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 69ad150d-2584-4e99-bcc6-71d2ee60a131 1175-5326 241579 3AF4BEB4-11AC-4014-A629-54D41BC0AD88 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 .