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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Gryllotalpa
Latreille, 1802
(figs. 15–16)
Epiphallus
: Transversal sclerites “T” o “L” shaped, pedunculate and connected to the base of the basal sclerite of median prolongation. Apical sclerite (amp) with diverse forms that enable species identification; disto-ventral margin cleft or not.
Ectophallus
: Made of two parameres, which can have either a truncated, forked or lengthened apex; basal plate triangular or ovoid.
Specimens examined:
G. hirsuta
Burmeister, 1838
;
G. africana
Palisot
de Beauvois, 1805;
G. fulvipes
Saussure, 1877
;
G. minuta
Burmeister, 1838
;
G. gryllotalpa
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
;
G. orientalis
Burmeister, 1838
.