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Adelosgryllus rubricephalus Mesa & Zefa, 2004

CollectionObject 1593850; a44fda42-3941-49db-97d9-f647d48cd9db: male habitus. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593850; a44fda42-3941-49db-97d9-f647d48cd9db: male habitus. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593850; a44fda42-3941-49db-97d9-f647d48cd9db: male head, pronotum and tegmina, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593850; a44fda42-3941-49db-97d9-f647d48cd9db: male head, ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593850; a44fda42-3941-49db-97d9-f647d48cd9db: male fore leg, medial view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593850; a44fda42-3941-49db-97d9-f647d48cd9db: male middle leg, medial view. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Adelosgryllus rubricephalus Mesa & Zefa, 2004: 327.

    Holotype; male; b2750b2a-cac3-48be-99e4-ecc7c99578d8; deposited at: Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo (MZSP); Brazil: Paraná: Iguaçu National Park

  • Adelosgryllus rubricephalus Mesa & Zefa, 2004 in Zefa, Martins & Szinwelski, 2008: 325.
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  • Adelosgryllus rubricephalus Mesa & Zefa, 2004 in Macarini, Magro, Fianco, Souza-Dias, Zefa & Szinwelski, 2023: 6.
  • Adelosgryllus rubricephalus Mesa & Zefa, 2004 in Acosta, Timm, Zefa, Matiotti da Costa, Ruschel, Lopes & Kaminski, 2025: 1575.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Acosta, R.C., Timm, V.F., Zefa, E., Matiotti da Costa, M.K., Ruschel, T.P., Lopes, D.A.R. & Kaminski, L.A. (2025) Pampa singers: an acoustic and visual guide to singing insects (Orthoptera and Hemiptera). Journal of Natural History, 59(21–24), 1541–1589. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2482670
  • 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.
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  • Macarini, L.C., Magro, S., Fianco, M., Souza-Dias, P.G.B., Zefa, E. & Szinwelski, N. (2023) Mating behavior of the long-legged cricket Eidmanacris meridionalis Desutter-Grandcolas, 1995 (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 67(2 (e20230005), 1–12. Available at http://www.scielo.br/j/rbent/a/fy3hkgP3YBJyNvwTSnTpMvF/abstract/?lang=en
  • 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. & Ferreira, R.L. (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.
  • Timm, V.F., Martins, L.de P., Acosta, R.C., Szinwelski, N., Pereira, M.R., Matiotti da Costa, M.K. & Zefa, E. (2021) Trends of karyotype evolution in the Neotropical long-legged crickets Phalangopsidae (Orthoptera, Grylloidea). Zootaxa, 4938(1), 101–116.
  • Zefa, E., Fontanetti, C.S. & Martins, L.de P. (2010) Cytotaxonomy of the crickets Endecous Saussure, 1878 with an overview of the chromosomes of Phalangopsinae Group (Orthoptera: Phalangopsinae). Zootaxa, 2498, 53–58.
  • Zefa, E., Martins, L.de P. & Szinwelski, N. (2008) Complex mating behavior in Adelosgryllus rubricephalus (Orthoptera, Phalangopsidae, Grylloidea). Iheringia, Serie Zoologia, 98(3), 325–328. Available at http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212008000300006&lang=pt
  • Zefa, E., Martins, L.de P., Demari, C.P., Acosta, R.C., Centeno, E., Castro-Souza, R.A., Lobregat de Oliveira, G., Miyoshi, A.R., Fianco, M., Redü, D.R., Timm, V.F., Matiotti da Costa, M.K. & Szinwelski, N. (2022) Singing crickets from Brazil (Orthoptera: Gryllidea), an illustrated checklist with access to the sounds produced. Zootaxa, 5209(2), 211–237.

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Etymology:

Relating to the salmon red head.

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