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Cyphoderris strepitans
| Cyphoderris strepitans | |
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| Mating pair of sagebrush crickets (female left, male right) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Prophalangopsidae |
| Genus: | Cyphoderris |
| Species: | C. strepitans
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyphoderris strepitans Morris and Gwynne, 1978
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Cyphoderris strepitans, the sagebrush cricket or sagebrush grig, is a one of only a few surviving species in the family Prophalangopsidae. Three of these species are in the genus Cyphoderris and all three are endemic to North America.[1] C. strepitans name is from the Latin word 'strepitans' which means 'making a great noise', refers to their calling song during the mating season.[2]
- ^ Dodson, G.N., Morris, G.K., and Gwynne, D.T. (1983). Mating behavior of the primitive orthopteran genus Cyphoderris. In Orthopteran mating systems: sexual competition in a diverse group of insects. Edited by D.T. Gwynne and G.K. Morris. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado. pp. 305–318.
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