NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
four-pair scaly cricket
Cycloptilum quatrainum Love & Walker, 1979
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cycloptilum quatrainum Love & Walker, 1979
- Name authority
- Love & Walker, 1979
- Common name
- four-pair scaly cricket
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Mogoplistidae
- Genus
- Cycloptilum
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderOrthoptera Olivier, 1789
- suborderEnsifera Chopard, 1921
- infraorderGryllidea Vickery, 1977
- superfamilyGrylloidea Laicharting, 1781
- familyMogoplistidae Costa, 1855
- subfamilyMogoplistinae Costa, 1855
- tribeArachnocephalini Gorochov, 1984
- subtribeArachnocephalina Gorochov, 1984
- genusCycloptilum Scudder, 1869
- speciesCycloptilum quatrainum Love & Walker, 1979
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cycloptilum. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cycloptilum abstrusum Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 | MogoplistidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| two-toothed scaly cricketCycloptilum bidens Hebard, 1931 | MogoplistidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cycloptilum cineticon Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 | MogoplistidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cycloptilum comprehendens Hebard, 1929 | MogoplistidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cycloptilum comptus Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 | MogoplistidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cycloptilum contectum (Rehn & Hebard, 1912) | MogoplistidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cycloptilum distinctum Hebard, 1931 | MogoplistidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cycloptilum eidalimos Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 | MogoplistidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cycloptilum epimonon Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 | MogoplistidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cycloptilum erraticum Scudder, 1893 | MogoplistidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cycloptilum eucharistos Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 | MogoplistidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cycloptilum eumorphos Otte & Perez-Gelabert, 2009 | MogoplistidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
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Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Love, R.E. & Walker, T.J. (1979) Systematics and acoustic behavior of scaly crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Mogoplistinae) of eastern United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 105, 1–66. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s429ll79.pdf Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:32WJF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.