Gryllotalpoidea


The Gryllotalpoidea are a superfamily of insects that includes the mole crickets and the ant crickets. The type genus is Gryllotalpa.
Recent molecular phylogenetic studies support the monophyly of the cricket clade and its subdivision into two clades: Gryllotalpidae and Myrmecophilidae on the one hand, and all the other crickets.

Families and subfamilies

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following families and subfamilies: