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Melanogryllacris Karny 1937
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Melanogryllacris Karny, 1937
Type species: Gryllacris atrata Walker, F., 1869 (= Melanogryllacris atrata atrata)
Diagnosis. The genus is characterized by the dark, mostly black coloration. Tegmina have a black to dark brown surface with lighter veins. A unique morphological character is the short and somewhat down-curved female ovipositor with obtuse tip.
Notes
Published as part of Ingrisch, Sigfrid, 2018, New taxa and records of Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera, Stenopelmatoidea) from South East Asia and New Guinea with a key to the genera, pp. 1-278 in Zootaxa 4510 (1) on page 215, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4510.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10072806
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Karny
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Gryllacrididae
- Genus
- Melanogryllacris
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Melanogryllacris Karny, 1937 sec. Ingrisch, 2018
References
- Karny, H. H. (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae Subfamiliae omnes. In: Wytsman, P. [ed.]. Genera Insectorum, 206, 1 - 317, pls 1 - 7; Bruxelles (V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet).
- Walker, F. (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria and Supplement to the Blattariae in the Collection of the British Museum. Pt 1. [iv +] 1 - 224; London (British Museum of Natural History).