Gryllotalpa Latreille, 1802

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., 2015, The phallic structures in Gryllotalpidae (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea), and its generic implications, Zootaxa 3981 (2), pp. 264-274 : 268-269

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scientific name	Gryllotalpa Latreille, 1802
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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 .

References

Burmeister, H. (1838) Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha (Erste Halfte: Vulgo Orthoptera). Handbuch der Entomologie, 2 (2), 397 - 756.

Latreille, P. A. (1802) Histoire Naturelle, generale et particuliere, des Crustaces et des Insectes. Vol. 3. Dufart, Paris, 467 pp.

Linnaeus, C. N. (1758) Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae. Vol. 1. 10 th Edition. Holmiae, 824 pp.

Saussure, H. (1877) Melanges orthopterologiques V. fascicule Gryllides. Memoires de la Societe de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve, 25 (1), 169 - 504.