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Issue: Vol. 5293 No. 1: 19 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.1.8
Page range: 171-178
Abstract views: 219
PDF downloaded: 23

Studies on Raspy Crickets: Astyloplatum n. gen. a new gryllacrid genus from Colombian Andes (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae)

Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas; Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos “Kumangui”
Universidad INCCA de Colombia. Grupo en Ecología Evolutiva y Biogeografía Tropical ECOBIT
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas; Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos “Kumangui”
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas; Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos “Kumangui”
Orthoptera Gryllacridini eastern slope of the Andes convergence concealed genitalia new taxa

Abstract

Astyloplatum luteolum n. gen. et n. sp., is described, as a new monospecific genus from the eastern slope of the Colombian Andes, of the middle and highlands of the departments of Boyacá and Santander. This new taxon is distinguished by its yellowish coloration and the lack of articulated stylli on the male subgenital plate; this character converges with several taxa unrelated to the tribe Gryllacridini in which Astyloplatum n. gen. is placed. The convergence of characters in gryllacridines, diversity, complement of the current classification, and the importance of the phallic complex for the delimitation of genera and species are discussed.

 

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