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family

Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815

mole crickets; Maulwurfsgrillen

Type

Gryllotalpa Latreille, 1802 type genus of Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815

Nomenclature (49)

  • Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815: 119.

    type genus Gryllotalpa Latreille, 1802

  • Gryllotalpida [sic] Leach, 1815: 119. (not Latin)

    type genus Gryllotalpa Latreille, 1802

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  • Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815 in Rentz & Su, 2019: 352.
  • Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815 in Josse, Faberon, Schubnel, Nel & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2023

Nomenclature references (40)

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  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1873) Système des Gryllides. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 4(4), 163–170. Available at http://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=seg-001%3A1872%3A4%3A%3A166#184
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1882) Prodromus der europäischen Orthopteren. Engelmann, Leipzig, XXXII + 466 pp., XI tab. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/publikation_volumes.php?id=35024
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1893) Révision du système des Orthoptères et déscription des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 13(33), 1–230. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25035
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2015) The phallic structures in Gryllotalpidae (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea), and its generic implications. Zootaxa, 3981(2), 264–274.
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2015) The phylogeny of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea: Gryllotalpidae). Zootaxa, 3985(4), 451–490.
  • Chintauan-Marquier, I.C., Legendre, F., Hugel, S., Robillard, T., Grandcolas, P., Nel, A., Zuccon, D. & Desutter-Grandcolas, L. (2016) Laying the foundations of evolutionary and systematic studies in crickets (Insecta, Orthoptera): a multilocus phylogenetic analysis. Cladistics, 32(1), 54–81. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cla.12114
  • Chopard, L. (1951) Orthoptéroïdes. In Faune de France. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Vol. 56, 359 pp. Available at http://faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/L.CHOPARD%28FdeFr56%29Orthopteroides.pdf
  • Defaut, B. (2001) In La détermination des Orthoptères de France. Bedeilhac. 85 pp.
  • Desutter-Grandcolas, L. (1987) Structure et évolution du complexe phallique de Gryllidea (Orthoptères) et classification des genres néotropicaux de Grylloidea. Première partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 23(3), 213–239. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6139207n/f3.image
  • Desutter-Grandcolas, L. (2003) Phylogeny and the evolution of acoustic communication in extant Ensifera (Insecta, Orthoptera). Zoologica Scripta, 32(6), 525–561.
  • Fieber, F.X. (1852) Orthoptera Oliv. (et omn. Auct.) Oberschlesiens. In Ratibor, Bogner (publication series). pp. 1–19.
  • Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Cogo, A. & Odé, B. (2002) In Guida al riconoscimento e allo studio di cavallette, grilli, mantidi e insetti affini del Veneto: Blattaria, Mantodea, Isoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea, Dermaptera, Embidiina. Museo Naturalistico Archaeologico di Vicenza, Vicenza. 1–592 pp.
  • Frank, J.H., Vicente, N.E. & Leppla, N.C. (2007) A history of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) in Puerto Rico. Insecta Mundi, 4, 1–10. Available at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1055&context=insectamundi
  • Gorochov, A.V. & Labandeira, C.C. (2012) Eocene Orthoptera from Green River Formation of Wyoming (USA). Russian Entomological Journal, 21(4), 357–370. Available at http://zmmu.msu.ru/files/images/spec/Russ%20Ent%20J/ent21_4%20357_370%20Gorokhov.pdf
  • Gorochov, A.V. & Llorente del Moral, V. (2001) Estudio taxonómico preliminar de los Grylloidea de España (Insecta, Orthoptera). Graellsia, 57(2), 95–139. Available at http://gryllus.smart21.ru/gryllus/Gorochov%27s%20papers%20in%20PDF%20and%20list%20of%20his%20publications/2001/135%20Spanish%20Grylloidea%20%5BGraellsia,%2057%282%29,%20p.%2095-139%5D%20%28spanish%29%202001.pdf
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–224. [in Russian]
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–213. [in Russian]
  • Gwynne, D.T. (1995) Phylogeny of the Ensifera (Orthoptera): A hypothesis supporting multiple origins of acoustical signalling, complex spermatophores and maternal care in crickets, katydids, and weta. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 4, 203–218.
  • Handlirsch, A.P.J. (1922) Überordnung: Orthoptera (Latr.) m. (Geradflügler). In Handbuch der Entomologie, (Schröder, C.). Gustav Fischer, Jena. Vol. 3, 443–464 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79383#page/29/mode/1up
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  • Hill, P.S.M., Hoffart, C. & Buchheim, M. (2002) Tracing phylogenetic relationships in the family Gryllotalpidae. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 11(2), 169–174. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282002%29011%5B0169%3ATPRITF%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Hill, P.S.M., Wells, H. & Shadley, J.R. (2006) Singing from a constructed burrow: why vary the shape of the burrow mouth? Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(1), 23–29. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282006%2915%5B23%3ASFACBW%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Josse, H., Faberon, L., Schubnel, T., Nel, A. & Desutter-Grandcolas, L. (2023) Reconciliation between neontology and paleontology in the Gryllidea (Orthoptera, Ensifera): reinterpreting the venation of the stridulatory apparatus in crickets. Zoosystema, 45(24), 769–801. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a24
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  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 1. Crickets (Grylloidea). The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 120 pp.
  • Padhi, A., Young Jr., R.E., Hoffart, C., Sarratt, T., Fancher, J., Steffen, M.A. & Hill, P.S.M. (2010) Investigating genetic relationships within Gryllotalpidae: a molecular hypothesis. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 19(2), 357–360. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.019.0224
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  • Szijj, J. (2004) In Die Springschrecken Europas. Westarp. 176 pp.
  • Tindale, N.B. (1928) Australasian mole-crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae (Orthoptera). Records of the South Australian Museum, 4(1), 1–42. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127562#page/2/mode/1up
  • Vickery, V.R. (1977) Taxon ranking in Grylloidea and Gryllotalpoidea. Notes of the Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory, 3, 1–20. [1976]
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Descendants and synonyms

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Carnivorous and omnivorous, entirely subterranean.

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Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
family514
subfamily633
tribe761
genus18135
superspecies880
species255134121
subspecies1028