Ensifera

Taxobox
name = Ensifera
fossil_range=Carboniferous - Recent

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Katydid
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Orthoptera
subordo = Ensifera
subdivision_ranks = Extant Superfamilies and families
subdivision =
*Superfamily Grylloidea
**Gryllidae - true crickets
**Gryllotalpidae - mole crickets
**Mogoplistidae
**Myrmecophilidae - ant crickets
*Superfamily Hagloidea
**Prophalangopsidae
*Superfamily Rhaphidophoroidea
**Rhaphidophoridae - camel crickets, cave crickets, cave wetas
*Superfamily Schizodactyloidea
**Schizodactylidae - dune crickets
*Superfamily Stenopelmatoidea
**Anostostomatidae - wetas, king crickets
**Cooloolidae
**Gryllacrididae - leaf-rolling crickets
**Stenopelmatidae - Jerusalem crickets
*Superfamily Tettigonioidea
**Tettigoniidae - katydids, koringkrieks

Ensifera is a suborder of the order Orthoptera, comprising insects commonly known as crickets, katydids and bush crickets. "Ensifer" means "sword bearer" in Latin, and refers to the typically elongated and blade-like ovipositor of the females. The classification of the suborder was drastically revised in December 2005 by the Orthopterists' Society.

External links

* [http://www.orthoptera.org/ The Orthopterists' Society]