Hapithus agitator is a species of cricket in the genus Hapithus ("flightless bush crickets"), in the subfamily Hapithinae ("bush crickets"). A common name for it is "restless bush cricket". It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Oecanthidae |
| Subfamily: | Podoscirtinae |
| Supertribe: | Hapithidi |
| Tribe: | Hapithini |
| Genus: | Hapithus |
| Species: | H. agitator
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| Binomial name | |
| Hapithus agitator Uhler, 1864
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Breeding
editMales of this species make calls not to attract females, like other similar organisms do; they themselves choose with whom to mate thanks to chemical interactions which occur when both individuals connect their antennas together. When courting, the male silently vibrates its wings. The female may gnaw at the tegmina of the male to reach its seminal glands.[5]
References
edit- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Hapithus agitator Uhler, 1864". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "Hapithus agitator Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Hapithus agitator". GBIF. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Hapithus agitator species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ Alexander, Richard D.; Otte, Daniel (1967). "Cannibalism during Copulation in the Brown Bush Cricket, Hapithus agitator (Gryllidae)". The Florida Entomologist. 50 (2): 79–87. doi:10.2307/3493615. ISSN 0015-4040.
External links
edit- NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Hapithus agitator
Media related to Hapithus agitator at Wikimedia Commons
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