• Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815.

Introduction

Characterised by cylindrical appearance and the shovel-like front legs. The head is horizontal and much narrower than the pronotum and pointed. Species are subterranean and sing during wet periods or just prior to rains. Both sexes can stridulate. Some species of economic concern.

History of changes

History of changes

• Gryllotalpini Leach, 1815.

  Type genus:

   Gryllotalpa Latreille, 1802.

General References

Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. 2015. The phylogeny of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea: Gryllotalpidae). Zootaxa 3985(4): 451–490 [474] (stat. rev.)

History of changes

• Gryllotalpa Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. (Ed.) C.S. Sonnini. F. Dufort : Paris Vol. 3. pp. xii, 13 + 467 [275].

  Type species:

   Gryllus (Acheta) gryllotalpa Linnaeus, 1758 by Linnaean tautonymy.
• Curtilla Oken, 1815.

  Type species:

   Gryllus (Acheta) gryllotalpa Linnaeus, 1758 by Linnaean tautonymy.
• Austrotalpa Mjöberg, 1913.

  Type species:

   Austrotalpa pluvialis Mjöberg, 1913 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: NSW North Coast (NNC) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mulga Lands (ML), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Tanami (TAN) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: South East Corner (SEC) ; SA, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

History of changes

• Gryllotalpa australis Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [249].

  Type data:

   Neotype ANIC ♂ (1969), Mount Donna Bouang, ca. 12 miles north of Warburton, VIC.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

General References

Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. 1983. The Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 22. Lawrence : Allen Press 477 pp. [457, Figs 353K, 354GK, 355DQR]

History of changes

• Gryllotalpa babinda Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. 1983. The Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 22. Lawrence : Allen Press 477 pp. [459, Figs 353F, 354CJ, 355N].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (1968), The Boulders, near Babinda, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Gryllotalpa brachyptera Tindale, N.B. 1928. Australasian mole-crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae (Orthoptera). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4(1): 1-42, text figs 1-16 [check date] [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♀, Sydney, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC)

General References

Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. 1983. The Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 22. Lawrence : Allen Press 477 pp. [458, Figs 353J, 355FS]

History of changes

• Gryllotalpa coarctata Walker, F. 1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria and Supplement to the Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. London : British Museum (Natural History) 224 pp. [6].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, North Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mulga Lands (ML), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. 1983. The Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 22. Lawrence : Allen Press 477 pp. [454, Figs 347, 352, 353CD, 354BM, 355BL]

History of changes

• Gryllotalpa howensis Tindale, N.B. 1928. Australasian mole-crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae (Orthoptera). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4(1): 1-42, text figs 1-16 [check date] [17].

Generic Combinations

• Gryllotalpa howensis (Tindale, 1928).

History of changes

• Gryllotalpa inermis Chopard, L. 1925. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 46. Gryllidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 18A(6): 1-57 [30].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHNP ♀, VIC.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

History of changes

• Gryllotalpa monanka Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. 1983. The Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 22. Lawrence : Allen Press 477 pp. [451, Figs 352, 353B, 354AP, 355AHJK].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (1968), Townsville, QLD.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Mulga Lands (ML), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Gryllotalpa nitidula Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1839. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Orthoptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret i-xviii, 1-776, Atlas pls 1-14. [dated 1838] [307].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHNP ♀, New Holland.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

General References

Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. 1983. The Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 22. Lawrence : Allen Press 477 pp. [462, Figs 353H, 354EL, 355COP]

History of changes

• Gryllotalpa oya Tindale, N.B. 1928. Australasian mole-crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae (Orthoptera). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4(1): 1-42, text figs 1-16 [check date] [7].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Glenelg, SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA

SA, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

General References

Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. 1983. The Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 22. Lawrence : Allen Press 477 pp. [463, Fig. 355G]

History of changes

• Gryllotalpa pilosipes Tindale, N.B. 1928. Australasian mole-crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae (Orthoptera). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4(1): 1-42, text figs 1-16 [check date] [16].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Derby, WA.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

Qld, WA: Dampierland (DL), Gulf Plains (GUP)

General References

Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. 1983. The Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 22. Lawrence : Allen Press 477 pp. [455, Figs 353E, 354DN, 355E]

History of changes

• Gryllotalpa pluvialis Mjöberg, E.G. 1913. Preliminary descriptions of some new Australian gryllids and forficulids. Entomologisk Tidskrift 34(1): 26-34 [30].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRS ♀, Blackall Ranges, QLD.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Otte, D. & Alexander, R.D. 1983. The Australian Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 22. Lawrence : Allen Press 477 pp. [460, Figs 353G, 354FH, 355M]

History of changes

History of changes

• Scapteriscini Zeuner, 1939.

  Type genus:

   Scapteriscus Scudder, 1868.

General References

Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. 2015. The phylogeny of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea: Gryllotalpidae). Zootaxa 3985(4): 451–490 [469] (stat. rev.)

History of changes

• Neoscapteriscus Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. 2015. The phylogeny of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea: Gryllotalpidae). Zootaxa 3985(4): 451–490 [469].

  Type species:

   Gryllotalpa didactyla Latreille, 1804 (= Neoscapteriscus didactylus) by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Gryllotalpa didactyla Latreille, P.A. 1804. Histoire naturelle, Générale et Particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Paris : F. Dufart Vol. 12 424 pp. pls xciv-xcvii. [122].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Southern America, Northern South America, French Guiana, Surinam: Cayenne.

Generic Combinations

• Scapteriscus didactylus (Latreille, 1804).
• Neoscapteriscus didactylus (Latreille, 1804). —
  Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. 2015. The phylogeny of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea: Gryllotalpidae). Zootaxa 3985(4): 451–490 [469]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Newcastle area, N.S.W.

Introduced from South America and Caribbean islands.

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

Distribution References

History of changes