Biology:Tettigoniidea

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Short description: Infraorder of cricket-like animals

Tettigoniidea
Katydid (Catoptropteryx aurita) (13818963885).jpg
Catoptropteryx aurita
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Tettigoniidea
Kevan, 1982

Tettigoniidea[1][2][3] is an infraorder of the order Orthoptera, with six extant families.

Families

The Orthoptera Species File[4] lists:

  • superfamily Hagloidea Handlirsch, 1906
    • †Eospilopteronidae Cockerell, 1916
    • Haglidae Handlirsch, 1906
    • †Hagloedischiidae Gorochov, 1986
    • †Prezottophlebiidae Martins-Neto, 2007
    • Prophalangopsidae Kirby, 1906 (grigs)
    • †Tuphellidae Gorochov, 1988
    • †Tzetzenulia Gorochov, 1990
  • superfamily †Phasmomimoidea Sharov, 1968
    • †Phasmomimidae Sharov, 1968
  • superfamily Stenopelmatoidea Burmeister, 1838 (wetas & king crickets)
  • superfamily Tettigonioidea Krauss, 1902 (bush crickets or katydids)
    • †Haglotettigoniidae Gorochov, 1988
    • †Permotettigoniidae Nel & Garrouste, 2016
    • Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902

Incertae sedis

    • †Tettoraptor maculatus Gorochov, 2012

References

Further reading

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1. 
  • Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13165609 entry