''Anurogryllus'', commonly known as short-tailed crickets, is a genus 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 tribe
Gryllini
GrylliniLaicharting (1781) ''Verzeichnis und Beschreibung der Tyroler Insecten'' 1. is a tribe of crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) and typical of the family Gryllidae. Species are terrestrial, carnivorous or omnivorous and can be found in all con ...
; species are recorded from the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
.
[ The common and scientific names derive from the vestigial, poorly developed ovipositors of females.]
Species
The Orthoptera Species File database lists the following species:[
*'' Anurogryllus abortivus'' (Saussure, 1874)
*'' Anurogryllus amolgos'' Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
*'' Anurogryllus annae'' Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
*'' Anurogryllus antillarum'' (Saussure, 1874)
*'' Anurogryllus arboreus'' Walker, 1973
*'' Anurogryllus beebei'' Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
*'' Anurogryllus brevicaudatus'' Saussure, 1877
*'' Anurogryllus celerinictus'' Walker, 1973
*'' Anurogryllus cubensis'' (Rehn, 1937)
*'' Anurogryllus ecphylos'' Otte, 2006
*'' Anurogryllus ellops'' Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
*'' Anurogryllus forcipatus'' (Saussure, 1897)
*'' Anurogryllus fulvaster'' (Chopard, 1956)
*'' Anurogryllus fuscus'' Caudell, 1913
*'' Anurogryllus gnomus'' Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
*'' Anurogryllus hierroi'' Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
*'' Anurogryllus matheticos'' Otte, 2006
*'']Anurogryllus muticus
''Anurogryllus muticus'', also known as De Geer's short-tailed cricket or simply short-tailed cricket (a name common to many '' Anurogryllus'' species) is a species of cricket in the family Gryllidae.
It is native to Bermuda, the West Indies, C ...
'' (De Geer, 1773)
*'' Anurogryllus nerthus'' Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
*'' Anurogryllus nigua'' Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
*'' Anurogryllus nyctinomos'' Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
*'' Anurogryllus toledopizai'' (de Mello, 1988)
*'' Anurogryllus toltecus'' (Saussure, 1874)
*'' Anurogryllus typhlos'' Otte & Peck, 1998
*'' Anurogryllus vanescens'' Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
*'' Anurogryllus vibrans'' Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
References
Gryllinae
Orthoptera genera
Taxa named by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure
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