Mogoplistidae

Mogoplistidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Mogoplistes brunneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Superfamily: Grylloidea
Family: Mogoplistidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1873
Subfamilies and Tribes

See text

Synonyms
  • Mogoplistoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1873
  • Malgasiidae Gorochov, 1984
  • Mogoplistii Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1873

Mogoplistidae is a family of scaly crickets and allies within the superfamily Grylloidea.[1] Considered to be monophyletic, a sister taxon to the Gryllidae crickets. This family consists of more than 370 species worldwide;[2] 20 species in 4 genera occur in North America and this family includes the scaly crickets of Europe.