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Issue: Vol. 5831 No. 1: 12 Jun. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-06-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5831.1.3
Page range: 35-48
Abstract views: 88
PDF downloaded: 11

Description of a remarkable cricket from Cuba, establishing the genus Matildacris (Orthoptera, Phalangopsidae)

Institut de Systématique; Evolution; Biodiversité (ISYEB); Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle; CNRS; Sorbonne Université; EPHE; Université des Antilles; 57 rue Cuvier; CP 50; 75231 Paris cedex 05; France
Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives; 3212 CNRS; Université de Strasbourg; 8 allée du Général Rouvillois; 67084 Strasbourg; France
Direction Générale Déléguée aux Collections; Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle; 57 rue Cuvier; CP 61; 75231 Paris cedex 05; France
Instituto Cubano de Biodiversidad; Museo Nacional de Historia Natural; Obispo No. 61; Esq. a Oficios; Plaza de Armas; Habana Vieja 10100; La Habana; Cuba; Grupo de Sistemática y Ecología de Artrópodos Caribeños; Calle 200 # 3759; entre 37 y 45; Reparto Versalles; La Lisa 13500; La Habana; Cuba
Instituto Cubano de Biodiversidad; Museo Nacional de Historia Natural; Obispo No. 61; Esq. a Oficios; Plaza de Armas; Habana Vieja 10100; La Habana; Cuba; Sorbonne Université; UPEC; Université Paris Cité; CNRS; IRD; INRAE; Institut d’Ecologie et des Sciences de l’Environnement (iEES-Paris); Paris; France
Aix Marseille Université; Avignon Université; CNRS; IRD; IMBE; Europôle Méditerranéen de l’Arbois-Pavillon Villemin; BP 80 - 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 04; France
Unidad Presupuestada de Servicios Ambientales (UPSA); “Alejandro de Humboldt” and Delegación Territorial del CITMA Guantánamo; Calle Ahogados No. 14 e/ 12 y 13 Norte; Guantánamo; C.P 95200. Gtmo. 2; Cuba
Departamento de conservación Baracoa; Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt; Agencia medio ambiente del CITMA; Guantánamo; Calle Martí 410 A; Baracoa; Guantánamo; Cuba
Orthoptera taxonomy new genus new species Caribbean region Forewing

Abstract

A new genus and species of long-legged crickets (Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae) is described from Cuba, using characters of general morphology and male genitalia. Matildacris gageae Desutter-Grandcolas gen. nov., sp. nov. is characterized by the absence of glandular structures in male genitalia, the presence of a strong and acute pseudepiphallic ‘C-sclerite’, and two strong parts, equally developed, in the pseudepiphallic parameres, among other characters. Its forewings are devoid of a stridulum and the left forewing presents a strong diagonal desclerotized groove, a feature not previously observed in crickets; by analogy with other insect orders, this character could keep the wings in the closed position. We compare the genitalia structures of Matildacris Desutter-Grandcolas gen. nov. to other Neotropical Phalangopsidae taxa and discuss their diverse forewing conditions.

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How to Cite

Desutter-Grandcolas, L., Hugel, S., Leguin, E.-A., Yong, S., Duarte, S., Gasc, A., Begué-Quiala, G. & Hernández, N.H. (2026) Description of a remarkable cricket from Cuba, establishing the genus Matildacris (Orthoptera, Phalangopsidae). Zootaxa, 5831 (1), 35–48. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5831.1.3