Gammarotettix is a North American genus of camel crickets in the family Rhaphidophoridae. They are also called chaparral camel crickets or arboreal camel crickets and are between 10–18 mm.[1] They live mainly in California and possibly in southern Oregon and Arizona.[2]
| Gammarotettix | |
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| A species of Gammarotettix on a plant | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Rhaphidophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Gammarotettiginae |
| Genus: | Gammarotettix Brunner, 1888 |
There are about six described species in Gammarotettix.[3][4][5][6]
Species
editThese six species belong to the genus Gammarotettix:
- Gammarotettix aesculus Strohecker, 1951
- Gammarotettix apache Rehn, 1940
- Gammarotettix bilobatus (Thomas, 1872)
- Gammarotettix bovis Rehn, 1941
- Gammarotettix cyclocercus Hebard, 1916
- Gammarotettix genitalis Caudell, 1916
References
edit- ^ Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780520288744.
- ^ Stidham, Thomas A. (December 1, 2005). "Additions to the natural history of Gammarotettix bilobatus (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 14 (2): 149–151. doi:10.1665/1082-6467(2005)14[149:ATTNHO]2.0.CO;2 – via BioOne.
- ^ "Gammarotettix Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Gammarotettix". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Gammarotettix genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Gammarotettix Brunner, 1888". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
edit- Capinera, J. L; Scott, R. D.; Walker, T. J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.