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Ripipterygidae

Description

The Ripipterygidae are a family in the Orthoptera: Caelifera, sometimes called "mud crickets", in central and South America.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripipterygidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3039https://www.gbif.org/species/3039
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)216446https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=216446
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Ripipterygidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
superorderOrthopteridaBoudreaux 1979
orderOrthopteraOlivier 1789
suborderCaeliferaAnder 1936
infraorderTridactylideaBrullé 1835
superfamilyTridactyloideaBrullé 1835
familyRipipterygidaeAnder 1939
Scientific NameRipipterygidae
Name Published InAnder. 1939. Vergleichend-anatomische und phylogenetische Studien über die Ensifera (Saltatoria). Opuscula Entomologica 2(Suppl.):306 pp., 172 figs.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ripipterygidaefamilybelongs to Tridactyloideastated with evidenceHeads, 2010
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (67%)
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Caelifera)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Caelifera)
Visionwell-developed (based on Caelifera)
Dietgrazer, herbivore (based on Caelifera)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Caelifera)
Taphonomychitin (based on Caelifera)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. W. Heads. 2010. New Tridactyloidea in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera: Caelifera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:204-210
Common Name(s) Mud Crickets
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripipterygidae

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Mirhipipteryx
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		120.4 Ma
Miocene		0 Ma
Extant
Ripipteryx
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Rhipipterygidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Rhipipterygidae

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1939Ripipterygidae Ander
2010Ripipterygidae Heads p. 208
2015Ripipterygidae Song et al.

References

Heads S. W. (2010) New Tridactyloidea in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera: Caelifera), Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46, 204-210
Song H. J., Amédégnato C., et al (2015) 300 million years of diversification: elucidating the patterns of orthopteran evolution based on comprehensive taxon and gene sampling, Cladistics
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Chopard. 1949. In Grassé [Ed.]. Ordre des orthoptères. Traité de Zoologie. Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie, Masson et Cie Éditeurs, Paris 9:677 - via Orthoptera Species File
Ander. 1939. Vergleichend-anatomische und phylogenetische Studien über die Ensifera (Saltatoria). Opuscula Entomologica 2(Suppl.):6 - via Orthoptera Species File
Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona. 2015. Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea) 496-511 - via Orthoptera Species File
Kevan, D.K.M. 1982. In Parker [Ed.]. Orthoptera. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, McGraw-Hill Book Company 2:379 - via Orthoptera Species File
Günther, K.K. 1969. Revision der Familie Rhipipterygidae Chopard, 1949 (Saltatoria, Insecta). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin (Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin) 45(2):268 - via Orthoptera Species File
Maes. 1989. Catálogo de los Tetrigidae, Rhipipterygidae y Tridactylidae (Orthoptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia (Rev. Nicar. Entomol.) 6:49-53 - via Orthoptera Species File
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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