Short-winged Mole Cricket

Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Gryllotalpidae

Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus (syn. Scapteriscus abbreviatus), the short-winged mole cricket, is a species of insect in the mole cricket family, Gryllotalpidae. It is native to South America but has been introduced inadvertently into Florida, in the United States.

Distribution

Short-winged Mole Cricket — (c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 26Mexico · 2Brazil · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC-BY-SA DescriptionNeoscapteriscus abbreviatus, Wikipedia contributors

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