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Crickets of Zihuatanejo

INFRAORDER PAPILIONOIDEA

Paroecanthidi Tree & Bush Crickets

Paroecanthidi (Supertribe)

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids (Order Orthoptera)

-Katydids, Crickets, and Allies (Suborder Ensifera)

-Crickets (Infraorder Gryllidea)

-True Crickets and Allies (Superfamily Grylloidea)

-Tree Crickets and Bush Crickets (Family Oecanthidae)

-Subfamily Tafaliscinae

-Supertribe Paroecanthidi


The Supertribe Paroecanthidi is a taxonomic grouping within the subfamily Eneopterinae (family Gryllidae, the true crickets). This group contains several genera of small, tree-dwelling crickets primarily found in tropical and subtropical regions.

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