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Gryllus

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Gryllus Linnaeus p. 425
1761Gryllus Linnaeus p. 235
1762Gryllus Geoffroy p. 386
1763Gryllus Scopoli p. 105
1764Gryllus Müller p. 24
1766Gryllus Schaeffer
1767Gryllus Linnaeus p. 692
1775Gryllus Fabricius p. 287
1796Gryllus Latreille p. 80
1802Gryllus Latreille p. 276
1877Liogryllus Saussure p. 134
1925Gryllus Cockerell
1939Liogryllus Statz p. 8
1939Gryllus Zeuner p. 203
1969Gryllus Harz p. 664
1992Gryllus Carpenter p. 173
2010Gryllus Garai p. 398
2015Gryllus Storozhenko et al. p. 104
2016Gryllus Chintauan-Marquier et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderEnsiferaChopard 1920
infraorderGryllidea
superfamilyGrylloidea
familyGryllidae()
subfamilyGryllinae
tribeGryllini
genusGryllus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Gryllus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Gryllus (Locusta) Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Gryllus (Mantis) Linnaeus 1758
Subg. Gryllus (Tettigonia) Linnaeus 1758 [katydid]
Gryllus lineiceps Walker 1906
Gryllus religiosus Linnaeus 1758 [praying mantis]
Gryllus vociferans Cockerell 1925
Invalid names: Liogryllus Saussure 1877 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Ontogeny: moltingsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:58:43
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:58:43
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Chattian or 66.00000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina (Jujuy) G. vociferans (110425)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) G. lineiceps (123960)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Liogryllus rottensis (122010)