Neogryllopsis Otte, 1983

Nyobe, Philene Corinne Aude Um, Robillard, Tony, Kekeunou, Sevilor, Ma, Libin, Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun & Bilong, Charles Felix Bilong, 2022, Description of two new species of Turanogryllini crickets (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae) from Cameroon, with identification keys for African species, Journal of Orthoptera Research 31 (1), pp. 83-89 : 83

Genus Neogryllopsis Otte, 1983

Type species. -

Neogryllopsis zomba Otte, 1983.

Diagnosis. -

Males. Head and pronotum orange-brown on dorsum, ivory-colored on sides and venter, abdomen banded with dark brown and ivory on dorsum. Dorsum of head without longitudinal stripes, sometimes with transverse light and dark bands. Face and cheeks ivory colored. FWs: Dorsum brown to gray-brown, lateral field pale; vein 1A strongly raised above level of stridulum; harp with 5 or 6 veins (rarely 4); harp veins attached indirectly to the distal half of the stridulum through a series of small veinlets; stridulum with small short setae arranged along both sides of the file; diagonal vein bent close to chords. Hind wings absent in males. Abdomen medium to dark brown, with pale segmental margins, and tergites becoming pale on sides of body. Inner tympanum absent on TI; outer tympanum present, large. FIII with distinct or indistinct oblique rows of medium brown spots in middle of inner and outer surfaces. TIII 0.63-0.68 times as long as FIII; with 4 or 5 inner and 4 to 6 outer subapical spurs. Cerci very pale.

Females. Similar in coloration to males. Apterous. Ovipositor as long as or longer than FIII.