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Hapithus agitator

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Hapithus agitator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Oecanthidae
Subfamily: Podoscirtinae
Supertribe: Hapithidi
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

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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

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  1. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Hapithus agitator Uhler, 1864". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Hapithus agitator Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Hapithus agitator". GBIF. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Hapithus agitator species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  5. ^ Alexander, Richard D.; Otte, Daniel (1967). "Cannibalism during Copulation in the Brown Bush Cricket, Hapithus agitator (Gryllidae)". The Florida Entomologist. 50 (2): 79–87. doi:10.2307/3493615. ISSN 0015-4040.
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