Biology:Gryllotalpoidea

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Short description: Superfamily of cricket-like animals

Gryllotalpoidea
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa - Europäische Maulwurfsgrille.jpg
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Gryllidea
Superfamily: Gryllotalpoidea
Leach, 1815
Type genus
Gryllotalpa
Latreille, 1802

The Gryllotalpoidea are a superfamily of insects that includes the mole crickets and the ant crickets.[1] The type genus is Gryllotalpa.[1][2][3]

Recent (2015) molecular phylogenetic studies support the monophyly of the cricket clade (Gryllidea in the Orthoptera Species File[4]) and its subdivision into two clades: Gryllotalpidae and Myrmecophilidae on the one hand, and all the other crickets (i.e. crickets sensu stricto: seven monophyletic clades, including the scaly crickets Mogoplistidae and Gryllidae).[5]

Families and subfamilies

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following families and subfamilies:[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q33188186 entry