The phylogeny of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea: Gryllotalpidae)
Author
Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3985
4
451
490
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3985.4.1
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1175-5326
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Neoscapteriscus
n. gen.
Diagnosis.
Small to medium-sized (less than
40 mm
.), body color mostly dark brown (fig. 15), some species
presenting a lighter color. Trochanter blade elongated across apical fifth to apical half of process, dactyls of fore
tibia slightly elongated and with convex apex (fig. 17). Cerci of the male shorter than the pronotum. Phallic
complex: apical sclerite of the epiphallus pronounced and three or four times as long as it is wide. Antero-apical
process of ectophallus pedunculate and sclerotized, almost as long as the apical process (figs. 32–33).
Etymology.
From Latin—
neo
(: new), in apposition to
Scapteriscus
.
Type
species.
Neoscapteriscus didactylus
(
Latreille, 1804
)
.
Comments.
In this new genus, the species from
Scapteriscus
s. l.
, are placed, which are distinct from
Scapteriscus
s. s.
both in external and genital morphology.
Species list
-
N. abbreviatus
(
Scudder, 1869
)
n. comb.
-
N. borellii
(
Giglio-Tos, 1894
)
n. comb.
-
N. cerberus
(
Rodriguez & Heads, 2012
)
n. comb.
-
N. costaricensis
(
Nickle, 2003
)
n. comb.
-
N. didactyloides
(
Nickle, 2003
)
n. comb.
-
N. didactylus
(
Latreille, 1804
)
n. comb.
-
N. ecuadorensis
(
Nickle, 2003
)
n. comb.
-
N. grossi
(
Nickle, 2003
)
n. comb.
-
N. imitatus
(
Nickle & Castner, 1984
)
n. comb.
-
N. macrocellus
(
Nickle, 2003
)
n. comb.
-
N. mexicanus
(
Burmeister, 1838
)
n. comb.
-
N. quadripunctatus
(
Nickle, 2003
)
n. comb.
-
N. tetradactylus
(
Perty, 1832
)
n. comb.
-
N. parvipennis
(
Serville, 1838
)
n. comb.
-
N. peruvianus
(
Nickle, 2003
)
n. comb.
-
N. riograndensis
(
Canhedo and Corseuil, 1996
)
n. comb.
-
N. rodriguezi
(
Cadena-Castañeda, 2011
)
n. comb.
-
N. saileri
(
Nickle, 2003
)
n. comb.
-
N. tenuis
(
Scudder, 1869
)
n. comb.
-
N. tetradactylus
(
Burmeister, 1838
)
n. comb.
-
N. tibiodentalis
(
Nickle, 2003
)
n. comb.
-
N. quadripunctatus
(
Nickle, 2003
)
n. comb.
-
N. variegatus
(
Burmeister, 1838
)
n. comb.
-
N. vicinus
(
Scudder, 1869
)
n. comb.
-
N. zeuneri
(
Rodríguez & Heads, 2012
)
n. comb.