Ripipterygidae

Ripipterygidae is an orthopteran family sometimes called "mud crickets" with living species found in central and South America,[1], and one extinct genus known from Burmese amber.[2]

Ripipterygidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian-Recent
Ripipteryx mopana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Tridactylidea
Superfamily: Tridactyloidea
Family: Ripipterygidae
Ander, 1939
Genera
  • see text

Genera

The Catalogue of Life lists:[3]

  • Mirhipipteryx Günther, 1969
  • Ripipteryx Newman, 1834
  • †Archaicaripipteryx Xu et al., 2020

References
  1. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 6 October 2018)
  2. Xu, C.; Zhang, H.; Jarzembowski, E. A.; Fang, Y. (2020). "The first Ripipterygidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tridactyloidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. in press: Article 104356. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104356.
  3. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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