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Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) [1] or bush crickets. [2] They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers ". [ 3 ] More than 8,000 species are known. [ 1 ]
The Mormon cricket (Anabrus simplex) is a large insect native to western North America in rangelands dominated by sagebrush and forbs. Anabrus is a genus in the shield-backed katydid subfamily in the Tettigoniidae family, commonly called katydids, bush crickets, and
Ensifera is a suborder of insects that includes the various types of crickets and their allies including: true crickets, camel crickets, bush crickets or katydids, grigs, weta and Cooloola monsters. This and the suborder Caelifera (grasshoppers and their allies) make up the order Orthoptera .
Tettigoniidae – the bush crickets or katydids – which are quite distinct and unrelated, with 4-segmented tarsi (at least in the middle and hind legs) [3] and females with flattened ovipositors. Also note: within this family is the genus Anabrus – the "mormon crickets";
Orthoptera (from Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós) 'straight' and πτερά (pterá) 'wings') is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā.
The Mormon cricket, actually a katydid and member of this subfamily, has been known to cause extensive damage when it breeds in large numbers in cropland. 123 species are native to North America. Anabrus simplex
Superfamily Stenopelmatoidea Burmeister, 1838 (wetas & king crickets) Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859; Cooloolidae Rentz, 1980; Gryllacrididae Blanchard, 1845; Stenopelmatidae Burmeister, 1838; Superfamily Tettigonioidea Krauss, 1902 (bush crickets or katydids) †Haglotettigoniidae Gorochov, 1988 †Permotettigoniidae Nel & Garrouste, 2016
The subfamily Pseudophyllinae contains numerous species in the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush crickets. Sometimes called "true katydids", [citation needed] together with the crickets of suborder Ensifera, they form part of the insect order Orthoptera which also contains grasshoppers. Members of the group are noted for their ...