Biology:Hapithus agitator

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Short description: Species of cricket

Hapithus agitator
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Subfamily: Hapithinae
Tribe: Hapithini
Genus: Hapithus
Species:
H. agitator
Binomial name
Hapithus agitator
Uhler, 1864

Hapithus agitator is a species of cricket in the genus Hapithus ("flightless bush crickets"), in the subfamily Hapithinae ("bush crickets"). A common name for it is "restless bush cricket". It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]

Hapithus agitator

Breeding

Males of this species make calls not to attract females, like other similar organisms do; they themselves choose with whom to mate thanks to chemical interactions which occur when both individuals connect their antennas together. When courting, the male silently vibrates its wings. The female may gnaw at the tegmina of the male to reach its seminal glands.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10517583 entry