Studies on Neotropical crickets: Aclodes paz n. sp. a new phalangopsid cricket (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae) from the Santander caves, Colombia Author Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J. Author Quintana-Arias, Ronald Fernando 0000-0002-3691-3464 https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3691 - 3464 Author Rodríguez, Diana Marcela Tru- Jillo 0000-0003-0527-7650 https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0527 - 7650 Author Sarmiento, Juan Pablo Prias 0000-0002-5602-3370 https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5602 - 3370 Author Castellanos-Morales, Cesar A. 0000-0002-1425-7558 Grupo de Investigaciones GEASID, Fundación Universitaria de San Gil, UNISANGIL, San Gil, Colombia. cesarcas 1 a @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1425 - 7558 cesarcas1a@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-05-31 5141 6 568 580 journal article 61604 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.6.3 f0799d66-d046-4218-901a-8cf71e47005a 1175-5326 6598032 AD981EB5-B677-4356-9FAF-05C988FF0DA0 Genus Aclodes Hebard, 1928 Comments. This genus is very speciose, and currently includes 35 species, with a wide distribution from Costa Rica to Peru and northern South America, with a presence on a couple of islands near Venezuela ( Cigliano et al . 2022 ). It differs from the morphologically similar genus Paraclodes , in that the males have the tegmina projecting from the middle of the abdomen onwards and with strong parallel longitudinal veins. The females are distinguished by their tegmina, often reaching the first abdominal tergite posterior margin (Desutter-Grandcolas 1992), except Aclodes cryptos ( Nischk & Otte 2000 ) , with the tegmina reaching the middle of the abdomen. Uvaroviella , is a Caribbean genus with 17 species that need to be re-studied. Possibly, the three continental species still included in Uvaroviella , which are only known from their females, should be included in the future in Aclodes , after finding the respective males that allow their generic affiliation to be identified. For Colombia , Hebard (1928) mentions the presence of Aclodes maculatum (Caudell 1918) , described initially from Peru but with notable morphological differences. Hebard, at that time, did not study the internal genitalia; it was not a common practice of the time for the descriptions of Orthoptera . Perhaps with the study of the male genitalia it will be possible to resolve this problem, with the tegmina moderately developed, as occurs in many recently described species. Recently, Cadena-Castañeda et al . (2016) recorded the presence of Aclodes nebulosa ( Gorochov, 2007 ) (then known as Uvaroviella ( Holacla ) nebulosa Gorochov, 2007 ), in the Rio Ñambi Nature Reserve, south of the department of Nariño . This is the only species with a reliable and confirmed record for Colombia . Now the second species of Aclodes for the country is described, coming from the caves of the Andes in northern Colombia .