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Acophogryllus (Acophogryllus) Gorochov 1996

  • 1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 199034 Russia
  • 2. Natal Museum, P. Bag 9070, Pietermaritzburg, 3200 South Africa, School of Biological & Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P. Bag X 01, Scottsville, 3209 South Africa, and Paleontological Institute, 123 Profsoyuznaya Str., Moscow, 117997 Russia

Description

Genus Acophogryllus Gorochov, 1996, stat. n.

Type species: Cophogryllus (Acophogryllus) schultzei Gorochov, 1996 (Namibia: Kamaggas).

Remarks: This genus, originally described as a subgenus of Cophogryllus, is characterised, unlike all other apterous Gryllini of South Africa and Namibia, by the primitive structure of the ectoparameres, which are solid and trilobate (Fig. 30). These features give reason to separate this taxon from Cophogryllus, and to lift its rank up to the generic level. However, this decision is not final, as this taxon comprises only a single species (Figs 29–31), and its female is unknown. More clear differences of Acophogryllus from macropterous and brachypterous Gryllini with primitive ectoparameres may be revealed after the discovery of additional material.

Notes

Published as part of Gorochov, Andrej V. & Mostovski, Mike B., 2008, Apterous crickets of the tribe Gryllini from South Africa and Namibia (Orthoptera: Gryllidae), pp. 109 in African Invertebrates 49 (1) on page 119, DOI: 10.5733/afin.049.0103, http://zenodo.org/record/7649390

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gorochov
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Gryllidae
Genus
Acophogryllus
Taxon rank
genus
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Acophogryllus Gorochov, 1996 sec. Gorochov & Mostovski, 2008