Genus Tafalisca Walker, 1869

Tafalisca Walker, 1869: 52 .

Metrypa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1873: 671 .

Metrypus Saussure, 1878: 168 .

Pseudogryllus Chopard, 1912: 411, n. syn. (first synonymized by Chopard (1968) with Tafalisca, and resurrected by Gorochov (2011) as a valid genus).

TYPE SPECIES. — Tafalisca lurida Walker, 1869 .

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS. — FWs with only parallel and longitudinal veins in males and females, not specialized for producing sounds in males (sometimes bearing only a stridulatory file), inner and outer tympana absent, fore and mid tibiae with small dorsal protuberances (not present in all species). Male genitalia: pseudepiphallic sclerite divided into MLophi (bilobate) and LLophi, both connected by membranes, apex of R curved inwards, EctF somewhat membranous, EndSc short, EndAp very short (sometimes almost no discernible).