Scapteriscus Ecuadorensis
''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'', commonly known as the tawny mole cricket, is a species of insect in the mole cricket family, mole cricket, 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 ...
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