Family Scaly Crickets (Mogoplistidae)
Mogoplistidae is a family in the order Orthoptera. Browse 11 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.
Species in Mogoplistidae (11)
black-faced scaly cricket
Cycloptilum kelainopum
Identification: Clypeus, labrum, and genae piceous and strikingly distinct
Slosson's scaly cricket
Cycloptilum slossoni
Identification: Gray color, black wing edge, fairly stout body, not extremely long cerci
spectacular scaly cricket
Cycloptilum spectabile
Identification: The largest species of scaly cricket described from the U.S., and the most colorful in life. Purplish russet pronotum, banded grey and white abdomen; orange legs, very long cerci.
Forest Scaly Cricket
Cycloptilum trigonipalpum
Identification: Long body form, very long cerci, long pointed ovipositor, narrow clypeus, wide scapes. Terminal palp shape is distinctive
two-toothed scaly cricket
Cycloptilum bidens
syncopated scaly cricket
Cycloptilum comprehendens
Reluctant Scaly Cricket
Cycloptilum pigrum
Scudder's Scaly Cricket
Cycloptilum squamosum
Western Bush Cricket
Hoplosphyrum boreale
Hoplosphyrum griseum
Hoplosphyrum griseum
Silent Scaly Cricket
Oligacanthopus prograptus