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Issue: Vol. 5590 No. 3: 24 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.3.1
Page range: 301-324
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Two new species of Aclodes Hebard, 1928 (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae: Paragryllinae) from caves in El Peñón, Central-East Andean Colombia

Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea (www.biologiasubterranea.com.br); Setor de Biodiversidade Subterrânea; Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação; Instituto de Ciências Naturais; Universidade Federal de Lavras; Cx Postal 3037; Campus Universitário; CEP 37200-000; Lavras; Minas Gerais; Brazil; Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia Aplicada; Universidade Federal de Lavras; Lavras; Minas Gerais; Brasil; CEP 37200- 900
Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea (www.biologiasubterranea.com.br); Setor de Biodiversidade Subterrânea; Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação; Instituto de Ciências Naturais; Universidade Federal de Lavras; Cx Postal 3037; Campus Universitário; CEP 37200-000; Lavras; Minas Gerais; Brazil
Orthoptera cricket troglophile male genitalia taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Aclodes (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) currently comprises 36 species. In this study, we describe two new species—Aclodes guane sp. nov. and Aclodes oscari sp. nov.—found in caves in Central-East Andean Colombia, based on distinguished male genitalia characteristics and number of teeth in the stridulatory file of the right tegmina of adult males. Furthermore, we provide comprehensive insights about the conservation status of the caves where the novel species were collected.

 

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