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Checklist for Family Tridactylidae Saussure, 1874 (pygmy mole cricket)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
928
21139
104473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
924
21108
104403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
874
20837
103684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
112
1173
4246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
37
643
1905
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
13
313
658
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Tridactylidea
Brullé, 1835
2
8
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tridactyloidea
Saussure, 1877
2
8
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTridactylidae
Saussure, 1874
Pygmy mole cricket, Pygmy mole crickets
6
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
6 Genera with 17 Species
Bruntridactylus Günther, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Dentridactylus Günther, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Ellipes Scudder, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Neotridactylus Günther, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Tridactylus Olivier, 19284SpeciesTaxom
Xya Latreille, 180910SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
17 Species and 3 Subspecies
Bruntridactylus tartarus Saussure, 1874
Dentridactylus albisignatus Günther, 1978
Dentridactylus keyi Günther, 1978
Ellipes minuta Scudder, 1862Minute Pygmy Locust
Ellipes minutus (Scudder, 1892)⇒ Ellipes minuta Scudder, 1862
Neotridactylus australis Bruner, 1916
Tridactylus australicus Mjoberg, 1913
Tridactylus australis (Bruner, L., 1916)⇒ Neotridactylus australis Bruner, 1916
Tridactylus minutus (Scudder, S.H., 1862)⇒ Ellipes minuta Scudder, 1862
Tridactylus mutus (Tindale, 1928)⇒ Xya muta Tindale, 1928
Xya muta Tindale, 1928
Xya muta deserticola Günther, 1978
Xya muta muta Tindale, 1928
Xya muta signata Günther, K.K., 1978
Xya nanutarrae Baehr, 1988
Xya pseudomuta Baehr, 1988
Xya riparia Saussure, 1877
Xya smithersi Günther, 1978
Xya unicolor Baehr, 1988
Xya variegata Latreille, 1809Colourful Molehopper

Subnodes of Tridactylidae with occurrences in Australia
SubfamilyDentridactylinae
Günther, 1979
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTridactylinae
Saussure, 1877
4
14
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Tridactylidae at gbif.org
Tridactylidae at itis.gov