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Subfamily Trigonidiinae

sword-tail crickets or "trigs"

link to keys Key to families and subfamilies of crickets.
link to keys Key to genera of field crickets and related species (Trigonidiinae).

To view distribution maps and photographs and hear the songs of some North American trigs go to the list of species and access the species pages, which are under development.

If the trig you wish to identify is pale green, it belongs to the genus Cyrtoxipha and can be identified by the key in Walker 1969 (last reference below).

References

Blatchley WS. 1920. Orthoptera of northeastern America. Indianapolis, IN: Nature Publishing. 784 p. Trigonidiinae (pp. 728-737). (The introductory pages to Blatchley's book are accessible on SINA's references page.)

Cole JA, Funk DH. 2019. Anaxipha hyalicetra sp. n. (Gryllidae: Trigonidiinae), a new sword-tailed cricket species from Arizona. J. Orthoptera Res. 28(1): 3-9.

Fulton BB. 1956. The genus Anaxipha in the United States (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 72: 222-243.

Rehn JAG, Hebard M. 1912. On the genus Anaxipha (Orthoptera; Gryllidae). Entomol. News 23: 411-412.

Spooner JD. 1972. Courtship in Falcicula hebardi (Orthoptera: Gryllidae, Trigonidiinae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 65: 1419.

Walker TJ. 1969. Systematics and acoustic behavior of United States crickets of the genus Cyrtoxipha (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 62: 945-952.

Walker TJ, Funk DH. 2012. The scientific names of two common Florida crickets (Orthoptera, Gryllidae). Fla. Entomol. 95: 936-938.

Walker TJ, Funk JH. 2014. Systematics and acoustics of North American Anaxipha (Gryllus: Trigonidiinae). J. Orthop. Res. 23(1): 1-38.