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Hapithidi

The Hapithidi, previously placed as subfamily Hapithinae, is a supertribe of crickets in the family Oecanthidae and subfamily Podoscirtinae. It is one of several groups referred to in American English as "bush crickets", although this term can be confused with the Tettigoniidae.

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Hapithidi
Hapithus agitator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Oecanthidae
Subfamily: Podoscirtinae
Supertribe: Hapithidi
Gorochov, 1986
Tribes

The Hapithidi, previously placed as subfamily Hapithinae, is a supertribe of crickets in the family Oecanthidae and subfamily Podoscirtinae.1 It is one of several groups referred to in American English as "bush crickets" (along with Eneopterinae and Trigonidiinae), although this term can be confused with the Tettigoniidae.2

Taxonomy

The Orthoptera Species File1 lists four tribes:

Tribe Aphonomorphini

Auth.: Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988 (Central & S. America)

  • type genus Aenigmaphonus Gorochov, 2010

Cearacesaini

Auth.: Koçak & Kemal, 2010 (South America)

  1. Barota Gorochov, 2017 c g
  2. Cearacesa Koçak & Kemal, 2010 c g
  3. Najtaecesa Desutter-Grandcolas, 2017 i c g b (flightless bush crickets)
  4. Taroba de Mello & Souza-Dias, 2010 c g

Hapithini

Orocharis saltator source ↗

Auth.: Gorochov, 1986 (Central & S. America)

subtribe Hapithina Gorochov, 1986
  • Hapithus Uhler, 1864 - Flightless Bush Crickets1
    • subgenus Antillicharis Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
    • subgenus Curiocharis Gorochov, 2017
    • subgenus Hapithus Uhler, 1864
    • subgenus Laurepa Walker, 1869
    • subgenus Mashiyana Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
    • subgenus Orocharis Uhler, 1864
  • Jabulania Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009
  • Stenogryllus Gorochov, 2017 c g
other genera
  1. Carylla Gorochov, 2002 c g
  2. Hapithoides - monotypic H. insolitum Hebard, 1928 c g (S. America)
  3. Knyella de Mello & Souza-Dias, 2010 c g
  4. Laurellia Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 c g
  5. Margarettia Gorochov, 2017 c g
  6. Sabelo Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 c g
  7. Sipho Saussure, 1878 c g
  8. Tomwalkerella Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2024 - Note not Walkerana Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 (Walkerana Dahanukar et al. 2016 is a frog genus).

Phyllogryllini

Auth.: Campos, 2022 (Central & S. America)3

  1. Gryllophyllus Gorochov, 2017 c g
  2. Phyllogryllus Saussure, 1878
  3. Somnambula (cricket) Gorochov, 2017

Data sources: i = ITIS,4 c = Catalogue of Life,5 g = GBIF,6 b = Bugguide.net2

References

References

  1. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2024). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  2. "Hapithinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. OSF: tribe Phyllogryllini Campos, 2022
  4. "Hapithinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  5. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  6. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-02.