Dolichopoda

Last updated

Dolichopoda
Dolichopoda linderi femelle.jpg
Dolichopoda linderi female
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamily: Dolichopodainae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888
Tribe: Dolichopodaini
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888
Genus: Dolichopoda
Bolívar, 1880 [1]
Type species
Gryllus palpata
Sulzer, 1776

Dolichopoda is a genus of cave crickets in the monotypic tribe Dolichopodaini, subfamily Dolichopodainae. They are distributed in the Mediterranean basin in southern Europe and western Asia. [2]

The type species of the genus is Gryllus palpata, now known as Dolichopoda palpata . [3]

Species

There are over 50 described species. [2] The greatest species diversity occurs in Greece. [4] Four subgenera have been named, though some have been shown to be paraphyletic (Dolichopoda) or polyphyletic (Chopardina). [5]

Dolichopoda (Capraiacris) Baccetti, 1977

These two species lack spines on both the anterior tibiae and the hind femur. [4]

Dolichopoda (Chopardina) Uvarov, 1921

Found in Italy, Corsica, and Greece. Distinguished from other subgenera by having several spines on the hind femurs. [4]

Dolichopoda schiavazzii Dolichopoda schiavazzii.jpg
Dolichopoda schiavazzii
Dolichopoda (Dolichopoda) Bolívar, 1880

The largest subgenus by number of species; distinguished from the other subgenera by the spines on the anterior tibiae. [4]

Dolichopoda azami Dolichopoda cfr azami (5012445551).jpg
Dolichopoda azami
Dolichopoda (Petrochilosina) Boudou-Saltet, 1980

References

  1. ↑ Bolívar I (1880) Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 5 10: 72
  2. 1 2 Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Dolichopoda Bolívar, 1880". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "subgenus Dolichopoda Bolívar, 1880". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Allegrucci, Giuliana; Rampini, Mauro; Di Russo, Claudio; Lana, Enrico; Cocchi, Sara; Sbordoni, Valerio (28 August 2014). "Phylogeography and systematics of the westernmost Italian Dolichopoda species (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae)". ZooKeys (437): 1–23. Bibcode:2014ZooK..437....1A. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.437.7917 . PMC   4155727 . PMID   25197209.
  5. ↑ Allegrucci, Giuliana; Todisco, Valentina; Sbordoni, Valerio (October 2005). "Molecular phylogeography of Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): A scenario suggested by mitochondrial DNA". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (1): 153–164. Bibcode:2005MolPE..37..153A. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.022. PMID   15964214.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.