ENY 3005 Family Identification
Orthoptera: Gryllidae
Pronunciation: GRILL-lid-dee
Common name: cricket
Identifying characteristics for the family Gryllidae include:
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Ovipositor long and slender.
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Antennae long.
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Tympanum at base of front tibia, if present.
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Tarsi 3-segmented.
Additional information:
References:
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Page 82 and plate 2 in D. J. Borror and R. E. White. 1970. A Field Guide
to the Insects. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Page 222 in D. J. Borror, C. A. Triplehorn, and N. F. Johnson. 1989. An
Introduction to the Study of Insects, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders College
Publishing. 875 p.
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Page 99 in R. G. Bland and H. E. Jaques. 1978. How to Know the Insects,
3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co. 409 p.
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Page 395 in H. V. Daly, J. T. Doyen, and A. H. Purcell III. 1998. Introduction
to Insect Biology and Diversity, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 680 p.
Links to other web sites
Links to other Orthoptera taxa:
Acrididae,
Tettigoniidae,
Gryllacrididae,
Gryllidae,
Gryllotalpidae.
Return to ENY 3005 Index to Orders
Prepared by John L. Foltz,
University of Florida, Dept of Entomology & Nematology, 13 October 1998.
Modified 21 May 2004.