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Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-30
Page range: 104–116
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New Podoscirtine crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Podoscirtinae) from National Natural Park Amacayacu, Amazonas, Colombia

Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos “Kumangui”, Bogotá - Colombia.
Laboratorio Zoología y Ecología Acuática - LAZOEA, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá - Colombia.
Podoscirtinae group Aphonoidini Paroecanthini Aphonomorphus Diatrypa Ectotrypa Neotropics

Abstract

We describe six new species of crickets from the subfamily Podoscirtinae in the family Gryllidae from the “Amacayacu” National Park: Diatrypa (Latispeculum) didieri n. sp. (Aphonoidini: Diatrypina), Ectotrypa brachyptera n. sp. (Paroecanthini: Paroecanthina), Aphonomorphus (Aphonomorphus) desutterae n. sp., Aphonomorphus (Euaphonus) andreae n. sp., Aphonomorphus (Euaphonus) gorochovi n. sp., and Aphonomorphus (Nigraphonus) otavoi n. sp. (Podoscirtini: Aphonomorphina). Nigraphonus n. subgen. is proposed as a new subgenus of Aphonomorphus, grouping the species with unclear position into Neoaphonus (A. obscurus Chopard, 1956 n. comb., A. parobscurus Gorochov, 2010 n. comb., and A. nigra n. sp.). The state of knowledge of Podoscirtinae in Colombia is discussed.