Stenopelmatinae is the sole subfamily in the family Stenopelmatidae. There are about 7 genera and more than 50 described species in Stenopelmatinae.
| Stenopelmatinae | |
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| Maxentius pinguis, sand cricket, Botswana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Stenopelmatidae |
| Subfamily: | Stenopelmatinae Burmeister, 1838 |
| Tribes | |
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The species of this subfamily found in the New World are called Jerusalem crickets, making up the genera Ammopelmatus and Stenopelmatus. These were formerly the only genera of this subfamily, and now make up the tribe Stenopelmatini. Old World species have also been referred to as Jerusalem crickets in recent years, as well as sand crickets and stone crickets.[1][2][3]
Tribes and genera
editThe Orthoptera Species File lists five tribes in the subfamily Stenopelmatinae:[1]
Monotypic tribes
edit- Maxentius Stål, 1876 (sub-Saharan Africa)
- Oryctopterus Karny, 1937 (India, Sri Lanka)
- Oryctopus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 (India, Sri Lanka)
Siini
edit- † Electrosia Gorochov, 2010 (Baltic amber)
- Sia Giebel, 1861 (Malaysia, Indonesia)
- Ammopelmatus Tinkham, 1965 (North America) - Jerusalem crickets
- Stenopelmatus Burmeister, 1838 (New World) - Jerusalem crickets
References
edit- ^ a b Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2021). "subfamily Stenopelmatinae Burmeister, 1838". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
- ^ Weissman, David B.; Bazelet, Corinna S. (2013). "Notes on southern Africa Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Sia)". Zootaxa. 3616 (1): 49–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.1.4. PMID 24758791.
- ^ Ramani, S.; Mohanraj, Prashanth; Yeshwanth, H.M. (2019). Indian Insects, Diversity and Science. CRC Press. ISBN 9780367184131.