Paragryllus (Melloius), Cadena-Castañeda & Páez & Buitrago & Quintana-Arias & Tavares, 2021, Cadena-Castañeda & Páez & Buitrago & Quintana-Arias & Tavares, 2021

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Páez, Geraldine, Buitrago, Oscar, Quintana-Arias, Ronald Fernando & Tavares, Gustavo Costa, 2021, Studies of Neotropical crickets: New Paragryllina taxa (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae) with comments on several previously described species, Zootaxa 5081 (1), pp. 60-76 : 65

Melloius Cadena-Castañeda n. subgen.

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Diagnosis. Medium size (19 mm). Harp and mirror of the tegmina divided by five veins, apical area little pronounced ( Fig. 3A ). Pseudepiphallic lobes with bristles ( Figs. 3B ), with a pronounced lower branch in lateral view ( Figs. 3C–D ). Pseudepiphallic arm long, branching at the apex and with wavy dorsal margin in lateral view ( Fig. 3D ). Endophallic sclerite reduced and ectophallic fold short and slightly overhanging in the middle of the pseudepiphallus ( Fig. 3C ).

Taxa included. Paragryllus (Melloius) temulentus Saussure, 1878

Etymology. This taxon is dedicated to Francisco de Assis Ganeo de Mello, a legendary orthopterist, in recognition of a lifetime in the study of crickets in his country, and a pioneer in the systematics of crickets in Brazil, teacher of many fellow orthopterists. The gender of the name is being established as neuter.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Tegmina, epiproctus and male genitalia of Paragryllus subgenera (Paragryllae genera group). A–D. Paragryllus (Melloius) temulentus Saussure, 1878. E–H. Paragryllus (Souzaius) minutus Gorochov, 2009 (After Gorochov, 2009). I. Paragryllus (Paragryllus) circularis circularis Gorochov, 2007. J–L. Paragryllus (Paragryllus) circularis multinervis Gorochov, 2007 (After Gorochov, 2007). M. Bolivacla sp. N. Paragryllus (Paragryllus) martinii Guérin-Méneville, 1844. A, E, I. Male tegminae. B, F, J. male genitalia in dorsal view. C, G, K. ventral view. D, H, L. lateral view. M, N. male epiproctus.