Taxonomy of Chinese black field crickets Teleogryllus Chopard (Grylloidae, Gryllinae) with new distribution record of the exotic species Teleogryllus commodus (Walker)
MA Libin1, 3, HE Zhuqing2, ZHANG Yalin3
(1 School of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi′an 710119, Shaanxi, China;2 School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China;3 Key Laboratory of Protection Resources & Pest Management, Ministry of Education,Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China)
Abstract:
Members of the genus Teleogryllus are common cricket species to damage crops, some of them serve as model animals in behavioral and neurobiological studies. The Chinese species of the genus were revised and redescribed in the article. Morphological variation between Teleogryllus emma (Ohmachi & Matsuura) and Teleogryllus occipitalis (Serville) was discussed. The status and validity of three species names, Gryllus mitratus, Gryllus testaceus and Teleogryllus occipitalis, in this genus were addressed. Finally, the new distribution for the exotic Australia species Teleogryllus commodus (Walker) extending to Shanghai, China, was reported.
KeyWords:
Orthoptera; cricket; taxonomy; revision; invasive species
