''Anabrus'' is a genus 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 ...

s in the family

Tettigoniidae Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America), or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, ...

that includes the

Mormon cricket The Mormon cricket (''Anabrus simplex'') is a large insect that can grow to almost in length. It lives throughout western North America in rangelands dominated by sagebrush and forbs. Despite its name, the Mormon cricket is actually a shield-bac ...

. The Orthoptera Species File, lists the following species:Orthoptera species file (retrieved 30 December 2017)
/ref> * †'' Anabrus caudelli'' Cockerell, 1908 * '' Anabrus cerciata'' Caudell, 1907 * '' Anabrus longipes'' Caudell, 1907 * '' Anabrus simplex'' Haldeman, 1852

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* * Tettigoniidae Tettigoniidae genera Taxa named by Samuel Stehman Haldeman {{Tettigoniidae-stub