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Kingdom - Animalia

  Phylum - Arthropoda

    Subphylum - Hexapoda

      Class - Insecta

        Subclass - Pterygota (winged insects)

          Infraclass - Neoptera (wing-folding insects)

            Order - Orthoptera (crickets, grasshoppers, katydids)

              Suborder - Ensifera (long antennae)

                Family - Gryllidea (true crickets)

                  Subfamily - Oecanthinae (tree crickets)

                    Genus - Neoxabea

                    Genus - Oecanthus

 

Tree Crickets found in the United States and Canada

   Neoxabea (Genus)

        List of species under Neoxabea

Neoxabea bipunctata (Two-spotted tree cricket)

 

Oecanthus (Genus)

        List of species under Oecanthus

Oecanthus argentinus (Prairie tree cricket)

Oecanthus californicus (Western tree cricket)

Oecanthus celerinictus (Fast-calling tree cricket)

Oecanthus exclamationis (Davis' tree cricket)

Oecanthus forbesi (Forbes' tree cricket)

Oecanthus fultoni (Snowy tree cricket)

Oecanthus laricis (Tamarack tree cricket)

Oecanthus latipennis (Broad-winged tree cricket)

Oecanthus leptogrammus (Thin-lined tree cricket)

Oecanthus nigricornis (Black-horned tree cricket)

Oecanthus niveus (Narrow-winged tree cricket)

Oecanthus pini (Pine tree cricket)

Oecanthus quadripunctatus (Four-spotted tree cricket)

Oecanthus rileyi (Riley's tree cricket)

Oecanthus varicornis (Different-horned tree cricket)



Additional species of Neoxabea and Oecanthus are also said to occur in the US:

  Neoxabea formosa (Brownsville tree cricket)

  Oecanthus n. sp. A (Texas tree cricket)

An unnamed species found in the 1960's in Mexico by Dr. R. D. Alexander has been discovered in southern Texas. It is in the process of being described.

  Oecanthus n. sp. B (Alexander's tree cricket)