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Protogryllidae

Protogryllidae is an extinct family of crickets in the order Orthoptera. There are about 8 genera and more than 20 described species in Protogryllidae.

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Protogryllidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Gryllidea
Superfamily: Grylloidea
Family: Protogryllidae
Zeuner, 1937

Protogryllidae is an extinct family of crickets in the order Orthoptera. There are about 8 genera and more than 20 described species in Protogryllidae.123

Genera

These eight genera belong to the family Protogryllidae:

  • Aenigmagryllus Gorochov, 1992
  • Angarogryllus Gorochov, 1985
  • Asiogryllus Gorochov, 1985
  • Bacharogryllus Gorochov, 1984
  • Falsispeculum Gorochov, 1985
  • Karataogryllus Sharov, 1968
  • Parangarogryllus Gorochov, 1984
  • Protogryllus Handlirsch, 1906
References

References

  1. "Protogryllidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  2. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "family Protogryllidae Zeuner, 1937". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-23.