Mogoplistidae Temporal range:
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Mogoplistes brunneus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Superfamily: | Grylloidea |
Family: | Mogoplistidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1873 |
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Mogoplistidae is a family of scaly crickets 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.