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Rhaphidophoridae

Synonyms: Raphidophorae; Raphidophoridae; Rhaphidophorae

Wikipedia Abstract

The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae includes the cave weta, cave crickets, camelback crickets, camel crickets, spider crickets (sometimes shortened to "criders", or "land shrimp" or sprickets") and sand treaders, of the suborder Ensifera. Those occurring in New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania are typically referred to as jumping or cave weta. Most are found in forest environments or within caves, animal burrows, cellars, under stones, in wood or in similar environments. They are characterized in part by their long antennae and legs. The well-known field crickets are from a different superfamily (Grylloidea) and only look vaguely similar, while members of the family Tettigoniidae may look superficially similar in body form.
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Genus

Adiestramima (10)
Alpinanoplophilus (10)
Ammobaenetes (3)
Anargyrtes (2)
Anoplophilus (20)
Arboramima (1)
Argyrtes (4)
Atachycines (3)
Australotettix (2)
Cavernotettix (Cave cricket) (5)
Ceuthophilus (87)
Daihinia (1)
Daihinibaenetes (Sand treader cricket) (3)
Daihiniella (1)
Daihiniodes (2)
Dendroplectron (1)
Diarhaphidophora (2)
Diestramima (35)
Diestrammena (26)
Dolichopoda (60)
Euhadenoecus (4)
Eurhaphidophora (14)
Eutachycines (14)
Exochodrilus (2)
Farallonophilus (1)
Gammarotettix (6)
Gigantettix (6)
Gymnaetoides (4)
Hadenoecus (5)
Heteromallus (10)
Hypsobadistes (3)
Insulanoplectron (1)
Ischyroplectron (1)
Isoplectron (4)
Leptargyrtes (2)
Macrobaenetes (Sand treader cricket) (4)
Macropathus (2)
Maotoweta (1)
Megadiestramima (12)
Megatachycines (2)
Micropathus (5)
Microtachycines (3)
Mimadiestra (4)
Minirhaphidophora (5)
Miotopus (2)
Neonetus (3)
Neorhaphidophora (6)
Neotachycines (16)
Notoplectron (1)
Novoplectron (1)
Novotettix (1)
Pachyrhamma (16)
Pallidoplectron (3)
Pallidotettix (1)
Paradiestrammena (13)
Paraneonetus (1)
Pararhaphidophora (1)
Paratachycines (18)
Parudenus (2)
Parvotettix (6)
Petrotettix (4)
Pharmacus (10)
Phoberopus (2)
Phrixocnemis (1)
Pleioplectron (10)
Pristoceuthophilus (Sand treader cricket) (13)
Prorhaphidophora (1)
Protroglophilus (3)
Pseudotachycines (6)
Rhachocnemis (1)
Rhaphidophora (101)
Salishella (1)
Setascutum (2)
Sinorhaphidophora (1)
Spelaeiacris (2)
Speleotettix (1)
Stonychophora (39)
Styracosceles (4)
Tachycines (98)
Talitropsis (7)
Tamdaotettix (18)
Tasmanoplectron (Cricket) (1)
Troglophilus (23)   (2)
Tropidischia (1)
Typhloceuthophilus (1)
Udenus (3)
Udeopsylla (Stone cricket) (1)
Utabaenetes (Cricket) (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0