Biology:Neocurtilla hexadactyla

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Short description: Species of cricket-like animal

Northern mole cricket
Snodgrass Neocurtilla hexadactyla.png
Illustration of Neocurtilla hexadactyla from Insects, their way and means of living by Robert Evans Snodgrass.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllotalpidae
Genus: Neocurtilla
Species:
N. hexadactyla
Binomial name
Neocurtilla hexadactyla
(Perty, 1832)

Neocurtilla hexadactyla, commonly known as the northern mole cricket, is a species of mole cricket that is native to eastern North America and Africa.[1][2] It also occurs in South America, where it may be an adventive species.[3] Its range extends from the southern reaches of eastern Canada and through the eastern and central United States.[3]

References

  1. "Species Neocurtilla hexadactyla". Bugguide. Iowa State University. http://bugguide.net/node/view/8789. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 
  2. "Mole Cricket". Texas AgriLife Extension Service: A Field Guide To Common Texas Insects. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121114065615/http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/aimg19.html. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Northern Mole Cricket". Singing Insects of North America. University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department. http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/351a.htm. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4159254 entry