Northern mole cricket | |
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Illustration of Neocurtilla hexadactyla from Insects, their way and means of living by Robert Evans Snodgrass. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Family: | Gryllotalpidae |
Genus: | Neocurtilla |
Species: | N. hexadactyla
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Binomial name | |
Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty, 1832)
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Neocurtilla hexadactyla, commonly known as the northern mole cricket, is a species of mole cricket that is native to eastern North America and Africa.[1][2] It also occurs in South America, where it may be an adventive species.[3] Its range extends from the southern reaches of eastern Canada and through the eastern and central United States.[3]