ENY 3005 Family Identification
Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae
Pronunciation: grill-ah-CRID-dih-dee
Common name: camel cricket
Identifying characteristics for the family Gryllacrididae include:
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Large, hump-backed, with large femora and long, spined tibiae.
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Usually wingless.
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Tarsi usually 4-4-4.
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Lack stridulatory and auditory organs.
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Long antennae contiguous or nearly so at the base.
References:
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Page 82 in D. J. Borror and R. E. White. 1970. A Field Guide to the Insects.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Page 220 in D. J. Borror, C. A. Triplehorn, and N. F. Johnson. 1989. An
Introduction to the Study of Insects, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders College
Publishing. 875 p.
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Page 98 in R. G. Bland and H. E. Jaques. 1978. How to Know the Insects,
3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co. 409 p.
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Page 396 in H. V. Daly, J. T. Doyen, and A. H. Purcell III. 1998. Introduction
to Insect Biology and Diversity, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 680 p.
Links to other Orthoptera taxa:
Acrididae,
Tettigoniidae,
Gryllacrididae,
Gryllidae,
Gryllotalpidae.
Return to ENY 3005 Index to Orders
Prepared by John L. Foltz,
University of Florida, Dept of Entomology & Nematology, 29 Sep 1998.
Modified 12 June 2001.