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Gryllotalpa Brachyptera
''Gryllotalpa brachyptera'' is a mole cricket, native to Australia (New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ... and Sydney). Notes Further reading *Tindale, N.B. (1928). Australasian mole-crickets of the family ''Gryllotalpidae'' (''Orthoptera''). Gryllotalpidae Orthoptera of Australia Insects described in 1928 {{gryllotalpidae-stub ...
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Neoscapteriscus
''Neoscapteriscus'' is a genus of two-clawed mole crickets in the family Gryllotalpidae. At least 23 described species are placed in ''Neoscapteriscus''. Species * '' Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus'' (Scudder, S.H., 1869) (lesser short-winged mole cricket) * ''Neoscapteriscus borellii'' (Giglio-Tos, 1894) (southern mole cricket) * '' Neoscapteriscus cerberus'' (Rodríguez, F. & Heads, 2012) * '' Neoscapteriscus costaricensis'' (Nickle, 2003) * '' Neoscapteriscus didactyloides'' * '' Neoscapteriscus didactylus'' (changa mole cricket) * '' Neoscapteriscus ecuadorensis'' * '' Neoscapteriscus grossi'' * '' Neoscapteriscus imitatus'' * '' Neoscapteriscus macrocellus'' * '' Neoscapteriscus mexicanus'' * '' Neoscapteriscus parvipennis'' * '' Neoscapteriscus peruvianus'' * '' Neoscapteriscus quadripunctatus'' * '' Neoscapteriscus riograndensis'' * '' Neoscapteriscus rodriguezi'' * '' Neoscapteriscus saileri'' * '' Neoscapteriscus tenuis'' * '' Neoscapteriscus tetradactylus'' * ...
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