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Issue: Vol. 5263 No. 1: 4 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.1.1
Page range: 001-039
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Three new cricket species and a new subgenus of Endecous Saussure, 1878 (Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from caves in northeastern Brazil

Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea (www.biologiasubterranea.com.br); Setor de Biodiversidade Subterrânea; Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação; Universidade Federal de Lavras; Cx Postal 3037; Campus Universitário; CEP 37200-000; Lavras; Minas Gerais; Brazil.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade; Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia; Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso; Rua Fernando Corrêa da Costa 2367; Cuiabá; 78060-900; Brazil.
Orthoptera

Abstract

The genus Endecous (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae), commonly found in caves, comprises more than 20 species, grouped into three subgenera: E. (Endecous), E. (Pedroecous) and E. (Notendecous). In this study, from differences observed mainly in the male genitalia, we describe a new subgenus—Endecous (Ramalhoecous) n. sp.—as well as three new species—E. (R.) infernalis n. sp., E. (E.) zin n. sp. and E. (E.) zaum n. sp.—all of them collected in caves in the Serra do Ramalho region, Northeastern, Brazil. We also briefly discuss some troglomorphisms verified in one of the new species: E. (R.) infernalis n. sp.

 

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