First report of a cricket with filiform hairs on foretibia (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae)

  • Yi Jiao Liu
  • , Zhu Qing He*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

There are hundreds of filiform mechanosensory hairs on the cricket cercus, however, such sensory hairs have never been reported on cricket foretiba. In this study, we collected a new species from China, which possesses two long filiform hairs on foretibia. Combined with its burrowing habit, these hairs mainly contribute to detecting ground vibration. We describe a new genus for this new species Fodigryllus bisetus gen. et sp. nov. The type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Biology, East China Normal University (ECNU).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)583-588
Number of pages6
JournalZootaxa
Volume5125
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Apr 2022

Keywords

  • COI
  • China
  • Orthoptera
  • new genus
  • new species

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