Scapsipedus micado, (Saussure, 1877)

Chen, Guang-Yu, Shen, Chu-Ze, Liu, Yun-Fei, Liao, Wang & He, Zhu-Qing, 2018, A phylogenetic study of Chinese Velarifictorus Randell, 1964 based on COI gene with describing one new species (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae), Zootaxa 4531 (4), pp. 499-506 : 503-504

V. micado ( Saussure, 1877)

Scapsipedus micado Saussure, 1877

Ƒelarifictorus micado Randell, 1964

Gryllus latefasciatus Chopard, 1933 syn.

Material examined. 1 male, CHINA, Guangdong, Huiyang , 10-x-2012, coll. HE Zhu-Qing ; 1 male, CHINA, Yunnan, Kunming , 22-ix-2016, coll. HE Zhu-Qing ; 1 male, CHINA, Zhejiang, Lin’an , 9-x-2010 , coll. HE Zhu- Qing; 1 male, CHINA, Taiwan, Wulai , 11-xi-2012, coll. HE Zhu-Qing.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Sulawesi and North America.

Note. This species is widely distributed in China and common in artificial environments, such as fields or parks, but is not common in natural environments such as mountains. In northern China, the crickets are univoltine and they overwinter as eggs, which is similar to V. aspersus , but the latter species prefers mountains. In southern China, they are bivoltine or polyvoltine, and overwinter as nymphs. The different life cycle has been observed in Zhejiang Prov., China, but individuals belonging to different life cycles do not mate with each other ( He & Takeda 2013) and retain their own cycles. Thus, in Zhejiang, the adult niche is: in summer, V. micado (nymph overwinter type) in mountains; and in autumn, V. micado (egg overwinter type) in plains and V. aspersus in mountains.