Oecanthidae

The Oecanthidae are a recently (2022^[1]) restored family of crickets based on the type genus Oecanthus Serville, 1831. They include "tree crickets", "anomalous crickets" and "bush crickets" (American usage) and can be found in warmer parts of most of the world (not the northern Palaearctic, Nearctic or Antarctica).^[2]

Oecanthidae
Oecanthus pellucens (male)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Infraorder:	Gryllidea
Superfamily:	Grylloidea
Family:	Oecanthidae Blanchard, 1845
Synonyms
Oecanthites Blanchard, 1845

Origin and circumscription

The family and lower taxonomic names are based on "Oecanthites" used by Émile Blanchard in 1845,^[3] with the first use as Oecanthidae by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1873.^[4] Campos et al. (2022)^[1] provide a key to the four subfamilies and tribes.^[2]

subfamily Euscyrtinae

Auth: Gorochov, 1985; selected genera:

• Beybienkoana Gorochov, 1988
• Euscyrtodes Gorochov, 1987
• Euscyrtus Guérin-Méneville, 1844 - type genus
• Patiscus Stål, 1877

subfamily Oecanthinae

Auth: Blanchard, 1845: the tree crickets which are delicate white or pale green insects with transparent fore wings.^[5] Three tribes are now placed in two supertribes:

supertribe Diatrypidi Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988

1. monotypic genus Diatrypa Saussure, 1874

supertribe Oecanthidi Blanchard, 1845

• tribe Oecanthini Blanchard, 1845
• tribe Xabeini Vickery & Kevan, 1983
• unplaced genera

Podoscirtinae

Auth: Saussure, 1878; : previously a subfamily group containing the "anomalous crickets"

supertribe Hapithidi Gorochov, 1986

• tribe Aphonomorphini Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988
• tribe Cearacesaini Koçak & Kemal, 2010
• tribe Hapithini Gorochov, 1986
• tribe Phyllogryllini Campos, 2022

supertribe Podoscirtidi Saussure, 1878

• tribe Aphonoidini Gorochov, 2008
• tribe Podoscirtini Saussure, 1878
• tribe Truljaliini Gorochov, 2020
• Unplaced genera (extinct)

Tafaliscinae

Auth: Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988: previously incorporated in the Oecanthinae

supertribe Paroecanthidi Gorochov, 1986

• tribe Neometrypini Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988
• tribe Paroecanthini Gorochov, 1986

supertribe Tafaliscidi Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988

• tribe Tafaliscini Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988
  • Tafalisca Walker, 1869 - type genus

References

1. de Campos LD, Souza-Dias PGB, Audino JA, Desutter-Grandcolas L, Nihei SS (2022) The fifth family of the true crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera: Ensifera: Grylloidea), Oecanthidae defin. Nov.: phylogenetic relationships and divergence times. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 20, 1–44.
2. Orthoptera Species File: family Oecanthidae Blanchard, 1845 (retrieved 31 October 2024)
3. Blanchard E (1845) Histoire des insectes: traitant de leurs moeurs et de leurs métamorphoses en général et comprenant une nouvelle classification fondée sur leurs rapports naturels 2: 245.
4. Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1873) Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. Gesellsch. 4(4): 164.
5. Resh, Vincent H.; Cardé, Ring T. (2009). Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press. pp. 232–236. ISBN 978-0-08-092090-0.

External links

• Media related to Oecanthidae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Oecanthidae at Wikispecies