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| Indigryllus sagani Jaiswara, Sreebin, Monaal & Robillard, 2022 |
Abstract
In India, the cricket subfamily Eneopterinae is represented by two known genera, Xenogryllus Bolívar, 1890 and Indigryllus Robillard & Jaiswara, 2019. The latter was recently described and is known from a single species I. kudremu Robillard & Jaiswara, 2019 from Karnataka, India. The species was known exclusively from its morphological features and there existed no information on its biology and acoustic features. The present study is a step ahead in understanding the natural history and acoustic signalling in the genus. Based on a collaboration initiated by citizen science observations on the website iNaturalist, we describe a new species, Indigryllus sagani sp. nov. from Kerala, India, with details on its habitat and acoustic signals.
Keywords: Orthoptera, calling song, Citizen science, courtship, taxonomy, Western Ghats
Indigryllus sagani sp. nov.
Ranjana Jaiswara, S. Sreebin, Monaal and Tony Robillard. 2022. A New Species of Indigryllus (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Eneopterinae, Xenogryllini) from Kerala, India, with First Data on Acoustics and Natural Habitat. Zootaxa. 5205(6); 532-546. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5205.6.2
