Miogryllus

Miogryllus[1][2]
Eastern Striped Cricket
Miogryllus saussurei, Eastern Striped Cricket
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Gryllidea
Family: Gryllidae
Subfamily: Gryllinae
Genus: Miogryllus
Saussure, 1877

Miogryllus[1] is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Gryllinae ("field crickets"), in the family Gryllidae ("true crickets"). Members of the genus Miogryllus are called striped crickets, also lesser field crickets.[3] There are two North American species of Miogryllus, Miogryllus lineatus, the Western Striped Cricket, and Miogryllus saussurei, the Eastern Striped Cricket. [2]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[4][1]

References

  • Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States, Capinera, Scott, Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.
  • American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
  • Otte, Daniel (1994). Crickets (Grylloidea). Orthoptera Species File 1, 120.


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