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Issue: Vol. 4834 No. 2: 19 Aug. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-08-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4834.2.1
Page range: 151–194
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All genera of the infraorder Gryllidea of the world: a full list and biodiversity information on the April 2020 release of the Orthoptera Species File (OSF)

College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China.
College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China.
College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China.
Orthoptera Gryllidea taxonomy data statistics biodiversity informatics Orthoptera species file

Abstract

According to the Orthoptera species file, there are 765 genera of the infraorder Gryllidea in the world, belonging to 2 superfamilies, 8 families, 37 subfamilies and 6159 species or subspecies in total. A complete list of all genera in the world is provided, including type species, synonyms and species richness. Through statistical analysis, there are 26 extant subfamilies, accounting for 70.27%, 692 extant genera, accounting for 90.46%, 6010 extant species or subspecies, accounting for 97.58%. At the same time, the composition characteristics of the extant genera and species or subspecies in all subfamilies: subfamily Gryllinae has the largest number of genera and species or subspecies, reaching 125 genera and 1221 species or subspecies, with the proportion of 16.34% and 20.34%, followed by subfamily Podoscrtinae, with the number of 99 genera, 770 species or subspecies, with the proportion of 12.94% and 12.83%; subfamily Gryllomiminae with the least number, the number and ratio is 1 genus, 2 species and 0.13%, 0.03%. Among all fossil genera, subfamily †Cearagryllinae is the largest, with 7 genera, 15 species. There are 21 free genera in infraorder Gryllidea, accounting for 2.75%, and 268 monotypic genera (only 1 species), accounting for 35.03%. The largest genus is Hapithus Uhler, 1864, with 209 species or subspecies.

 

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