title: Zebragryllus Desutter-Grandcolas & Cadena-Casteñada, n.gen. a new Gryllinae genus from Eastern and Western Amazonia, South America (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Gryllidae).
abstract: We describe a new genus of grylline cricket, Zebragryllus Desutter-Grandcolas & Cadena-Casteñada n. gen., from the Neotropical Region, using characters of morphology and male genitalia; genitalic characters clearly show that Zebragryllus n. gen. is closely related to Anurogryllus Saussure, 1878. Six species are described as new to science, origina<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00142.x">t</a>ing from western (Peru, Colombia) and eastern (French Guiana) Amazonia: Zebragryllus fuscus Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp., Z. guianensis Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp., Z. intermedius Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp., Zebragryllus nauta Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp., Zebragryllus nouragui Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp., and Zebragryllus wittoto Desutter-Grandcolas and Cadena-Casteñada, n. sp., type species of the genus. They are characterized by their size, coloration (shining black, most often with white patterns of coloration, hence the genus name), and male and female genitalia. The calling songs of Z. guianensis Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp., Z. intermedius Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp., Z. nouragui Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp., and Z. wittoto Desutter-Grandcolas and Cadena-Casteñada, n. sp. are described. An identification key is proposed for both males and females.
authors.affiliation: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR7205 CNRS, 57 rue Cuvier, Case Postale 50 (Entomologie), 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France; Email: desutter@mnhn.fr.
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Desutter-Grandcolas
authors.affiliation: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos "Kumangui", Bogotá, Colombia; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Oscar J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Cadena-Castañeda
authors.affiliation: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR7205 CNRS, 57 rue Cuvier, Case Postale 50 (Entomologie), 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Ranjana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jaiswara
authors.affiliation: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR7205 CNRS, 57 rue Cuvier, Case Postale 50 (Entomologie), 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Aix-Marseille Université, UMR CNRS IRD Avignon Université, UMR 237 IRD, Centre IRD Nouméa - BP A5, 98848 Nouméa Cedex, Nouvelle-Calédonie; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anso
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006135:Gryllidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D013020:South America; D013045:Species Specificity