| Gryllacrididae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Superfamily: | Stenopelmatoidea |
| Family: | Gryllacrididae Blanchard, 1845 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Gryllacridinae |
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Gryllacrididae are a family of non-jumping cricket-like insects occurring worldwide, known commonly as "leaf-rolling crickets" or "raspy crickets". The family historically has been broadly defined to include what are presently several other families, such as Stenopelmatidae ("Jerusalem crickets") and Rhaphidophoridae ("camel crickets"),[1] now considered separate. As presently defined, the family contains two subfamilies, with the vast majority (over 90 genera containing over 600 species) in the subfamily Gryllacridinae.[2] The remaining subfamily, Lezininae, contains only a single genus with 12 described species.[3][4] They are commonly wingless and nocturnal, resting during the day in shelters made from leaves which have been folded over and partially sealed with silk.