Ensifera

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For the avian genus Ensifera, see Sword-billed Hummingbird

Ensifera

Katydid

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Subclass:	Pterygota
Infraclass:	Neoptera
Superorder:	Exopterygota
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera

Extant Superfamilies and families

- Superfamily Grylloidea
  - Gryllidae - true crickets
  - Gryllotalpidae - mole crickets
  - Mogoplistidae
  - Myrmecophilidae - ant crickets
- Superfamily Hagloidea
  - Prophalangopsidae
- Superfamily Rhaphidophoroidea
  - Rhaphidophoridae - camel crickets, cave crickets, cave wetas
- Superfamily Schizodactyloidea
  - Schizodactylidae - dune crickets
- Superfamily Stenopelmatoidea
  - Anostostomatidae - wetas, king crickets
  - Cooloolidae
  - Gryllacrididae - leaf-rolling crickets
  - Stenopelmatidae - Jerusalem crickets
- Superfamily Tettigonioidea
  - Tettigoniidae - katydids, koringkrieks

Ensifera is a suborder of the order Orthoptera, comprising insects commonly known as crickets, katydids and bush crickets. "Ensifer" means "sword bearer" in Latin, and refers to the typically elongated and blade-like ovipositor of the females. The classification of the suborder was drastically revised in December 2005 by the Orthopterists' Society.