Eneopterinae

Eneopterinae
Eneoptera guyanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Subfamily: Eneopterinae
Saussure, 1874
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Eneopteridae, Eneopteriens, Eneopterites Saussure, 1874
  • Platydactylidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1873

The Eneopterinae[1] are a subfamily of crickets, in the family Gryllidae, based on the type genus Eneoptera. It is one of several groups widely described as "true crickets",[2] but this subfamily may also referred to in American English as "bush crickets". Of the more than 500 species that make up this subfamily, most occur in moist, tropical habitats. These insects are medium to large and brown or gray in color. They eat plant leaves, flowers, and fruits and can occasionally cause economic damage. Their eggs are deposited in pith, bark, or wood.[3] Eneopterinae show a great diversity in stridulatory apparatus, signals emitted, and associated behaviour.[4]

Tribes and genera

Eneopterinae currently consists of five tribes; a sixth tribe, Hemigryllini Gorochov, 1986 (for the South American genus Hemigryllus Saussure, 1877), is now treated as a separate subfamily, Hemigryllinae.[4][5] Orthoptera Species File[6] lists the following tribes and genera within Eneopterinae:

Eneopterini

Auth. Saussure, 1874 (South America)

Eurepini

Auth. Robillard, 2004 (mostly Australia, spp. of Eurepa from Thailand)

    • Arilpa Otte & Alexander, 1983
    • Arrakis Robillard, Tan & Su, 2024
    • Eurepa Walker, 1869
    • Eurepella Otte & Alexander, 1983
    • Miripella Robillard, Tan & Su, 2024
    • Napieria Baehr, 1989
    • Piestodactylus Saussure, 1878
    • Salmanites Chopard, 1951

Lebinthini

Auth. Robillard, 2004 (SE Asia, Australia, Pacific, S. America)

  • subtribe Cardiodactylina Robillard & Tan, 2021
  • subtribe Lebinthina Robillard, 2004
    • Agnothecous Saussure, 1878 (=Agnotecous)
    • Centuriarus Robillard, 2011
    • Diablotinthus Robillard & Tan, 2025
    • Fadinthus Robillard & Tan, 2021
    • Falcerminthus Robillard & Tan, 2021
    • Gnominthus Robillard & Vicente, 2015
    • Julverninthus Robillard & Su, 2018
    • Kanakinthus Le Flanchec & Robillard, 2025
    • Lebinthus Stål, 1877
    • Lutinthus Robillard & Tan, 2025
    • Macrobinthus Robillard & Dong, 2016
    • Microbinthus Robillard & Dong, 2016
    • Pixibinthus Robillard & Anso, 2016
    • Platybinthus Robillard & Tan, 2023
    • Rugabinthus Tan & Robillard, 2022
  • subtribe Ligypterina Robillard & Tan, 2021
    • Ligypterus Saussure, 1878
    • Ponca Hebard, 1928

Nisitrini

Auth. Robillard, 2004 (Malesia, New Guinea)

  • Nisitrus Saussure, 1878
  • Paranisitra Chopard, 1925

Xenogryllini

Auth. Robillard, 2004 (Central-southern Africa, Asia)

  • Indigryllus Robillard & Jaiswara, 2019
  • Pseudolebinthus Robillard, 2006
  • Xenogryllus Bolívar, 1890
  • Antillobinthus Yong & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2020
  • Brontogryllus – monotypic – B. excelsus Martins-Neto, 1991
  • Proecanthus – monotypic – P. anatolicus Sharov, 1968

References

  1. ^ Saussure (1874) Mission scientifique au Méxique et dans l'Amérique centrale 6: 464 .
  2. ^ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0 retrieved 6 July 2019)
  3. ^ Walker, Thomas J; Moore, Thomas E. "Subfamily Eneopterinae". Singing Insects of North America. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. ^ a b Robillard, Tony (2006). "Phylogenetic systematics of Pseudolebinthus, a new genus of Eneopterinae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Eneopteridae) from south-east Africa" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 31. Royal Entomological Society of London: 671–683. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00347.x. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  5. ^ Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J. (2025-07-15). "Studies on Neotropical crickets: On the Hemigryllus Saussure, 1877 taxonomic placement (Orthoptera: Grylloidea), with comments on Gryllidae classification, including new species and records". Zootaxa. 5661 (2): 151–177. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5661.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  6. ^ Cigliano, M.M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D.C.; Otte, D. "Eneopterinae Saussure, 1874". Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
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