Family of crickets
The familyGryllidae contains the subfamilies and genera whichentomologists now termtruecrickets . Having long, whip-likeantennae , they belong to theOrthopteran suborderEnsifera , which has been greatly reduced in the last 100 years (e.g. Imms [ 3] tree crickets ,spider-crickets and their allies,sword-tail crickets, wood or ground crickets andscaly crickets have been moved or elevated to family level.[ a] Gryllus Francis Walker .[ 4]
They have a worldwide distribution (except Antarctica).[ 2] Gryllinae ) are characteristically robust brown or black insects;[ 5] Brachytrupes
The family is divided into these subfamily groups, subfamilies, and extinct genera (not placed within any subfamily):[ 2]
Subfamily groupGryllinae Laicharting, 1781 – common or field cricketsGryllinae Laicharting, 1781 (now includesSclerogryllini Gorochov, 1985 )GryllomiminaeGorochov, 1986 monotypic:Gryllomimus Chopard, 1936 (Africa) Gryllomorphinae Saussure, 1877 †Gryllospeculinae Gorochov, 1985 †Araripegryllus Crato Formation , Brazil,Aptian ?Weald Clay , United Kingdom,Hauterivian †Brontogryllus †Gryllospeculum Dzun-Bain Formation , Mongolia, Aptian †Mongolospeculum †Proararipegryllus Gryllinaeincertae sedis Capillogryllus Xie, Zheng & Liang, 2003 †Cratogryllus Martins-Neto, 1991 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian Neogryllodes Otte, 1994 Rhabdotogryllus Chopard, 1954 †Sharovella Gorochov, 1985 Spinogryllus Vasanth, 1993 †Trichogryllus Chopard, 1936 SubfamilyEneopterinae Saussure, 1893 – bush crickets (American usage), not to be confused with theTettigoniidae (katydids or bush crickets) Subfamily unplaced: most extinctgenus †Achetomorpha Gorochov, 2019 Bembridge Marls , United Kingdom,Priabonian genus †Eneopterotrypus Zeuner, 1937 Bembridge Marls, United Kingdom, Priabonian genus †Fanzus Zessin, 2019 [ 6] Fur Formation , Denmark,Ypresian genus †Gryllidium Westwood, 1854 genus †Lithogryllites Cockerell, 1908 Florissant Formation , United States, Eocene genusMenonia M. cochinensis George, 1936 (tentative placement[ 7] genus †Nanaripegryllus Martins-Neto, 2002 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian genus †Pherodactylus Poinar, Su & Brown, 2020, Burmese amber , Myanmar,Cenomanian genus †Proeneopterotrypus Gorochov, 2019 – monotypic †P. danicus (Rust, 1999) Fur Formation, Denmark, Ypresian
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