Acanthogryllus Saussure, 1877

Meena, Ashok Kumar, Swaminathan, Rajamani & Swaminathan, Tatiana, 2022, First report of the female Acanthogryllus asiaticus Gorochov, 1990 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae) from India and updated description of two crickets of Gryllini, Zootaxa 5125 (2), pp. 144-156 : 148-149

Genus Acanthogryllus Saussure, 1877

Acanthogryllus Saussure 1877 : Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 25(1): 300 [132].

Otte and Cade. 1984. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 136: 118.

Acanthogryllus (re-description) Gorochov. 1988. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 67(1): 102.

Type species: Acanthogryllus fortipes (Walker) , by monotypy

Diagnosis: Body size medium to slightly large, head often big, usually with longitudinal stripes on occiput, fore tibiae with a large hole type external and small internal tympanum, hind tibiae with well pronounced, long spurs, including 7 or 8 inner and 7 or 8 outer subapical spurs. Members of this genus have both types of hind wings (brachypterous and macropterous). Male genitalia somewhat similar to Gryllus , i.e., epiphallus trilobed with median lobe extending beyond lateral lobes. Ectoparameres different, resembling those of Platygryllus primiformis , but shorter.

Composition: This genus is represented by only 6 species worldwide and only one species has been reported from Asia-tropical, including the Indian subcontinent ( Cigliano et al., 2022).