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Subgenus

Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) Randell, 1964

Type

type species by original designation of Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) Randell, 1964

Nomenclature (22)

  • Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) Randell, 1964: 1586.

    type species by original designation Scapsipedus micado Saussure, 1877 in Randell, 1964: 1586

  • Valerifictorus [sic] Randell, 1964 in Alexander & Otte, 1967: 21.
  • Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) Randell, 1964 in Meena, Swaminathan & Swaminathan, 2022: 145.
  • Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) Randell, 1964 in Di, Hu, Zhou, Zhang, Li & He, 2026: 5.

References (21)

  • Randell, R.L. (1964) The male genitalia in Gryllinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) and a tribal revision. The Canadian Entomologist, 96(12), 1565–1607.
  • Alexander, R.D. & Otte, D. (1967) The evolution of genitalia and mating behavior in crickets (Gryllidae) and other Orthoptera. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 133, 1–62. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56377
  • Chopard, L. (1967) Gryllides. Fam. Gryllidae; Subfam. Gryllinae (Trib. Grymnogryllini, Gryllini, Gryllomorphini, Nemobiini). In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 10, pp. 1–213.
  • Vasanth, M. (1978) Three unknown females of crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from north east India with notes on their distribution. Entomon, 3(2), 273–376.
  • Vasanth, M. (1993) Studies on crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae) of northeast India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 132(1-6), 1–178. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/132/index.pdf
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 1. Crickets (Grylloidea). The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 120 pp.
  • Vasanth, M. (1994) On the crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) of Charmapuri District, Tamilnadu, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 94(2-4), 307–325.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–224. [in Russian]
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part II. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–213. [in Russian]
  • Oshiro, Y. (1995) Studies on the Gryllidae from the Ryukyu Islands. Nakimushikai, Okinawa, 1–131 pp.
  • Yin, H. & Liu, X.-W. (1995) Synopsis on the classification of Grylloidea and Gryllotalpoidea from China. Shanghai Scientific & Technological Literature Publishing House, Shanghai, 239 pp.
  • Ingrisch, S. (1998) The genera Velarifictorus, Modicogryllus and Mitius in Thailand (Ensifera: Gryllidae, Gryllinae). Entomologica Scandinavica, 29(3), 315–359.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2001) Remarkable examples of convergence and new taxa of Gryllini (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 9(2), 316–350. Available at http://gryllus.smart21.ru/gryllus/Gorochov%27s%20papers%20in%20PDF%20and%20list%20of%20his%20publications/2001/126%20Remarkable%20examples%20convergence%202001.pdf
  • Tian, Y. & Zheng, Z.-M. (2001) RAPD study of seven species of crickets (Orthoptera: Grylloidea) from China. Entomotaxonomia, 23(4), 248–252.
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. (2004) Long-horned orthopterans (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of the Asiatic part of Russia. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 280 pp. [in Russian]
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. & Paik, J. (2007) Orthoptera of Korea.
  • Kim, T. (2013) A taxonomic study on the burrowing cricket genus Velarifictorus with morphologically resembled genus Lepidogryllus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae) in Korea. Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity, 29(4), 294–307. Available at http://e-ased.org/PublishedPaper/year_abstract.asp?idx=108
  • Storozhenko, S.Y., Kim, T. & Jeon, M.-J. (2015) Monograph of Korean Orthoptera. National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, 377 pp.
  • Chen, G.-Y., Shen, C.-Z., Liu, Y.-F., Liao, W. & He, Z. (2018) A phylogenetic study of Chinese Velarifictorus Randell, 1964 based on COI gene with describing one new species (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae). Zootaxa, 4531(4), 499–506.
  • Meena, A.K., Swaminathan, R. & Swaminathan, T. (2022) First report of the female Acanthogryllus asiaticus Gorochov, 1990 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae) from India and updated description of two crickets of Gryllini. Zootaxa, 5125(2), 144–156.
  • Di, M., Hu, T.-H., Zhou, L., Zhang, Z.-H., Li, K. & He, Z. (2026) Revision of the genus Velarifictorus Randell, 1964 from China (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Grylloidea: Gryllidae: Gryllinae: Gryllini). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1096, 1–43. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1096.3327

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The name is derived from the habit of constructing an awning or hood over the entrance to their burrows, reported for the type species Scapsipedus micado (Alexander 1961).

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Subgenus1023
Superspecies1012
Species970116213