• Thumbnail for Rhaphidophoridae
    The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae of the suborder Ensifera has a worldwide distribution. Common names for these insects include cave crickets, camel...
    16 KB (1,463 words) - 02:53, 3 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wētā
    group of about 100 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae endemic to New Zealand. They are giant flightless crickets, and some...
    31 KB (3,450 words) - 17:26, 8 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gryllidae
    taxa in the Ensifera may be called crickets sensu lato, including the Rhaphidophoridae – cave or camel crickets; Stenopelmatidae – Jerusalem or sand crickets;...
    6 KB (540 words) - 03:30, 5 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Novotettix
    Novotettix is a monotypic genus of cave cricket/wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae endemic to south-east Australia. The genus Novotettix was first described...
    5 KB (494 words) - 05:19, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tachycines asynamorus
    Tachycines asynamorus (category Rhaphidophoridae)
    asynamorus is a cave cricket and the type species of the genus Tachycines (Rhaphidophoridae). In English-speaking countries it is known as the greenhouse camel...
    12 KB (1,417 words) - 17:22, 1 March 2024
  • other families, such as Stenopelmatidae ("Jerusalem crickets") and Rhaphidophoridae ("camel crickets"), now considered separate. As presently defined,...
    5 KB (426 words) - 12:15, 26 June 2024
  • Ceuthophilus utahensis (category Rhaphidophoridae stubs)
    the Utah camel cricket, is a species of camel crickets in the family Rhaphidophoridae. It is found in North America. "Ceuthophilus utahensis Species Information"...
    2 KB (108 words) - 01:30, 19 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Isoplectron
    Isoplectron is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae with three species currently recognised. The genus is endemic to New Zealand and distributed...
    10 KB (1,024 words) - 00:33, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Crux (insect)
    Crux (insect) (category Rhaphidophoridae)
    Crux is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae. Two species are currently recognised, both of which are endemic to New Zealand. The name is...
    2 KB (222 words) - 00:13, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cricket (insect)
    Schizodactylidae and Grylloidea were shown to be sister taxa, and Rhaphidophoridae and Tettigoniidae were found to be more closely related to Grylloidea...
    50 KB (5,676 words) - 01:50, 5 November 2024