Minute-crickets
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Hoplosphyrum
scaly crickets
Hoplosphyrum is a genus of scaly crickets comprising approximately six described species. Members of this genus are distributed across Africa and the Americas, with records from Mexico, the southwestern United States, and southern South America. The genus was established by Rehn & Hebard in 1912 and belongs to the family Mogoplistidae, a group characterized by minute crickets with distinctive scale-like body covering.