Phalangopsis Serville, 1831

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure & Faberon, Léo, 2020, Phalangopsidae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) from the Mitaraka biological survey, French Guiana, Zoosystema 42 (32), pp. 739-797 : 743

Genus Phalangopsis Serville, 1831

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TYPE SPECIES. — Phalangopsis longipes Serville, 1831 by subsequent designation ( Kirby 1906).

DISTRIBUTION. — Northern tropical regions of South America ( French Guiana, Brazil, Suriname).

DIAGNOSIS. — See Desutter-Grandcolas (1992a).

HABITAT. — Phalangopsis species live in forests, where they are active at night in the leaf litter and hide during the day in cavities at ground level (Desutter-Grandcolas 1995).

Figures

FIG. 2. — Phalangopsis Serville,1831 from the Mitaraka: A-D, Phalangopsis longipes Serville, 1831: A, female SH116, tergites coloration,dorsal view; B, C, male genitalia, in dorsal (B), ventral (C) and side (D) views. E, Phalangopsis flavilongipes Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992a, female in leaf litter by night, specimen not collected. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bar: A, 1 mm. Photo: E, Sylvain Hugel.