Velarifictorus micado

The Japanese burrowing cricket (Velarifictorus micado) is a cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae (family Gryllidae)[1][2] and tribe Modicogryllini. It is found throughout South Asia, along with an introduced population in the United States.[2] It was first reported in the US in 1959, likely as overwintering eggs in the soil of imported plants, and has since spread all throughout the eastern half of the country.[3][4]

Velarifictorus micado
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Genus: Velarifictorus
Subgenus: Velarifictorus
Species:
V. micado
Binomial name
Velarifictorus micado
(Saussure, 1877)
Synonyms

Gryllus latefasciatus Chopard, 1933

References
  1. bugguide.net Velarifictorus micado species information.
  2. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  3. "Japanese burrowing cricket Velarifictorus micado (Saussure 1877)". The Orthopterists' Society. Retrieved 10 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Alexander, Walker (1962). "Two introduced field crickets new to eastern United States (Orthoptera, Gryllidae)" (PDF). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 55: 90–94 – via The Orthopterists' Society.

Further reading
  • Alexander, Richard D., and Thomas J. Walker (1962). Two introduced field crickets new to eastern United States (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, vol. 55, no. 1, 90-94.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States, Capinera, Scott, Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.


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