Ensifera, Chopard, 1920

Yong, Sheyla & Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E., 2014, Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids (Insecta: Orthoptera) of Cuba: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 3827 (4), pp. 401-438 : 405

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:96CA69ED-DEA4-4B95-AB39-7F9C242FAE75

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7682506

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A2E73F-010E-FFCC-FF56-C498AEC9FD4F

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Ensifera
status

 

Suborder Ensifera View in CoL View at ENA

1. Anterior legs modified for digging, with femora flattened and tibia with teeth strongly sclerotized.......... Gryllotalpidae View in CoL

- Anterior legs not modified for digging, normal (without modification)............................................ 7

2. Very small size (less than 6 mm), eyes and ocelli reduced, apterous, body dorsally flattened, posterior coxa almost ventrally joined and posterior femur very broad........................................................ Myrmecophilidae View in CoL

- Size small (less than 15 mm) eyes and ocelli present, winged or apterous, body cylindrical, posterior femur not very broad.. 8

3. Body covered with scales and face swollen...................................................... Mogoplistidae View in CoL

- Body lacking scales and face not swollen................................................................... 9

4. Tarsi 3-segmented.............................................................................. Gryllidae View in CoL

- Tarsi 4-segmented.................................................................................... 10

5. Base of anterior tibia lacking auditory tympanum, tibiae thin, tarsi depressed, flattened with small pads...... Gryllacrididae View in CoL

- Base of anterior tibia with auditory tympanum.............................................................. 11

6. Stridulatory apparatus located at the base of tegminae, brachypterous or macropterous, mandibles symmetrical...................................................................................................... Tettigoniidae View in CoL

- Stridulatory apparatus involving areas of femur and abdomen, apterous, head very large in relation to conical body, mandibles asymmetrical........................................................................... Anostostomatidae View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

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