Cacoplistinae

Cacoplistinae
Meloimorpha japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Gryllidea
Superfamily: Grylloidea
Family: Phalangopsidae
Subfamily: Cacoplistinae
Saussure, 1877
Synonyms
  • Cachoplistidae Saussure, 1877
  • Cachoplistites Saussure, 1877
  • Cacoplistinae Beier & Heikertinger, 1954
  • Homoeogryllinae Gorochov, 1986

The Cacoplistinae are a subfamily of crickets (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of the family Phalangopsidae; they are also known by the orthographic variant "Cachoplistinae" and may be called beetle crickets or bell crickets. Species are terrestrial, carnivorous or omnivorous and can be found in: Africa, tropical Asia, Korea and Japan.

Nomenclature

The names for this subfamily and the tribe Cachoplistini, are based on Saussure's (1877) genus "Cachoplistus" and priority for family-group names based on his use of "Cachoplistites". The agreed type genus is Cacoplistes; the use of "Cachoplistinae" was by Chopard (1968).

Tribes and Genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists three tribes:

Cachoplistini Saussure, 1877

Homoeogryllini

Authority: Gorochov, 1986

  1. Homoeogryllus Guérin-Méneville, 1847
  2. Meloimorpha Walker, 1870

Seselini

Authority: Hugel & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2021; distribution: Indian Ocean islands

  1. Gryllapterus Bolívar, 1912
  2. Phaeogryllus Bolívar, 1912
  3. Phalangacris Bolívar, 1895
  4. Seselia Hugel & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2021

References

  1. ↑ Saussure (1877) Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 25(1): 325. (on www.biodiversitylibrary.org).
  2. 1 2 3 Orthoptera Species File: subfamily Cacoplistinae Saussure, 1877 (retrieved 18 July 2026)