Dolichopoda Explained

Dolichopoda is a genus of cave crickets in the tribe Dolichopodaini, subfamily Dolichopodainae. They are distributed in the Mediterranean basin in southern Europe and western Asia.

The type species of the genus is Gryllus palpata, now known as Dolichopoda palpata.

Species

There are over 50 described species. The greatest species diversity occurs in Greece.^[1] Four subgenera have been named, though some have been shown to be paraphyletic (Dolichopoda) or polyphyletic (Chopardina).^[2]

Dolichopoda (Capraiacris) Baccetti, 1977These two species lack spines on both the anterior tibiae and the hind femur.^[1]

• Dolichopoda aegilion Baccetti, 1977
• Dolichopoda baccettii Capra, 1957

Dolichopoda (Chopardina) Uvarov, 1921Found in Italy, Corsica, and Greece. Distinguished from other subgenera by having several spines on the hind femurs.^[1]

• Dolichopoda bormansi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882
• Dolichopoda cyrnensis Chopard, 1950
• Dolichopoda lustriae Rampini & Di Russo, 2008
• Dolichopoda muceddai Rampini & Di Russo, 2005
• Dolichopoda remyi Chopard, 1934
• Dolichopoda schiavazzii Capra, 1934

Dolichopoda (Dolichopoda) Bolívar, 1880The largest subgenus by number of species; distinguished from the other subgenera by the spines on the anterior tibiae.^[1]

Dolichopoda (Petrochilosina) Boudou-Saltet, 1980

• Dolichopoda cassagnaui Boudou-Saltet, 1971
• Dolichopoda insignis Chopard, 1955
• Dolichopoda makrykapa Boudou-Saltet, 1980
• Dolichopoda ochtoniai Rampini & Di Russo, 2015
• Dolichopoda petrochilosi Chopard, 1954
• Dolichopoda saraolacosi Rampini & Di Russo, 2015
• Dolichopoda vandeli Boudou-Saltet, 1970

Notes and References

1. Allegrucci . Giuliana . Rampini . Mauro . Di Russo . Claudio . Lana . Enrico . Cocchi . Sara . Sbordoni . Valerio . Phylogeography and systematics of the westernmost Italian Dolichopoda species (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) . ZooKeys . 28 August 2014 . 437 . 1–23 . 10.3897/zookeys.437.7917. 25197209 . 4155727 . free . 2014ZooK..437....1A .
2. Allegrucci . Giuliana . Todisco . Valentina . Sbordoni . Valerio . Molecular phylogeography of Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): A scenario suggested by mitochondrial DNA . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . October 2005 . 37 . 1 . 153–164 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.022. 15964214 . 2005MolPE..37..153A .