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Checklist for Family Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878 (Crickets)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
60
436
1014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
19
234
473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Ensifera
Lesson, 1843
Locusts, Long-horned grasshoppers, Long-horned Orthoptera
11
93
183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Gryllidea
Latreille, 1802
8
33
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Grylloidea
Laicharding, 1781
Crickets
7
32
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGryllidae
Bolivar, 1878
Crickets, Tree crickets, True Crickets
21
53
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
21 Genera with 53 Species
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Abmisha Otte, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Acanthogryllus Saussure, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Acheta Linnaeus, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Brachytrupes Serville, 17701SpeciesTaxom
Callogryllus Sjöstedt, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Cophogryllus Saussure, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Cryncus Gorochov, 19854SpeciesTaxom
Grylloderes Bolivar, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Gryllus Linnaeus, 1938Common crickets2SpeciesTaxom
Gymnogryllus de Saussure, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Homoeogryllus Guérin-Ménev..., 18471SpeciesTaxom
Modicogryllus Chopard, 19388SpeciesTaxom
Mombasina Otte, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Omogryllus Otte, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Paragryllodes Karny, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Phaeophilacris Walker, 19836SpeciesTaxom
Podogryllus Karsch, 19834SpeciesTaxom
Scapsipedus Saussure, 19543SpeciesTaxom
Teleogryllus Chopard, 19075SpeciesTaxom
Turanogryllus Tarbinsky, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Velarifictorus Randell, 19832SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
53 Species
Abmisha coiblemmoides Gorochov, 2001
Abmisha illex Otte, 1987
Acanthogryllus brunneri Selys-Longch..., 1868
Acheta gossypii Costa, 1855
Acheta svatoshi Gorochov, 1988
Brachytrupes membranaceus Drury, 1770Tobacco cricket
Callogryllus kilimandjaricus Sjöstedt, 1910
Callogryllus olohius Otte, 1987
Callogryllus parvus Chopard, 1932
Cophogryllus parvipennis (Chopard, 1963)⇒ Callogryllus parvipennis Chopard, 1963
Cryncus alternatus Otte, 1985
Cryncus impiger Otte, 1985
Cryncus matuga Otte, 1985
Cryncus sagalus Otte, 1985
Grylloderes arambourgi Chopard, 1938
Grylloderes ovum Gorochov, 1988
Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Pternoscirta bimaculata Thunberg, 1815
Gryllus (Gryllus) chappuisi Chopard, 1938
Gymnogryllus amani Otte, Toms &..., 1988
Homoeogryllus xanthographus Guérin-Ménev..., 1847
Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) alluaudi Chopard, 1932
Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) dewhursti Otte & Cade, 1984
Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) elgonensis Chopard, 1938
Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) jagoi Otte & Cade, 1984
Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) kenyensis Otte & Cade, 1984
Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) mombasae Otte & Cade, 1984
Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) parilis Otte & Cade, 1984
Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) rotundipennis Chopard, 1938
Mombasina rufulus Chopard, 1932
Omogryllus jeanneli Chopard, 1938
Paragryllodes kenyanus Kaltenbach, 1982
Phaeophilacris abyssinica Saussure, 1878
Phaeophilacris bimaculata Chopard, 1935
Phaeophilacris grandis (Sjöstedt, 1913)⇒ Phaeophilacris spectrum Saussure, 1878
Phaeophilacris harzi Kaltenbach, 1983
Phaeophilacris spectrum Saussure, 1878
Phaeophilacris troglophila Kaltenbach, 1983
Podogryllus chyulu Otte, 1983
Podogryllus latipennis Chopard, 1954
Podogryllus unicolor Chopard, 1954
Podogryllus zambezicus Otte, 1983
Scapsipedus icipe Hugel & Tanga, 2018
Scapsipedus marginatus Afzelius & B..., 1804
Scapsipedus nigriceps Chopard, 1954
Teleogryllus (Teleogryllus) xanthoneuroides Chopard, 1932
Teleogryllus commodus Walker, 1869Black field cricket
Teleogryllus marabu Otte & Cade, 1983
Teleogryllus pulchriceps Gerstaecker, 1869
Teleogryllus wernerianus Karny, 1907
Turanogryllus kitale Otte, 1987
Turanogryllus mau Otte, 1987
Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) matuga Otte & Cade, 1983
Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) shimba Otte & Cade, 1983

Subnodes of Gryllidae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyCachoplistinae
Saussure, 1877
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGryllinae
Laicharting, 1781
Common crickets, Field crickets
18
45
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHomoeogryllinae
Gorochov, 1986
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Gryllidae at artfakta.se
Gryllidae at dyntaxa.se
Gryllidae at gbif.org
Gryllidae at itis.gov