Capillogryllus, Xie, Zheng & Liang, 2003

Ma, Li-Bin, He, Zhi-Xin & Wang, Tao, 2025, The fifth species of the genus Capillogryllus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae; Gryllini; Brachytrypina): Capillogryllus megastomus sp. nov., from Gyirong, China, Zootaxa 5719 (2), pp. 289-297 : 291

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5719.2.9

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9EE018CF-BC8E-4AF9-A441-9986A84CC80F

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D487F3-0003-BA21-82D5-529FFA53415A

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Capillogryllus
status

 

Key to Capillogryllus View in CoL species

1. Male head distinctly wider than pronotum; mouthparts strongly developed, in lateral view their vertical length distinctly longer than that of head; hind femur with distinct blackish-brown stripes on outer side......................... C. megastomus

- Not as above......................................................................................... 2

2. Coloration uniform, body blackish-brown or reddish-brown, appendages uniformly reddish-brown..................... 3

- Thorax, abdomen, or appendages with variegated coloration................................................... 4

3. Last segment of maxillary palpus axe-shaped; abdominal terga more or less reddish-brown............... C. dolabripalpis View in CoL

- Last segment of maxillary palpus nearly rod-shaped; abdominal terga uniformly coloured.................. C. exilipalpis View in CoL

4. Body blackish brown, not dimorphic; appendages yellowish-brown, darker on outer and dorsal sides; mid and hind femora with dark brown patches apically....................................................................... C. spinae View in CoL

- Coloration sexually dimorphic; male body blackish-brown, female with meso-, metanotum and abdominal terga possessing distinct pale markings; legs variegated, femora dorsally and outwardly, and tibiae onwards blackish brown........ C. yuani View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Gryllidae

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