Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids (Insecta: Orthoptera) of Cuba: an annotated checklist
Author
Yong, Sheyla
Calle 200, No. 3759 / 37 y 45, C. P 13500, La Lisa, La Habana, Cuba.
gruenes@estudiantes.fbio.uh.cu; delliainsulana@gmail.com
Author
Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) and Department of Entomology, United States National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013 - 7012, USA.
perezd@si.edu
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-07-07
3827
4
401
438
journal article
45278
10.11646/zootaxa.3827.4.1
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1175-5326
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Suborder
Ensifera
1. Anterior legs modified for digging, with femora flattened and tibia with teeth strongly sclerotized..........
Gryllotalpidae
- Anterior legs not modified for digging, normal (without modification)............................................ 7
2. Very small size (less than
6 mm
), eyes and ocelli reduced, apterous, body dorsally flattened, posterior coxa almost ventrally joined and posterior femur very broad........................................................
Myrmecophilidae
- Size small (less than
15 mm
) eyes and ocelli present, winged or apterous, body cylindrical, posterior femur not very broad.. 8
3. Body covered with scales and face swollen......................................................
Mogoplistidae
- Body lacking scales and face not swollen................................................................... 9
4. Tarsi 3-segmented..............................................................................
Gryllidae
- Tarsi 4-segmented.................................................................................... 10
5. Base of anterior tibia lacking auditory tympanum, tibiae thin, tarsi depressed, flattened with small pads......
Gryllacrididae
- Base of anterior tibia with auditory tympanum.............................................................. 11
6. Stridulatory apparatus located at the base of tegminae, brachypterous or macropterous, mandibles symmetrical......................................................................................................
Tettigoniidae
- Stridulatory apparatus involving areas of femur and abdomen, apterous, head very large in relation to conical body, mandibles asymmetrical...........................................................................
Anostostomatidae