Neocurtilla hexadactyla
| Northern mole cricket | |
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| Illustration of Neocurtilla hexadactyla from Insects, their way and means of living by Robert Evans Snodgrass. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Gryllotalpidae |
| Genus: | Neocurtilla |
| Species: | N. hexadactyla
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| Binomial name | |
| Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty, 1832)
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Neocurtilla hexadactyla, commonly known as the northern mole cricket, is a species of mole cricket that is native to eastern North America.[2][3] It also occurs in South America, where it may be an adventive species.[4] Its range extends from the southern reaches of eastern Canada and through the eastern and central United States.[4] It is preyed upon by the wasp Larra analis, which parasitizes live mole cricket hosts.[5]
References
- ^ "Key to the genera of the Gryllotalpidae found in the Southeastern United States". mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
- ^ "Species Neocurtilla hexadactyla". Bugguide. Iowa State University. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- ^ "Mole Cricket". Texas AgriLife Extension Service: A Field Guide To Common Texas Insects. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on November 14, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- ^ a b "Northern Mole Cricket". Singing Insects of North America. University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- ^ Smith, C. E. (June 1935). "Larra analis Fabricius, a Parasite of the Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa hexadactyla Perty". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 37 (4): 65–82 – via CABI Digital Library.