Sword-tail cricket

Sword-tail cricket
Anaxipha exigua [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Subfamily: Trigonidiinae
Saussure, 1870
Diversity
25 living genera. See text.

The sword-tail crickets are insects of the order Orthoptera, in which they belong to the suborder Ensifera like all true crickets (Gryllidae). They make up the subfamily Trigonidiinae.

Genera

  • Amusurgus
  • Anacyrtoxipha
  • Anaxipha
  • Anaxiphomorpha
  • Cyrtoxipha
  • Cyrtoxiphoides
  • Dolichoxipha
  • Estrellina
  • Falcicula
  • Hebardinella
  • Homoeoxipha
  • Hydropedeticus
  • Jarmilaxipha
  • Laupala
  • Lobeda
  • Macroanaxipha
  • Metiochodes
  • Natula
  • Paratrigonidium
  • Prolaupala
  • Rhicnogryllus
  • Symphyloxiphus
  • Trigonidium
  • Zarceomorpha
  • Zarceus

Some prehistoric genera only known from fossils have also been described:

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Trigonidiinae
  1. ↑ Cirrus Digital Say's Trig Cricket - Anaxipha exigua