Biology:Tridactylidea

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Short description: Order of Caelifera

Tridactylidea
Pigmy Mole Cricket (Tridactylus sp.) (13977429463).jpg
Tridactylus sp.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Tridactylidea
Brullé, 1835

The infraorder Tridactylidea[1] has a single extant superfamily which includes pygmy mole crickets; they are thought to represent living representatives of the most basal Caelifera: the Orthopteran suborder that includes grasshoppers.[2]

Superfamilies and families

The infraorder consists of two superfamilies, one living and one extinct; the Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[3]

References

  1. Brullé GA (1835) In Audouin & Brullé: Histoire naturelle des insectes 9 [1] (5):1-225 [225–416 in 1836]
  2. Kevan DKM (1982) In Parker [Ed.]: Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms 2: 378
  3. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q21060983 entry