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Endecous (Notendecous) onthophagus (Berg, 1891)

CollectionObject 1591558; ea2b8310-3e39-404d-9ff2-d2aa8c96d787: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591558; ea2b8310-3e39-404d-9ff2-d2aa8c96d787: male. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Dyscophus onthophagus Berg, 1891: 6.

    Syntypes (n= 2); male; f1baf2be-d677-4a8e-85d8-10eced5386f5; deposited at: Vertebrate Collection, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica (ZVCB); Uruguay: Lavalleja: Minas, Gruta de Arequita. Syntypes (n= 2); female; 6db74a43-b4fc-4c24-b2ef-5a3638945ff9; deposited at: Vertebrate Collection, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica (ZVCB); Uruguay: Lavalleja: Minas, Gruta de Arequita

  • Dyscophogryllus onthophagus (Berg, 1891) in Kirby, 1906: 66.
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  • Endecous (Notendecous) onthophagus (Berg, 1891) in Macarini, Magro, Fianco, Souza-Dias, Zefa & Szinwelski, 2023: 8.
  • Endecous onthophagus (Berg, 1891) in Acosta, Timm, Zefa, Matiotti da Costa, Ruschel, Lopes & Kaminski, 2025: 1573.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Acosta, R.C., Timm, V.F., Szinwelski, N., Matiotti da Costa, M.K. & Zefa, E. (2020) Mating behavior and acoustic communication of the long-legged cricket Endecous (Notendecous) onthophagus (Berg, 1891) from Southern Brazil (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae). Zootaxa, 4743(3), 427–437.
  • 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
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  • Berg, C. (1891) Dyscophus onthophagus, un nuevo grillo uruguayo cavernícola. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, 32, 5–8. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/108771#page/15/mode/1up
  • Chopard, L. (1968) Fam. Gryllidae: Subfam. Mogoplistinae, Myrmecophilinae, Scleropterinae, Cachoplistinae, Pteroplistinae, Pentacentrinae, Phalangopsinae, Trigonidiinae, Eneopterinae; Fam. Oecanthidae, Gryllotalpidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 12, pp. 213–500.
  • 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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • 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. & García-Novo, P.C. (1997) Endecous onthophagus: a new combination. Phallic sclerites and karyology of the species (Orthoptera: Grylloidea). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 6, 117–120.
  • Souza-Dias, P.G.B., Bolfarini, M.P., Nihei, S.S. & de Mello, F.de A.G. (2014) Endecous apterus: A new species of cave cricket from northeast Brazil, with comments on the use of subterranean habitats by Luzarinae crickets (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae: Luzarinae). Zootaxa, 3784(2), 120–130.
  • 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., 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.
  • Zefa, E., Mesa, A. & Martins, L.de P. (2010) New Brazilian species of Endecous Saussure, 1878: Phallic sclerites, calling song and tegmen morphometry (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsinae). Entomological Science, 13, 150–155.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek ὄνθος (ónthos, dung) and -phagus (eater), there is also the genus of dung beetles Onthophagus Latreille, 1802.

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