''Gryllotalpa'' is a
genus
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of
insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...
s in the mole cricket 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 ...
.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File''
Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 3 October 2018)
/ref> lists a number species, including cryptic species
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groups (indicated with a * and often distinguished only by song patterns). They include:
* species group* ''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 ...
'' 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
''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) ...
'' Westwood, 1838
* ''Gryllotalpa choui
''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) ...
'' 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'' Chopard, 1930
* '' Gryllotalpa gorkhana'' Ingrisch, 2006
* '' Gryllotalpa gracilis'' Chopard, 1930
* species group* ''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, ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) includes:
** ''Gryllotalpa septemdecimchromosomica
''Gryllotalpa septemdecimchromosomica'' is a species of mole cricket, in the '' G. gryllotalpa'' species group, found in Spain and France: where it may be known as ''le courtillière Provençale''. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Lif ...
'' Ortiz, 1958
** '' Gryllotalpa unispina'' Saussure, 1874
** '' Gryllotalpa vineae'' Bennet-Clark, 1970
* '' Gryllotalpa henana'' Cai & Niu, 1998
* '' Gryllotalpa hirsuta'' Burmeister, 1838
* '' Gryllotalpa howensis'' Tindale, 1928
* '' Gryllotalpa insulana'' Chopard, 1954
* '' Gryllotalpa jinxiuensis'' You & Li, 1990
* '' Gryllotalpa krishnani'' Arun Prasanna, Anbalagan, Pandiarajan, Dinakaran & Krishnan, 2012
* '' Gryllotalpa mabiana'' Ma, Xu & Takeda, 2008
* '' Gryllotalpa madecassa'' (Chopard, 1920)
* '' Gryllotalpa major'' Saussure, 1874 — USA
* species group* '' Gryllotalpa monanka'' Otte & Alexander, 1983 — USA, Australia
* '' Gryllotalpa maroccana'' Baccetti, 1987
* '' Gryllotalpa minuta'' Burmeister, 1838
* †'' Gryllotalpa miocaenica'' Zeuner, 1931
* '' Gryllotalpa nitens'' Ingrisch, 2006
* '' Gryllotalpa nymphicus'' Tan, 2012
* '' Gryllotalpa obscura'' Chopard, 1966
* '' Gryllotalpa orientalis'' Burmeister, 1838 — Asia and Australia
* ''Gryllotalpa ornata
''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) ...
'' Walker, 1869
* species group* ''Gryllotalpa oya
''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) ...
'' Tindale, 1928 — Australia
* species group* '' Gryllotalpa parva'' Townsend, 1983 — Africa
* species group* '' Gryllotalpa pilosipes'' Tindale, 1928 — Australia
* species group* '' Gryllotalpa pluvialis'' (Mjöberg, 1913) — Australia
* '' Gryllotalpa permai'' Tan & Kamaruddin, 2016
* '' Gryllotalpa pygmaea'' Ingrisch, 1990
* '' Gryllotalpa wallace'' Tan, 2012
* '' Gryllotalpa wudangensis'' Li, Ma & Xu, 2007
References
External links
*
Mole Cricket Knowledge Base
at UF IFAS
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Gryllotalpidae
Ensifera genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot