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Issue: Vol. 3247 No. 1: 26 Mar. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-03-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3247.1.7
Page range: 65–68
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of Hydrolutos breweri (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) female from Chimantá Massif (Venezuela)

Department of Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
Department of Ecosozology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
Orthoptera Anostostomatidae Lutosinae cave crickets adaptations cricket morphology

Abstract

The female sex of the cave-dwelling cricket Hydrolutos breweri Derka & Fedor (Anostostomatidae; Lutosinae) isdescribed. The cricket is of interest because it has few adaptations towards its peculiar life-style. The genus is known from 5 apterous species from South America.

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