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King Crickets
Anostostomatinae
Anostostomatidae is a family of insects in the order Orthoptera, widely distributed in the southern hemisphere. It is named Mimnermidae or Henicidae in some taxonomies, and common names include king crickets in South Africa and weta in New Zealand (although not all weta are in Anostostomatidae). Prominent members include the Parktown prawn of South Africa, and the giant weta of New Zealand. The distribution of this family reflects a common ancestry before the fragmenting of Gondwana.
16 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Deinacridini
tribeDeinacridini
Anabropsini
tribeAnabropsini
Anostostomatini
tribeAnostostomatini
Lutosini
tribeLutosini
Cratomelini
tribeCratomelini
Brachyporini
tribeBrachyporini
Glaphyrosomatini
tribeGlaphyrosomatini
Spizaphilus
genusSpizaphilus
Tryposoma
genusTryposoma
Kneering Crickets
genusLibanasa
Leiomelini
tribeLeiomelini
Carcinopsis
genusCarcinopsis
Gryllotaurus
genusGryllotaurus
Cooloola Monsters
tribeCooloolini
Minarisoma
genusMinarisoma
Papuaistus
genusPapuaistus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 706486.