Oecanthidae


The Oecanthidae are a recently restored family of crickets based on the type genus Oecanthus. They include "tree crickets", "anomalous crickets" and "bush crickets" and can be found in warmer parts of most of the world.

Origin and circumscription

The family and lower taxonomic names are based on "Oecanthites" used by Émile Blanchard in 1845, with the first use as Oecanthidae by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1873. Campos et al. provide a key to the four subfamilies and tribes.

subfamily [Euscyrtinae]

Auth: Gorochov, 1985; selected genera:Beybienkoana Euscyrtodes Euscyrtus - type genus

subfamily [Oecanthinae]

Auth: Blanchard, 1845: the tree crickets which are delicate white or pale green insects with transparent fore wings. Three tribes are now placed in two supertribes:
;supertribe Diatrypidi Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988
  1. monotypic genus Diatrypa
;supertribe Oecanthidi Blanchard, 1845

[Podoscirtinae]

Auth: Saussure, 1878; : previously a subfamily group containing the "anomalous crickets"
;supertribe Hapithidi Gorochov, 1986
;supertribe Podoscirtidi Saussure, 1878

[Tafaliscinae]

Auth: Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988: previously incorporated in the Oecanthinae
;supertribe Paroecanthidi Gorochov, 1986
;supertribe Tafaliscidi Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988