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genus

Adelosgryllus Mesa & Zefa, 2004

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (7)

  • Adelosgryllus Mesa & Zefa, 2004: 327.

    type species by original designation Adelosgryllus rubricephalus Mesa & Zefa, 2004

  • Adelosgryllus Mesa & Zefa, 2004 in Gorochov, 2011: 682.
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  • Adelosgryllus Mesa & Zefa, 2004 in Mello & Lopes Ferreira, 2021: 351.
  • Adelosgryllus Mesa & Zefa, 2004 in Sant'Ana Merlo, Castro-Souza, Pereira Junta & Lopes Ferreira, 2022

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Corrêa, R.C., Pereira, M.R., Matiotti da Costa, M.K., Szinwelski, N., Martins, L.de P. & Zefa, E. (2018) Two new species of crickets Adelosgryllus Mesa & Zefa, 2004 (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae) from the Araripe-Apodi National Forest, State of Ceará, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4420(1), 97–112.
  • de Mello, F.de A.G. & Lopes Ferreira, R. (2021) Erebonyx catacumbae, n. gen. et sp.: a blind, troglobitic cricket from Brazil (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae). Zootaxa, 4975(2), 343–356.
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  • Gorochov, A.V. (2011) New and little known crickets of the subfamily Phalangopsinae (Orthoptera, Gryllidae). 6. Neotropical taxa of the tribes Phalangopsini and Paragryllini. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal, 90(6), 674–687. Available at http://gryllus.smart21.ru/gryllus/Gorochov%27s%20papers%20in%20PDF%20and%20list%20of%20his%20publications/2011%20%28252-264%29/254%20Phalangopsini%20Paragryllini%20Phalangopsinae%206%20%28english%29%202011.pdf
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2014) Classification of the Phalangopsinae subfamily group, and new taxa from the subfamilies Phalangopsinae and Phaloriinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 23(1), 7–88. Available at http://www.zin.ru/journals/zsr/content/2014/zr_2014_23_1_Gorochov.pdf
  • Mesa, A. & Zefa, E. (2004) Adelosgryllus rubricephalus: a new genus and species of cricket (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae). Neotropical Entomology, 33(3), 327–332. Available at http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2004000300008&lng=en&nrm=iso
  • Sant'Ana Merlo, R.L., Castro-Souza, R.A., Pereira Junta, V.G. & Lopes Ferreira, R. (2021) The first record of Adelosgryllus Mesa & Zefa, 2004 (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from caves, with the description of a new species from Brazil. Zootaxa, 4933(1), 136–150.
  • Sant'Ana Merlo, R.L., Castro-Souza, R.A., Pereira Junta, V.G. & Lopes Ferreira, R. (2022) Expanding the taxonomic knowledge of Adelosgryllus Mesa & Zefa, 2004 (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae): description of four new species for Brazilian subterranean habitats. Zootaxa, 5133(1), 83–109.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From the greek word Adelos that means ‘unseen’, ‘obscure’ because it is difficult to find specimens and also for the dificulty to relate the species to any already described group of crickets within Phalangopsidae.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species110011