The
Oecanthidae are a recently (2022) restored family of crickets based on the type genus
Oecanthus . They include "tree crickets", "anomalous crickets" and "bush crickets" (American usage) and can be found in warmer parts of most of the world (not the northern Palaearctic, Nearctic or Antarctica).
Origin and circumscription: The family and lower taxonomic names are based on "Oecanthites" used by Émile Blanchard in 1845, with the first use as Oecanthidae by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1873. Campos
et al. (2022) provide a key to the four subfamilies and tribes.
subfamily Euscyrtinae: Auth: Gorochov, 1985; selected genera:
- Beybienkoana
- Euscyrtodes
- Euscyrtus - type genus
- Patiscus
subfamily Oecanthinae: Auth: Blanchard, 1845: the tree crickets which are delicate white or pale green insects with transparent fore wings. Three tribes are now placed in two supertribes:
supertribe Diatrypidi Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988
# monotypic genus
Diatrypa supertribe Oecanthidi Blanchard, 1845
- tribe Oecanthini Blanchard, 1845
- tribe Xabeini Vickery & Kevan, 1983
- unplaced genera
Podoscirtinae: Auth: Saussure, 1878; : previously a subfamily group containing the "anomalous crickets"
supertribe Hapithidi Gorochov, 1986
- tribe Aphonomorphini Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988
- tribe Cearacesaini Koçak & Kemal, 2010
- tribe Hapithini Gorochov, 1986
- tribe Phyllogryllini Campos, 2022
supertribe Podoscirtidi Saussure, 1878
- tribe Aphonoidini Gorochov, 2008
- tribe Podoscirtini Saussure, 1878
- tribe Truljaliini Gorochov, 2020
- Unplaced genera (extinct)
Tafaliscinae: Auth: Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988: previously incorporated in the Oecanthinae
supertribe Paroecanthidi Gorochov, 1986
- tribe Neometrypini Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988
- tribe Paroecanthini Gorochov, 1986
supertribe Tafaliscidi Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988
- tribe Tafaliscini Desutter-Grandcolas, 1988
- Tafalisca - type genus