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Gryllotalpidae (mole cricket)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Gryllotalpidae

Taxonomy

Gryllotalpida was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Gryllotalpa.

It was corrected as Gryllotalpidae by Zeuner (1939), Sharov (1968), Martins-Neto (1991), Carpenter (1992), Martins-Neto (1995), Gorochov (1995), Gorochov (2010), Gorochov (2012), Storozhenko et al. (2015), Song et al. (2015), Chintauan-Marquier et al. (2016) and Song et al. (2020).

It was assigned to Gryllidea by Sharov (1968); to Ensifera by Zeuner (1939) and Carpenter (1992); to Grylloidea by Gorochov (1995), Gorochov (2010), Gorochov (2012) and Storozhenko et al. (2015); and to Gryllotalpoidea by Martins-Neto (1991), Martins-Neto (1995), Song et al. (2015), Chintauan-Marquier et al. (2016) and Song et al. (2020).

Subtaxa

Gryllotalpa stricta, Gryllotalpinae, Marchandiinae, Scapteriscinae

Synonyms

Gryllotalpa stricta was named by Heer (1864). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Zeuner (1939).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1864	Gryllotalpa stricta Heer p. 367
1907	Gryllotalpa stricta Handlirsch p. 686
1939	Gryllotalpidae Zeuner p. 236
1968	Gryllotalpidae Sharov
1991	Gryllotalpidae Martins-Neto p. 102
1992	Gryllotalpidae Carpenter p. 175
1995	Gryllotalpidae Gorochov p. 11
1995	Gryllotalpidae Martins-Neto p. 328
2010	Gryllotalpidae Gorochov p. 657
2012	Gryllotalpidae Gorochov p. 357
2015	Gryllotalpidae Song et al.
2015	Gryllotalpidae Storozhenko et al. p. 160
2016	Gryllotalpidae Chintauan-Marquier et al.
2020	Gryllotalpidae Song et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
order	Orthoptera
suborder	Ensifera	Chopard 1920
infraorder	Gryllidea
superfamily	Gryllotalpoidea
family	Gryllotalpidae	()
family	Gryllotalpidae	()

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.

Fm. Gryllotalpidae Leach 1815 [mole cricket]

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Subfm. Gryllotalpinae Leach 1815

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Tr. Gryllotalpini Leach 1815

G. Gryllotalpa Latreille 1802

Gryllotalpa africana Palisot de Beauvais 1805

†Gryllotalpa aveyronensis Handschin 1944

†Gryllotalpa miocaenica Zeuner 1931

G. Neocurtilla Kirby 1906

†Neocurtilla schmidtgeni Zeuner 1937

G. †Pterotriamescaptor Gorochov 1992

†Pterotriamescaptor americanus Gorochov 2012

†Pterotriamescaptor primus Cockerell 1921

†Pterotriamescaptor tridactylinus Secretan 1975

Subfm. †Marchandiinae Gorochov 2010

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G. †Archaeogryllotalpoides Martins-Neto 1991

†Archaeogryllotalpoides ornatus Martins-Neto 1991

G. †Cratotetraspinus Martins-Neto 1997

†Cratotetraspinus fossorius Martins-Neto 1995

Invalid names: Tetraspinus Martins-Neto 1995 [replaced]

G. †Marchandia Perrichot et al. 2002

†Marchandia magnifica Perrichot et al. 2002

G. †Palaeoscapteriscops Martins-Neto 1991

†Palaeoscapteriscops cretacea Martins-Neto 1991

Invalid names: Gryllotalpa stricta Heer 1864 [nomen dubium], Scapteriscinae Zeuner 1939 [empty]

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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Piacenzian or 122.46000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	Brazil (Ceara)	Cratotetraspinus fossorius (34899)
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	Brazil (Ceará)	Palaeoscapteriscops cretacea, Archaeogryllotalpoides ornatus (149767) Tetraspinus fossorius (105330)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	France (Poitou-Charentes)	Marchandia magnifica (99114)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Italy	Gryllotalpa tridactylina (122230)
Bridgerian	50.3 - 46.2	USA (Colorado)	Pterotriamescaptor americanus (138808)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	United Kingdom (Isle of Wight)	Pterotriamescaptor primus (157666)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	United Kingdom (England)	Gryllotalpa prima (123960) Pterotriamescaptor primus (21976)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France (Bouches-Du-Rhone)	Gryllotalpa sp. (123943)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)	Gryllotalpa sp. (122488)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France	Gryllotalpa aveyronensis (160863)
Aquitanian	23.03 - 20.44	Germany	Neocurtilla schmidtgeni (123872)
Sarmatian	12.7 - 11.608	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Gryllotalpa stricta (117252)
Sarmatian	12.7 - 11.608	Germany (Wurttemberg)	Gryllotalpa miocaenica (113752)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Germany (Niedersachsen)	Gryllotalpa africana (109196)