Taxonomic studies on the Neotropical Landrevinae with description of new taxa (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Gryllidae)
Author
Campos, Lucas Denadai De
Author
De Mello, Francisco De A. G.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3852
2
151
178
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3852.2.1
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1175-5326
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Brasilodontus
de
Mello, 1992
Type
species:
B. mucuriensis
de
Mello, 1992
. By original designation.
Recognition.
Head wider than long; eyes dark, large, somewhat prominent, without unpigmented area on superofrontal area; maxillary palpi with the fifth joint truncated; pronotum with anterior and posterior margins nearly straight, covered of bristles; male fore wings functional for singing, with stridulum and specialized venation, extending beyond the hind margin of the first abdominal tergite (except in
B. riodocensis
,
in which the wing is shorter, and in
B. apterus
,
n. sp.
); male hind wings absent; metanotal gland absent; auditory tympana never present on the outer face of fore tibia; tibia I with three apical spurs; tibia II with three apical spurs; tibia III with 4/4 dorsal spurs and 3/3 apical ones, the median the longest on both faces; supra-anal plate short; subgenital plate pilose, slightly wider than long; phallic complex very long, not tubular, main lobes of pseudepiphallus deeply invaginated, becoming bifid, each side bearing a fringe of bristles towards the apex, endophallic sclerite elongate but small; female fore wings absent; copulatory papilla long and thin (broader and flattened in
B. itamarajuensis
,
n. sp.
and
B. portosegurensis
,
n. sp.
); ovipositor depressed.