| Tridactylidea | |
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| Tridactylus sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Infraorder: | Tridactylidea Brullé, 1835 |
The infraorder Tridactylidea1 has a single extant superfamily which includes pygmy mole crickets; they are thought to be sister to all other lineages in the Caelifera, the Orthopteran suborder that includes grasshoppers.23
Superfamilies and families
The infraorder consists of two superfamilies, one living and one extinct; the Orthoptera Species File lists the following:4
- †Dzhajloutshelloidea Gorochov, 1994
- †Dzhajloutshellidae Gorochov, 1994
- †Regiatidae Gorochov, 1995
- Tridactyloidea Brullé, 1835
- Cylindrachetidae Giglio-Tos, 1914
- Ripipterygidae Ander, 1939
- Tridactylidae Brullé, 1835
References
References
- Brullé GA (1835) In Audouin & Brullé: Histoire naturelle des insectes 9 [1] (5):1-225 [225–416 in 1836]
- Kevan DKM (1982) In Parker [Ed.]: Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms 2: 378
- Gaugel, Sarah Maria; Hawlitschek, Oliver; Dey, Lara‐Sophie; Husemann, Martin (August 2023). "Evolution of mitogenomic gene order in Orthoptera". Insect Molecular Biology. 32 (4): 387–399. doi:10.1111/imb.12838. ISSN 0962-1075.
- Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)