Tettigoniidea

Tettigoniidea[1][2][3] is an infraorder of the order Orthoptera, with six extant families.

Tettigoniidea
Catoptropteryx aurita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Tettigoniidea
Kevan, 1982

Families

The Orthoptera Species File[4] lists:

  • superfamily Hagloidea Handlirsch, 1906
    • †Eospilopteronidae Cockerell, 1916
    • †Haglidae Handlirsch, 1906
    • †Hagloedischiidae Gorochov, 1986
    • †Prezottophlebiidae Martins-Neto, 2007
    • Prophalangopsidae Kirby, 1906 (grigs)
    • †Tuphellidae Gorochov, 1988
    • †Tzetzenulia Gorochov, 1990
  • superfamily †Phasmomimoidea Sharov, 1968
    • †Phasmomimidae Sharov, 1968
  • superfamily Stenopelmatoidea Burmeister, 1838 (wetas & king crickets)
  • superfamily Tettigonioidea Krauss, 1902 (bush crickets or katydids)
    • †Haglotettigoniidae Gorochov, 1988
    • †Permotettigoniidae Nel & Garrouste, 2016
    • Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902

Incertae sedis

    • †Tettoraptor maculatus Gorochov, 2012
gollark: Too bad.
gollark: I was looking into CLIP-based meme search, but things.
gollark: Idea: smuggle mercury in in your body by eating unsafe quantities of fish.
gollark: Great! Time to definitely not sabotage any planes.
gollark: I mean, mercury is toxic, actually, but still.

References
  1. Kevan DKM (1982) In Parker [Ed.]: Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms 2: 356
  2. "Tettigoniidea Infraorder Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. "Tettigoniidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 27 December 2018)

Further reading
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.


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