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Gryllotalpinae Leach 1815
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Gryllotalpinae Leach, 1815
(Figs. 11–18)
Epiphallus: transversal sclerites developed and of diverse shape, varying from a triangular shape to a peduncular structure, distally truncated with a “T” or “L” shape. Median prolongation tubular and with truncated or emarginated apex.
Endophallus: Non-fused parameres of varying development; internal process usually poorly developed (except in G. africana), Basal plate triangular, square-shaped or ovoid, latero-basal plate present or absent. Antero-apical process absent.
Comment. The phallic complex of the genera Triamescaptor and Gryllotalpella could not be reached for review.
Notes
Published as part of Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., 2015, The phallic structures in Gryllotalpidae (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea), and its generic implications, pp. 264-274 in Zootaxa 3981 (2) on page 267, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/241579
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Leach
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Gryllotalpidae
- Taxon rank
- subFamily
- Taxonomic concept label
- Gryllotalpinae Leach, 1815 sec. Cadena-Castañeda, 2015
References
- Leach, W. E. (1815) Entomology. In Brewster [Ed.]. The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, 9, 57 - 172.