Taxonomy and bioacoustics of little-known Grylloidea crickets (Orthoptera, Ensifera) from Mindanao, Philippines
Author
Tan, Ming Kai
Block 207 A, Woodleigh Link, Singapore 361207, Republic of Singapore
Author
Salvador, Jewel Anne G.
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Tibanga, Iligan City 9200, Philippines
Author
Sabang, Aira Mae M.
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Tibanga, Iligan City 9200, Philippines
Author
Bahoy, Daphne Cayle M.
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Tibanga, Iligan City 9200, Philippines
Author
Nuñeza, Olga Macas
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Tibanga, Iligan City 9200, Philippines
Author
Robillard, Tony
Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, SU, EPHE, UA, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-08-02
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.1
1175-5326
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Mistshenkoana gracilis
(
Chopard, 1925
)
(
Fig. 23
)
Aphonomorphus gracilis
Chopard, 1925: 327
—
Chopard, 1929: 1929
Aphonoides gracilis
—
Chopard, 1968: 400
Mistshenkoana gracilis
—
Gorochov, 1990: 21
; Tan, 2022: 448
Mistshenkoana?gracilis
(these are unlikely
Mistshenkoana gracilis
)—
Gorochov, 2007
[
2006
]: 269;
Tan
et al.
, 2020b: 39
, 44
FIGURE 23.
Mistshenkoana gracilis
♁ holotype: genitalia in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and lateral (C) views. Scale bar: 1 mm.
Specimen examined.
Holotype
:
PHILIPPINES
• ♁; Mindanao,
Agusan Del Norte
, Butuan City; coll.
C.F. Baker
; MNHN-EO-ENSIF6738
Remarks.
The genitalia of the
holotype
is illustrated here, thereby strongly suggesting that
Mistshenkoana
?
gracilis
(
Chopard, 1925
) sensu
Gorochov (2007
[
2006
]) and sensu
Tan
et al.
(2020b)
from Mount Makiling and Paete (Luzon,
Laguna
) belong to a different species.
Ecology.
Unknown.
Type
locality.
PHILIPPINES
,
Mindanao Island
,
Agusan Del Norte
, Butuan City
Distribution.
PHILIPPINES
(Mindanao:
Agusan Del Norte
)
Calling song.
This species is mute.