Protogryllidae is an extinct family of

crickets 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 8 ...

in the order

Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grassho ...

. There are about 8 genera and more than 20 described species in Protogryllidae.

Genera

These eight genera belong to the family Protogryllidae: * † '' Aenigmagryllus'' Gorochov, 1992 * † '' Angarogryllus'' Gorochov, 1985 * † '' Asiogryllus'' Gorochov, 1985 * † '' Bacharogryllus'' Gorochov, 1984 * † '' Falsispeculum'' Gorochov, 1985 * † '' Karataogryllus'' Sharov, 1968 * † '' Parangarogryllus'' Gorochov, 1984 * † '' Protogryllus'' Handlirsch, 1906

References

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