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Swift scaly cricket

Cycloptilum velox Love & Walker, 1979

Status not recordedinsects

The swift scaly cricket (Cycloptilum velox) is a species in the family Mogoplistidae, order Orthoptera.

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Quick facts about the swift scaly cricket

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the swift scaly cricket live?

Not recorded

Is the swift scaly cricket endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the swift scaly cricket classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOrthoptera
  5. familyMogoplistidae
  6. genusCycloptilum
  7. SpeciesCycloptilum velox Love & Walker, 1979
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Fast-chirp scaly cricketEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the swift scaly cricket

Other species in the same genus Cycloptilum.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the swift scaly cricket?

The swift scaly cricket (Cycloptilum velox) belongs to the family Mogoplistidae in the order Orthoptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Swift scaly cricket (Cycloptilum velox). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/swift-scaly-cricket

MLA

“Swift scaly cricket (Cycloptilum velox).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/swift-scaly-cricket.

BibTeX
@misc{swift_scaly_cricket_2026,
  title = {Swift scaly cricket (Cycloptilum velox)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/swift-scaly-cricket},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}