Anostostomatidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Stenopelmatoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Ordo: Orthoptera Subordo: Ensifera Superfamilia: Stenopelmatoidea

Familia: Anostostomatidae
Subfamiliae: Anostostomatinae – Cratomelinae – Deinacridinae – †Euclydesinae – Leiomelinae – Lezininae – Lutosinae

Genera overview (43): Aistus – Anabropsis – Anisoura – Anostostoma – Apotetamenus – Bochus – Borborothis – Brachyporus – Brevipenna – Carcinopsis – Cnemotettix – Cratomelus – Deinacrida – Dolichochaeta – Exogryllacris – Glaphyrosoma – Gryllacropsis – Gryllotaurus – Hemiandrus – Hemideina – Henicus – Hydrolutos – Hypocophoides – Hypocophus – Leiomelus – Leponosandrus – Lezina – Libanasa – Libanasidus – Licodia – Lutosa – Motuweta – Nasidius – Neolutosa – Onosandridus – Onosandrus – Papuaistus – Paterdecolyus – Penalva – Rhumosa – Spizaphilus – Tintiyakus – Transaevum

Name

Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859

Synonyms

Henicidae Karny, 1928
Mimnermidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888

References

de Saussure, H. 1859. Description d'une série d'Hymenoptères nouveaux de la tribu des Scoliens. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 20: 171–191, 260–269. BHL Reference page.
Brettschneider, H., Chimimba, C.T., Scholtz, C.H. & Bateman, P.W. 2007. Review of southern African Anostostomatidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera), with a key to genera. African entomology 15(1): 103–119. DOI: 10.4001/1021-3589-15.1.103
Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cortés-Torres, C. 2013. New species and taxonomic rearrangements of anostostomatid crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Anostostomatidae) from the Neotropics. Zootaxa 3664(3): 335–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3664.3.4 Reference page.
Gorochov, A.V. 2000. New taxa of Anostostomatidae and Prophalangopsidae (Orthoptera). Zoosystematica rossica 9(2): 299–315.
Gorochov, A.V. 2010. New species of the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea) from China. Far Eastern Entomologist 206: 1–16. Full article (PDF).
Heleodoro, R.A. & Mendes, D.M. de M. 2016. Description of a new species of Lutosa Walker, 1869 (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Lutosinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with biological and behavioral information. Zootaxa 4189(2): 387–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.2.12 Reference page.
Hemp, C. & Johns, P.M. 2015. Libanasa kilomeni, a new species of East African Lutosinae (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). Zootaxa 4032(4): 435–443. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.4.8 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Hugel, S. & Desutter-Grandcolas, l. 2018. A new genus and five new species of Anostostomatidae from the Lesser Antilles (Orthoptera: Ensifera). Zootaxa 4425(3): 511–526. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.3.5 Reference page.
Johns, P.M. 1997. The Gondwanaland weta: family Anostostomatidae (formerly in Stenopelmatidae, Henicidae or Mimnermidae): nomenclatural problems, world checklist, new genera and species. Journal of Orthoptera research, (6): 125–138. DOI: 10.2307/3503546 JSTOR . Reference page.
Johns, P.M. & Hemp, C. 2015. Redescription of Libanasa brachyura Karny, 1928. (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: ?Lutosinae) from Tanzania and problems at the subfamily level. Zootaxa 3946(1): 113–124. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.1.5 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Mendes, D.M. de M., Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Heleodoro, R.A., Ramos-Pastrana, Y. & Rafael, J.A. 2020. A new genus of chevron cricket (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Lutosinae) from the Colombian and Venezuelan Amazon Rainforest. Zootaxa 4729(4): 538–550. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.4.5 Reference page.
Pratt, R.C., Morgan-Richards, M. & Trewick, S.A. 2008. Diversification of New Zealand weta (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Anostostomatidae) and their relationships in Australasia. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society (B), 363: 3427–3437. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0112
Shi, F-M. & Bian, X. 2016. A new addition to the subfamily Anabropsinae (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) from China. Zootaxa 4079(5): 597–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.5.8 Reference page.
Toms, R.B. 2001. South African king crickets (Anostostomatidae). Pp. 73–78 in Field, L.H. (ed.) 2001. The biology of wetas, king crickets and their allies. 560pp. CABI publishing. ISBN 978-0-85199-408-6. DOI: 10.1079/9780851994086.0000
Trewick, S.A. & Morgan-Richards, M. 2004. Phylogenetics of New Zealand's tree, giant and tusked weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): evidence from mitochondrial DNA. Journal of Orthoptera research 13(2): 185–196. JSTOR
Trewick, S.A. & Morgan-Richards, M. 2005. After the deluge: mitochondrial DNA indicates Miocene radiation and Pliocene adaptation of tree and giant weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). Journal of Biogeography 32(2): 295–309. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01179.x Reference page.

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Vernacular names

English: King Crickets