Crickets are orthopteran insects, most classified within the superfamily Grylloidea, closely related to bush crickets and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. Older classification schemes placed crickets at the family level, but contemporary authorities now group them within this broader superfamily. The common name is also used more loosely for related taxa in the suborder Ensifera, including king crickets and mole crickets, which represent separate lineages within the same larger insect group.
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceLong, whip like antennae as long as or longer than the body. 1 Scientific Name Connections
Sources
1. Gryllidae - Wikipedia
Lead paragraph
The family Gryllidae contains the subfamilies and genera which entomologists now term true crickets.
Lead paragraph [distinguishing-appearance]
Having long, whip-like antennae, they belong to the Orthopteran suborder Ensifera
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ47328, descriptionView the Source Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: OrthopteraView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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