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Oecanthidae

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Oecanthidae
Oecanthus pellucens (male)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Gryllidea
Superfamily: Grylloidea
Family: Oecanthidae
Blanchard, 1845
Synonyms

Oecanthites Blanchard, 1845

The Oecanthidae are a recently (2022[1]) restored family of crickets based on the type genus Oecanthus Serville, 1831. They include "tree crickets", "anomalous crickets" and "bush crickets" (American usage) and can be found in warmer parts of most of the world (not the northern Palaearctic, Nearctic or Antarctica).[2]

Origin and circumscription

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The family and lower taxonomic names are based on "Oecanthites" used by Émile Blanchard in 1845,[3] with the first use as Oecanthidae by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1873.[4] Campos et al. (2022)[1] provide a key to the four subfamilies and tribes.[2]

subfamily Euscyrtinae

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Auth: Gorochov, 1985; selected genera:

subfamily Oecanthinae

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Auth: Blanchard, 1845: the tree crickets which are delicate white or pale green insects with transparent fore wings.[5] Three tribes are now placed in two supertribes:

supertribe Diatrypidi Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988
  1. monotypic genus Diatrypa Saussure, 1874
supertribe Oecanthidi Blanchard, 1845

Auth: Saussure, 1878; : previously a subfamily group containing the "anomalous crickets"

supertribe Hapithidi Gorochov, 1986
supertribe Podoscirtidi Saussure, 1878

Auth: Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988: previously incorporated in the Oecanthinae

supertribe Paroecanthidi Gorochov, 1986
supertribe Tafaliscidi Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988

References

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  1. ^ a b de Campos LD, Souza-Dias PGB, Audino JA, Desutter-Grandcolas L, Nihei SS (2022) The fifth family of the true crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera: Ensifera: Grylloidea), Oecanthidae defin. Nov.: phylogenetic relationships and divergence times. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 20, 1–44.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: family Oecanthidae Blanchard, 1845 (retrieved 31 October 2024)
  3. ^ Blanchard E (1845) Histoire des insectes: traitant de leurs moeurs et de leurs métamorphoses en général et comprenant une nouvelle classification fondée sur leurs rapports naturels 2: 245.
  4. ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1873) Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. Gesellsch. 4(4): 164.
  5. ^ Resh, Vincent H.; Cardé, Ring T. (2009). Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press. pp. 232–236. ISBN 978-0-08-092090-0.
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