PAROECANTHIDI GOROCHOV, 1986

Campos, Lucas Denadai De, Dias, Pedro Guilherme Barrios De Souza, Audino, Jorge Alves, Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure & Nihei, Silvio Shigueo, 2023, The fifth family of the true crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera: Ensifera: Grylloidea), Oecanthidae defin. nov.: phylogenetic relationships and divergence times, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197 (4), pp. 1034-1077 : 1059-1060

SUPERTRIBE PAROECANTHIDI GOROCHOV, 1986 , SUPERTRIB. NOV.

Paroecanthini Gorochov, 1986 :516, Desutter, 1987: 235, Desutter, 1988: 369, Otte, 1994: 68, Gorochov, 2011: 217, Gorochov, 2017: 81, Campos, Souza-Dias & Nihei, 2020: 333, Campos & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2020: 356.

Type genus: Paroecanthus Saussure, 1859 .

Distribution: Neotropics.

Diagnosis: Small to medium-sized crickets, FWs developed, brachypterous or without wings. Pronotum as wide as long or longer than wide; metanotal structures frequently present (Supporting Information, Fig. S4C, E ). Apex surface of dorsal valves of ovipositor wrinkled ( Fig. 16 Ca). Male genitalia: EndAp absent ( Fig. 18C ; Supporting Information, Fig. S8B, H ).

Included tribes: Paroecanthini Gorochov, 1986 , Neometrypini Desutter, 1988 .

Figures

Figure 4. Distribution maps of Oecanthidae subfamilies and supertribes.

Figure 8. Diatrypa (Diatrypa) tuberculata. A, female; B, male.

Figure 16. A, Tafalisca elongata elongata, maxillary palpus; B, Apterotrypa mitarakensis, ovipositor, lateral view; C, Angustitrella Ʋicina, apex of ovipositor:a, dorsal view; b, ventral view.Scales:1mm.Abbreviations: see Material and methods.

Figure 18. A, Brazitrypa paulista, male; B, Cylindrogryllus pitanga, male, FWs and metanotum; C, Neometrypus badius, male genitalia, ventral view. Scales: 1 mm. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.