Phalangopsidae
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| Phalangopsidae | |
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| Phalangacris alluaudi (Phalangopsinae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Infraorder: | Gryllidea |
| Superfamily: | Grylloidea |
| Family: | Phalangopsidae Blanchard, 1845 |
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Phalangopsidae, which includes the "spider crickets" and their allies, is a reconstituted (2014[1]) family of crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera),[2][3] with the type genus Phalangopsis. Priority for family-group names based on this genus dates from Blanchard's "Phalangopsites".[4]
Species in this family are widely distributed, especially southern Hemisphere (i.e. continents excluding Europe, most of N. America and Antarctica).[5] These terrestrial Orthoptera, like the majority of crickets, tend to thrive in tropical or subtropical environments.
