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Parendacustes
Parendacustes is a genus of crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) in the family Phalangopsidae, tribe Phalangopsini, subtribe Parendacustina. Species have been recorded from Indo-China (although no Vietnam records to date), Malesia and New Guinea.
Neanias
Neanias is a genus of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the subfamily Gryllacridinae and tribe Gryllacridini. The recorded distribution (probably incomplete) is: Indian subcontinent, Japan, Hainan, Indochina, and western Malesia (Sumatra).
Pachyrhamma
Pachyrhamma is a genus of cave wētā (New Zealand cave cricket, tokoriro) in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. All species are nocturnal and most use cave habitats.
Bobilla
Bobilla is a genus of cricket in tribe Nemobiini, found in Australasia and the Pacific islands. These small black crickets sing using their wings and stridulatory files. Two species native to New Zealand (Bobilla nigrova and B. bigelowi) are sympatric but can be differentiated by their song and the colour of their eggs.
Troglophilus
Troglophilus is a genus of European cave crickets in the monotypic subfamily Troglophilinae; both taxa were erected by Hermann August Krauss in 1879. Species are distributed especially in the Mediterranean area, with records from Germany through to Turkey.
Macropathus
Macropathus is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand.
Setascutum
Setascutum is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. This genus was synonymised with Isoplectron in 2024.
Natula
Natula is a genus of sword-tail crickets in the tribe Trigonidiini.
Zeuneriana
Zeuneriana is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and now placed in the genus group Metrioptera F. E. Zeuner: after whom it was named by W. Ramme in 1951. The recorded distribution of species is: mainland (especially southern and eastern) Europe, from Spain and France (especially the Pyrenees) through to the Balkans and Romania.
Zichya
genus of insects
Melaneremus
Melaneremus is a genus of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the subfamily Gryllacridinae and tribe Gryllacridini. The recorded distribution (probably incomplete) is: the Indian subcontinent, China, Indochina, western Malesia and western Pacific islands.
Gryllopsis
Gryllopsis is a genus of crickets in the tribe Modicogryllini, erected by Lucien Chopard in 1928. Species appear to be widely distributed (records are probably incomplete): mostly in tropical Africa and Asia, with Gryllopsis caspicus the only European record (from the Caspian Sea area).
Steropleurus
Steropleurus is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1878. as Ephippiger (Steropleurus). To date (2022), species have only been recorded from the Iberian Peninsula.
Phyllophora
genus of insects
Anadrymadusa
Anadrymadusa is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Drymadusini, erected by Tevfik Karabağ in 1961. Species have been recorded from Greece and Turkey through to Afghanistan.
Phyllopalpus
Phyllopalpus is a genus of winged bush crickets, trigs in the family Trigonidiidae. There are about six described species in Phyllopalpus.
Adenopterus
Adenopterus is a genus of crickets belonging to the tribe Podoscirtini recorded from the Pacific Islands.
Talitropsis
Talitropsis is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand, and containing six described species. Two Talitropsis species are found only on the Chatham Islands.
Cacoplistes
Cacoplistes is the type genus of cricket in the subfamily Cachoplistinae; it has been placed in its own tribe, the Cachoplistini. Its recorded distribution is: India, southern China and Indo-China.
Lepidogryllus
thumb|Another photo of the same L. comparatus Lepidogryllus is a genus of crickets, sometimes known as mottled field crickets, in the family Gryllidae and tribe Modicogryllini. Species have been found in Australia, New Caledonia and Vietnam.
Micropathus
Micropathus is an Australian genus of cave crickets within the subfamily Macropathinae established by A. M. Richards in 1964. There are five species within this genus, all found in Tasmania.
Woznessenskia
Woznessenskia is an Asian genus of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets', in the subfamily Hyperbaeninae and tribe Capnogryllacridini. Species have been recorded from southern China and Vietnam.
Trellius
Trellius is an Asian genus of crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) in the family Phalangopsidae, subfamily Phaloriinae, tribe Phaloriini.
Neonetus
thumb|Observations of Neonetus and their distribution throughout New Zealand Neonetus is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. All described species are small; when adult, individuals are only about 1 cm long. Neonetus variegatus and N. huttoni are common in native and exotic forests but because they are small and nocturnal, they are often overlooked.
Pallidoplectron
Pallidoplectron is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand.
Leiomelus
Leiomelus is a genus of king crickets in the family Anostostomatidae, endemic to Chile.
Paradecolya
Paradecolya is a genus of the family Tettigoniidae. The species are bush crickets from Indian Ocean islands.
Paterdecolyus
Paterdecolyus is a subgenus of "king crickets" in the genus Anabropsis: found in India and Tibet.
Lezina
Lezina is a cricket genus in the family Anostostomatidae found in northern Africa and the Middle-East; it was formerly included in the family Gryllacrididae.
Hoplosphyrum
Hoplosphyrum is a genus of scaly crickets in the family Mogoplistidae. There are about six described species in Hoplosphyrum, from Africa and the Americas
Scapteriscus
Scapteriscus is a genus of insects in the family Gryllotalpidae, the mole crickets. Members of the genus are called two-clawed mole crickets. They are native to South America. Some species have arrived in other regions (by flight or as contaminants of ship ballast or cargoes), including parts of North America, where some have become invasive and have become established as pests.
Paradiestrammena
Paradiestrammena is a genus of cave or camel crickets in the subfamily Aemodogryllinae and tribe Aemodogryllini. Originating in Asia, species have been found in Borneo, the Indo-China region and Japan.
Platystolus
Platystolus is a genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, first described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1878. To date (2022), species have only been recorded from France and the Iberian Peninsula.
Mitius
Mitius is a genus of crickets in the family Gryllidae and tribe Modicogryllini. Species can be found in Asia.
Micrornebius
Micrornebius is a genus of crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) in the subfamily Mogoplistinae, tribe Mogoplistini.
Diestramima
Diestramima is a genus of camel crickets in the subfamily Aemodogryllinae and tribe Diestramimini. Species can be found in: India, southern China and Indo-China.
Pteroplistes
Pteroplistes is the type genus of the Pteroplistidae, a family of crickets: it was erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1873. Species have been recorded from India and western Malesia.
Cavernotettix
Cavernotettix is a genus of cave crickets in the family Rhaphidophoridae, in South-Eastern Australia and Tasmania. There are five species in the genus Cavernotettix. The genus was first described by New Zealand entomologist Aola Richards in 1966.
Hygronemobius
Hygronemobius is a genus of insects in the family Trigonidiidae.
Noctitrella
Noctitrella is a genus of crickets in the tribe Podoscirtini. Species have been recorded in: southern China and Indochina.
Asarcogryllacris
Asarcogryllacris is an Asian genus of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets': in the subfamily Gryllacridinae and tribe Asarcogryllacridini. Species have been recorded from Indochina and west Malesia.
Capnogryllacris
Capnogryllacris is a genus of leaf-rolling crickets in the subfamily Gryllacridinae and tribe Capnogryllacridini, erected by Heinrich Hugo Karny in 1937. Species are found in Far East and South Asia; two other of Karny's genera were previously placed here: Borneogryllacris (synonym Cyanogryllacris, with B. globiceps now included in Glolarnaca) and Marthogryllacris.
Tapiena
Tapiena is an Asian genus of sickle-bearing bush-crickets, in the tribe Holochlorini, erected by Ignacio Bolívar in 1906. The known species distribution (possibly incomplete) includes India, China, Indochina (not recorded from Vietnam), western Malesia and an African record from Ghana.
Anostostoma
Anostostoma is the type genus of the family Anostostomatidae and consists of five species of insect, endemic to Australia.
Diaphanogryllacris
Diaphanogryllacris is a genus of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the subfamily Hyperbaeninae and tribe Capnogryllacridini. The recorded distribution is: the Indian subcontinent, China, Indochina, western Malesia up to Sulawesi.
Rhaphidophora
genus of insects
Parapholidoptera
Parapholidoptera is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Pholidopterini, erected by Josef Mařan in 1953. Species are recorded from south-eastern Europe and the Middle East, through to the Black Sea (distribution may be incomplete).
Eugryllacris
Eugryllacris is a genus of leaf-folding crickets in the tribe Gryllacridini. The recorded distribution is: the Indian subcontinent, China, western Indochina, western Malesia up to the Maluku Islands; a number of species recently transferred elsewhere in the subfamily, including the new (2024) genus Radigryllacris.
Pharmacus
Pharmacus is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. All species are alpine adapted and found at high elevations in the South Island. They live among rocks on high mountain ridges, often well above glaciers and vegetation. Pharmacus has a geographical range that extends from Nelson south to central Otago and Fiordland. They are small insects with a body length of approximately 14-20mm. In this genus, females are larger than males. All species exhibit dark brown to black pigmentation of the body and legs. They have a dense clothing of setae and a serrated ov
Gigantettix
Gigantettix is a genus of camel crickets in the subfamily Aemodogryllinae and tribe Diestramimini. The type species, from Vietnam, was originally assigned to the genus Diestramima (D. gigantea Gorochov); subsequently, other species have been found in the Indo-China region.
Lyperogryllacris
Lyperogryllacris is a genus of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the tribe Gryllacridini. The recorded distribution is from Indochina, and western Malesia.
Phryganogryllacris
Phryganogryllacris is a genus of Asian Orthopterans, sometimes known as "leaf-folding-" or "raspy-crickets", in the subfamily Hyperbaeninae and tribe Phryganogryllacridini. Species have been recorded from: India, China, Indochina, Malesia, through to New Guinea.
Pleioplectron
Pleioplectron is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae, endemic to New Zealand. These wētā are fairly common at night among the leaf litter in native forest in the South Island of New Zealand. The species look very similar to species of Miotopus, another New Zealand endemic genus, recently resurrected.
Isoplectron
Isoplectron is a genus of cave wētā in the family Rhaphidophoridae with eight species recognised. The genus is endemic to New Zealand and distributed throughout most of the country but has not been recorded north of Taupo.
Psorodonotus
Psorodonotus is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Pholidopterini, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1861.
Montana
genus of insects
Cardiodactylus
Cardiodactylus is an Asian genus of crickets in the family Gryllidae, subfamily Eneopterinae and tribe Lebinthini.
Otteana
Otteana is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Landrevinae and tribe Landrevini. Species can be found in Vietnam.
Stenonemobius
Stenonemobius is a genus of cricket in the subfamily Nemobiinae; species can be found in North Africa, South-East Europe and Asia.
Tarbinskiellus
Tarbinskiellus is a genus of crickets in the family Gryllidae and tribe Gryllini. Species can be found in Asia.