Superfamily
Rhaphidophoroidea (Camel crickets, cave crickets, and cave wetas)
Tropidischia xanthostoma. Photo: (c) Will Brown, some rights reserved (CC BY)
The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae includes the cave weta, cave crickets, camelback crickets, camel crickets, spider crickets (sometimes shortened to “criders“, or “land shrimp” or “sprickets“) and sand treaders, of the suborder Ensifera. Those occurring in New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania are typically referred to as jumping or cave weta. Most are found in forest environments or within caves, animal burrows, cellars, under stones, in wood or in similar environments. They are characterized in part by their…
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
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Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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Class: Insecta (Insects)
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Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
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Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids)
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Suborder: Ensifera (Katydids, crickets, and allies)
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Infraorder: Tettigoniidea (Katydids, wētā, and allies)
- Superfamily: Rhaphidophoroidea (Camel crickets, cave crickets, and cave wetas)
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Infraorder: Tettigoniidea (Katydids, wētā, and allies)
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Suborder: Ensifera (Katydids, crickets, and allies)
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Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids)
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Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
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Class: Insecta (Insects)
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Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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