Paragryllus, Guerin-Meneville, 1844

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Páez, Geraldine, Buitrago, Oscar, Quintana-Arias, Ronald Fernando & Tavares, Gustavo Costa, 2021, Studies of Neotropical crickets: New Paragryllina taxa (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae) with comments on several previously described species, Zootaxa 5081 (1), pp. 60-76 : 64

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5081.1.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D4BC5496-7F4C-42C8-8D4E-30C7B12D3A95

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5769309

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/024DE714-D24A-AE58-07C6-8E7EFA18FC36

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Plazi

scientific name

Paragryllus
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Key to Paragryllus View in CoL subgenera

1. Mirror of the tegmina divided by more than six veins (only P. circularis View in CoL with five veins); apical area pronounced or moderately reduced. Pseudepiphallic arm mid-sized, branching about at half of its length in lateral view. Endophallic sclerite well developed............................................................................................... 2

- Mirror of the tegmina divided by five veins; apical area slightly pronounced ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ). Pseudepiphallic arm long, branching at the apex in lateral view. Endophallic sclerite reduced ( Figs. 3B–D View FIGURE 3 ).............................. Melloius n. subgen.

2. Small size (15.5 mm). Harp of the tegmina with 4‒5 veins ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ). Pseudepiphallic lobes without bristles, poorly pronounced. Ectophallic fold protruding markedly in the middle of the pseudepiphallus ( Figs 3F–H View FIGURE 3 ).............. Souzaius n. subgen.

- Medium to large size (19‒28 mm.). Harp of the tegmina with 5‒6 veins ( Figs 3I View FIGURE 3 , 4C View FIGURE 4 ). Pseudepiphallic lobes with bristles, well-pronounced and with cylindrical or conical shape in lateral view. Ectophallic fold arising slightly in the middle of the pseudepiphallus ( Figs 3J–L View FIGURE 3 )................................................................. Paragryllus View in CoL s.s.

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