The phallic structures in Gryllotalpidae (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea), and its generic implications
Author
Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3981
2
264
274
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3981.2.7
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1175-5326
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Key to the genera of the family
Gryllotalpidae
based on genital characters
(Not including
Triamescaptor
and
Gryllotalpella
)
1. Parameres of the ectophallus fused in a single paramere, just as the transversal sclerite of the epiphallus is (fig. 19)...................................................................................................
Indioscaptor
- Parameres of the ectophallus and transversal sclerites of the epiphallus non-fused (figs. 15–18, 20–21).................. 2
2. Antero-apical process (
aap
) of ectophallus present (figs. 9–10)................................................. 3
- Antero-apical process (
aap
) of ectophallus absent (figs.11–14).................................................. 4
3. Apical sclerite of the epiphallus pronounced, three to four times longer than it is wide, antero-apical process of ectophallus sclerotized (fig. 21)...................................................................... ..
Scapteriscus
s. l.
- Apical sclerite of the epiphallus only slightly pronounced, 1.5 longer than it is wide, antero-apical process of ectophallus
mostly membrane-like (figs. 20)....................
Scapteriscus
s. s.
(included
S. oxydactylus
and possibly
S. headsi
).
4. Transversal sclerites of the epiphallus pedunculate, “T” or “L”-shaped; epiphallus
s. s.
tubular, longer than it is wide. Ectophallus: Latero-basal sclerite absent, internal process usually well developed and of varying shape (figs. 15–16)...
Gryllotalpa
s. l.
- Transversal sclerites of the epiphallus triangular, epiphallus
s. s.
tongue-shaped, almost as wide as it is long. Ectophallus: latero basal sclerite present, internal process finger-shaped (figs. 11–14)............................................... 5
5. Basal sclerite of the epiphallus a little longer than it is wide, apical sclerite truncate and with no lateral projections. Ectophallus narrow, basal plate oval-shaped, not elongated, internal process three times longer than it is wide (figs. 11–12)....
Neocurtilla
- Basal sclerite of the epiphallus longer than it is wide, apical sclerite truncate and with lateral projections. Ectophallus wide, basal plate circle-shaped, elongated, internal process three times as long as it is wide (figs. 13–14).... ..
Undescribed genus.