Gryllidea[1] is an infraorder that includes crickets and similar insects in the order Orthoptera. There are two superfamilies, and more than 6,000 described species in Gryllidea.[2][3][4]

Gryllidea
Acheta hispanicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Gryllidea
Superfamilies
Velarifictorus micado

Superfamilies and Families

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists the following families in the infraorder Gryllidea:

References

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  1. ^ Kevan DKM (1982) In Parker [Ed.]. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms 2: 361.
  2. ^ a b Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "infraorder Gryllidea". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Gryllidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-16.

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