Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, locusts) ➔ Family Gryllotalpidae (Mole crickets)

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Maulwurfsgrille European Mole Cricket

Synonyms and other combinations:

Acheta gryllotalpa (Linnaeus, C.N., 1758) | Gryllotalpa vulgaris Latreille, 1804 | Gryllus talpa Olivier, G.A., 1791 | Gryllus (Acheta) gryllotalpa Linnaeus, C.N., 1758 |

  • Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, male 1145
    Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Linnaeus, 1758)  Maulwurfsgrille  European Mole Cricket 
    Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, male
    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera; 2009-09-18 14:43:57
    Image number: 1145
    male
    ES, Mallorca, S'Albufera
    2009-09-18 14:43:57

Classification:
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa belongs to the subfamily Gryllotalpinae, tribe Gryllotalpini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Eades D.C., Otte D., Cigliano M.M., Braun H. (2018). SF Orthoptera: Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0, Dec 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2018 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2018. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.