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Issue: Vol. 5443 No. 2: 22 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.2.6
Page range: 237-252
Abstract views: 51
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Phylogenomics, male internal genitalia, a new species, and other notes on New World Stenopelmatus Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Stenopelmatini)

Department of Entomology; California Academy of Sciences; Golden Gate Park; San Francisco; CA 94118; USA
Department of Entomology; Texas A&M University; 2475 TAMU; College Station; TX 77843; USA
U.S. Geological Survey; Western Ecological Research Center; San Diego Field Station; 4165 Spruance Road; Suite 200; San Diego; CA 92101; USA
Orthoptera Target enrichment phylogenetics Anostostomatidae Schizodactylidae Comicus Oryctopterus phallic lobes Stenopelmatus nuevoguatemalae rattlesnake predation Crotalus campbelli Deep Look video

Abstract

Based on past and expanded DNA sampling, the orthopteran families Stenopelmatidae and Anostostomatidae, as currently structured, are shown to be non-monophyletic. The splay-footed cricket genus Comicus is confirmed to be genetically distinct from all Stenopelmatidae. We add two specimens to our previously published phylogenetic tree for New World Stenopelmatus Jerusalem cricket species and report the first multilocus DNA recovery for S. ater from Costa Rica. Male internal genitalia may be of systematic value in Jerusalem crickets, but we believe they should be analyzed when in their unfolded, “physiologically functional” configuration, where morphological characters can be seen in more detail when compared to their preserved, folded state. We describe Stenopelmatus nuevoguatemalae n. sp. from Guatemala.

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