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Checklist for Family Tridactylidae Saussure, 1874 (pygmy mole cricket)
and region Ecuador (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
569
8211
23107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
566
8203
23100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
541
8080
22778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
67
558
1203
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
26
372
766
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
11
180
360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Tridactylidea
Brullé, 1835
2
5
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tridactyloidea
Saussure, 1877
2
5
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTridactylidae
Saussure, 1874
Pygmy mole cricket, Pygmy mole crickets
3
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ecuador
3 Genera with 5 Species
Ellipes Scudder, 18963SpeciesTaxom
Neotridactylus Günther, 19892SpeciesTaxom
Tridactylus Olivier, 18621SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecuador
5 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ellipes elytrosignatus Günther, 1989
Ellipes minuta Scudder, 1862Minute Pygmy Locust
Ellipes minuta histrionica Saussure, 1896
Neotridactylus apicialis Say, 1825Larger Pygmy Locust
Neotridactylus pentacuminatus Günther, 1989
Tridactylus minutus (Scudder, S.H., 1862)⇒ Ellipes minuta Scudder, 1862

Subnodes of Tridactylidae with occurrences in Ecuador
SubfamilyTridactylinae
Saussure, 1877
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



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