Tafaliscina Desutter 1988
Creators: name: Campos, Lucas Denadai de
name: Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B.
name: Nihei, Silvio Shigueo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Gryllidae

description: KEY TO BRAZILIAN GENERA OF TAFALISCINA DESUTTER- GRANDCOLAS, 1988.
1. FWs absent or short, covering the metanotum, and sometimes reaching the second abdominal tergite .......... .................................................................................................................. Cylindrogryllus Saussure, 1878 (2)
— FWs developed, covering the entire abdomen or reaching the last abdominal tergites .................................. 3
2. FWs longer than wide, covering the two first abdominal tergites; LLophi completely sclerotized .................... .............................................................................................. Cylindrogryllus (Cylindrogryllus) Saussure, 1878
— FWs wider than long, covering only metanotum; LLophi inner margin membranous .................................... ................................................................................................. Cylindrogryllus (Neometrypus) Desutter, 1988
3. Male FWs with longitudinal veins, without a stridulum, or sometimes with a vestigial stridulatory file ....... 4
— Male FWs with a developed stridulum, including a well-developed stridulatory file ..................................... 5
4. Ocelli present, well developed; PCu vein curved inwards, sometimes with teeth on ventral side; metanotum without projections, or with two lateral projections; male genitalia with MLophi and LLophi. Female apex of ovipositor truncated or slightly acuminated ................................................................. Tafalisca Walker, 1869
— Ocelli generally absent, reduced when present; PCu not curved, without teeth on ventral side; metanotum with median region elevated; male genitalia only with LLophi. Female apex of ovipositor pointed ......................... ............................................................................................................................. Brazitrypa Gorochov, 2011
5. Male FWs covering the entire abdomen, stridulatory file not surrounded by strong sclerotization, apical field developed; TI with auditory tympanum on both faces; LLophi well developed, endophallic apodeme not bifid. Female apex of ovipositor without protuberances in dorsal and ventral sides .......... Amblyrhethus Kirby, 1906
— Male FWs not covering the entire abdomen, stridulatory file surrounded by a strong sclerotization, apical field not developed; TI with auditory tympanum on outer face only; MLophi well developed, endophallic apodeme bifid. Female apex of ovipositor with two protuberances in dorsal and ventral sides ........................................ ............................................................................................................................ Veredatrypa Campos n. gen.
description: Published as part of Campos, Lucas Denadai de, Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B. & Nihei, Silvio Shigueo, 2020, New Brazilian Tafaliscina increase the diversity of this Neotropical cricket clade (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae: Paroecanthini), pp. 331-353 in Zoosystema 42 (19) on page 351, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a19, http://zenodo.org/record/3937633