6-448: Itara is an Asian genus of crickets , and typical of the subfamily Itarinae . Species can be found in India, southern China, Indo-China and West Malesia (including Borneo). The original paper states that the females have: "Body fusiform, tomentose. Head and prothorax small. Head shining, short, rounded in front, as broad as the fore border of the prothorax. Eyes moderately large, near
12-423: Is popularly used for any cricket-like insect in the order Ensifera, being applied to the ant crickets , bush crickets ( Tettigoniidae ), Jerusalem crickets ( Stenopelmatus ), mole crickets , camel crickets and cave crickets ( Rhaphidophoridae ) and wētā ( Anostostomatidae ), and the relatives of these. All these insects have four tarsal segments and are probably more closely related to each other than they are to
18-517: The Triassic period and contains about 3,700 known living species in some 528 genera, as well as at least 27 extinct genera. The features which distinguish crickets in the superfamily Grylloidea from other Ensiferans are long, thread-like antennae, three tarsal segments, slender tactile cerci at the tip of the abdomen and bulbous sensory bristles on the cerci. They are the only insects to share this combination of characteristics. The term cricket
24-558: The abdomen; transverse sectors beyond the tympanum numerous and regular. Hind wings extending somewhat beyond the fore wings." The Orthoptera Species File lists a large number of species, grouped into ten subgenera: Grylloidea See text Grylloidea is the superfamily of insects , in the order Orthoptera , known as crickets . It includes the " true crickets ", scaly crickets , wood crickets and many other subfamilies, now placed in six extant families; some genera are only known from fossils. Grylloidea dates from
30-469: The hind border, slightly elongated, not prominent. Third joint of the maxillary palpi clavate, shorter than the second. Antennas slender. Prothorax narrower in front, much broader than long; lateral keels well defined; sides slightly rounded. Cerci full as long as the abdomen. Anterior legs rather short and stout. Hind wings moderately long; tibiae with three spurs on each side; tarsi with the usual structure. Fore wings somewhat broad, extending rather beyond
36-453: The true crickets, Gryllidae. The body is cylindrical in most Grylloideans, but in some it is oval. The antennae are long and threadlike, except in the family Gryllotalpidae in which they are much shorter and brush-like. The pronotum is unkeeled and the sternal plates are flat, unadorned with flaps or spines. The tarsus has three segments and the tibia of the front leg bears the sound-detecting tympanal organs . The forewing of males bears
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