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Issue: Vol. 2545 No. 1: 22 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2545.1.6
Page range: 58–68
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 1

Glomeremus species from the Mascarene islands (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae) with the description of the pollinator of an endemic orchid from the island of Réunion

INCI, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg, France
UMR PVBMT, CIRAD-Université de La Réunion, 97415 Saint-Denis, La Réunion Current address: Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
UMR PVBMT, CIRAD-Université de La Réunion, 97415 Saint-Denis, La Réunion
UMR PVBMT, CIRAD-Université de La Réunion, 97415 Saint-Denis, La Réunion
LCSNSA, Université de La Réunion, 97415 Saint-Denis, La Réunion
UMR PVBMT, CIRAD-Université de La Réunion, 97415 Saint-Denis, La Réunion
Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK
UMR PVBMT, CIRAD-Université de La Réunion, 97415 Saint-Denis, La Réunion
Orthoptera Mascarene Archipelago raspy cricket pollinator Mauritius Réunion

Abstract

Glomeremus Karny, 1937 species from the Mascarene islands are examined. One new species is described from Réunion: G. orchidophilus n. sp.. Two new species are described from Mauritius: G. paraochidophilus n. sp. and G. tikasignatus n. sp.. The case of G. shelfordi (Griffini, 1909) supposedly described from Mauritius is discussed as well as the likely polyphyly of the genus Glomeremus. G. orchidophilus n. sp. is the only pollinator of the Orchid Angraecum cadetii on Réunion, representing the first supported case of regular pollination by an insect from the order Orthoptera in extant flowering plants. The possible involvement of Mauritian Glomeremus in A. cadetii pollination on Mauritius is discussed.

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