Lepidogryllus

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Lepidogryllus

Genus of crickets

Lepidogryllus[1] is a genus of crickets, sometimes known as mottled field crickets, in the family Gryllidae and tribe Modicogryllini. Species have been found in Australia, New Caledonia and Vietnam.[2]

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Another photo of the same L. comparatus

Description

The head has a prominent white stripe connecting the lateral ocelli, a white chevron of variable size encompassing the median ocellus, and up to six prominent longitudinal stripes on the dorsal surface. The disk of the pronotum has a mottled appearance, while the lateral lobes are dark dorsally but pale ventrally. The fore tibia bears a large posterior tympanum and usually does not have an anterior one. The fore and mid legs and have few if any markings, while all of the legs are covered in dark brown setae. The male tegmen has an undivided mirror with many minute longitudinal veins throughout. The wings may be long or short, and both long-winged and short-winged individuals can be found in the same location.[3]

Ecology

Lepidogryllus comparatus has been found in dry grassy areas, on stony road banks and under stones in shrubland vegetation. Lepidogryllus darthvaderi was discovered near a tuft of grass along a road.[4]

Species

Lepidogryllus includes the following (mostly Australian) species:[2]

  • Lepidogryllus badikovi Gorochov, 1992 - Vietnam
  • Lepidogryllus comparatus Walker, 1869
  • Lepidogryllus darthvaderi Desutter-Grandcolas & Anso, 2016 - New Caledonia
  • Lepidogryllus kimberleyanus (Baehr, 1989)
  • Lepidogryllus parvulus (Walker, 1869) - type species (as Gryllus parvulus Walker)

References

  1. [1]
    Otte D, Alexander RD (1983) Monographs Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 22: 101.
  2. [2]
    Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 26 August 2019)
  3. [3]
    Rentz, D.; Su, Y. N. (2019). A Guide to Crickets of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. p. 106. ISBN 9781486305063.
  4. [4]
    Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure; Anso, Jérémy; Jourdan, Hervé (2016-12-30). "Crickets of New Caledonia (Insecta, Orthoptera, Grylloidea): a key to genera, with diagnoses of extant genera and descriptions of new taxa". Zoosystema. 38 (4): 405–452. doi:10.5252/z2016n4a1. ISSN 1280-9551. S2CID 90795596.
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