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  family Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815
subfamily Gryllotalpinae Leach, 1815
genus Gryllotalpa Latreille, 1802

species Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Common name(s):  European mole cricket; La Courtilière commune; Maulwurfsgrille
• Images: (4) See all images
  • male (Kamenz, Germany)
  • female
  • female tegmen (Gryllotalpa vulgaris)
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
  • Specimens in German collections (DORSA)
• Distribution:
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• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (45):
  • Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae (10th ed.) 1:428 >> Gryllus (Acheta) gryllotalpa  
  • Linnaeus. 1761. Fauna Sueciae sistens animalia Sueciae (Ed. 2):236 >> Gryllus gryllotalpa  
  • Linnaeus. 1767. Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae (12th ed.) 1, pt. 2:693 >> Gryllus (Acheta) gryllotalpa  
  • Fabricius. 1787. Mantissa insectorum exhibens species nuper in Etruria collectas a Ptro Rossio 1:231 >> Acheta gryllotalpa  
  • Ramis. 1814. Specimen animalium, vegetabilium et mineralium in insula Minorica frequentiorum ad normam Linneani sistematis 60 pp.
  • Scudder, S.H. 1869. Smithson. misc. Coll. 8:3 >> Acheta gryllotalpa  
  • Scudder, S.H. 1901. Occ. Papers Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 6:3 >> Acheta gryllotalpa  
  • Karny. 1907. Berlin Ent. Z. 52:32 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa  
  • Ebner. 1908. Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 58:336 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa  
  • Navás. 1909. Bol. Soc. Arag. Cienc. Nat. 8:197-201  
  • Morse. 1920. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 35(6):419 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa  
  • Chopard. 1922. Faune de France 3:108 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa  
  • Krauss. 1928. Entomol. Mitteil. 17(2):140-146
  • Ortiz. 1951. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 49:153-158 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Chopard. 1954. Verh. naturforsch. Ges. Basel 65(1):46 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Ortiz. 1958. Publ. Inst. Biol. appl. 27(2):181-194 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Gangwere. 1961. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 87:67-230
  • Chopard. 1968. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 12:445 >> Gryllotalpa
  • Gangwere & Morales-Agacino. 1970. Miscelánia Zoológica 2(5):1-67
  • Llorente del Moral. 1980. Eos 54:117-165
  • Herrera. 1982. Ser. Entomol. 22:1-162
  • Marshall, J.A. 1983. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 78(4):388 >> Note: 1 f. in LS coll., probably not the holotype >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Bellmann. 1985. Heuschrecken: beobachten, bestimmen 124 >> Note: (= G. vulgaris) >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Baccetti [Ed.]. 1987. Evolutionary Biology of Orthopteroid Insects (Ellis Horwood series in entomology and acarology) 13-113 >> Note: Sperm
  • Kruseman. 1988. Vers. Tech. Geg. Inst. Taxon. Zoo. Amsterdam 51:i-xix, 1-164
  • Felicioni & Ugolini. 1991. Jour. Ins. Behav. 4(4):431
  • de Carvalho & Spiridonov. 1991. Nematol. Medit. 19(1):47
  • Haes, E.C.M. 1992. Bull. Amateur Ent. Soc. 51(380):1
  • Gangwere & Llorente del Moral. 1992. Eos 68(1):79
  • Otte, D. 1994. Orthoptera Species File 1:98 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Guye. 1995. Bull. Amateur Ent. Soc. 54(400):89-99, illustr.
  • Bellmann & Luquet. 1995. Guide des sauterelles, grillons et criquets d'Europe occidentale 186 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Sheppard. 1998. Biologist 45(4):155-157 >> Note: status >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Detzel [Ed.]. 1998. Die Heuschrecken Baden-Württembergs 323 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Defaut. 1999. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocenotiques 2:26 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Szövényi & B. Nagy. 1999. Savaria 25(2):110 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Gorochov & Llorente del Moral. 2001. Graellsia 57(2):132 >> Note: in Spain
  • Defaut [Ed.]. 2001. La détermination des Orthoptères de France 32 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Braud, Sardet & Morin. 2002. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocenotiques 7:10 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Fontana, Buzzetti, Cogo & Odé. 2002. Guida al riconoscimento e allo studio di cavallette, grilli, mantidi e insetti affini del Veneto: Blattaria, Mantodea, Isoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea, Dermaptera, Embidiina 390 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Voisin [Ed.]. 2003. Patrimoines Naturels 60:47 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Nagy, B. 2005. Entomofauna Carpathica 17:18 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Hill, P.S.M., Wells & Shadley. 2006. Jour. Orth. Res. 15(1):25 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Ünal. 2006. Priamus 3:19 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
  • Willemse, F.M.H. & L.P.M. Willemse. 2008. Articulata Beiheft 13:38 >> Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Europe
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type
  • Sex of type:  2 adults
  • Location of type:  UZIU Uppsala

• synonym talpa (Olivier, 1791)
• synonym vulgaris Latreille, 1804