Endecous onthophagus: A New Combination. Phallic Sclerites and Karyology of the Species (Orthoptera: Grylloidea)

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)

“…Known species of Endecous and its habits. The presented data were obtained from field observations carried out by the authors and colleagues and previous works (Costa-Lima, 1938;Liebermann, 1965;Mesa & Garcia-Novo, 1997;de Mello & Pellegatti-Franco, 1998;Zefa, 2000 unpublished data;Mews & Sperber, 2008;.…”

“…Liebermann (1965Liebermann ( -1966 reported the occurrence of the type of E. arachnopsis in "Sierra Geral", Minas Gerais state, Brazil, but he did not examine the specimen. Mesa & Garcia-Novo (1997), subsequently, described the male genitalia of E. arachnopsis syntypes, and highlighted the lack of precise information regarding the type locality of this species. Thus, the type locality of E. arachnopsis remains uncertain.…”

“…Chopard (1961), Randell (1964), Desutter (1987), Gorochov ( , 2002, and Desutter-Grandcolas (2003)). In Brazil, Mesa & Garcia-Novo (1997) and Mesa et al (1998) proposed a terminology that was employed on the descriptions of the phallic complex of E. onthophagus and E. arachnopsis (Mesa & Garcia-Novo, 1997), and on the description of E. alejomesai by . The other Brazilian species of Endecous were described following the terminology proposed by Desutter (1987) and Desutter-Grandcolas (2003).…”

“…Gorochov (1996) observed two syntypes-designated them as lectotype and paralectotype-of E. arachnopsis in the collection of Humboldt University (MNHU, Berlin), and provided a brief description of the lectotype. Mesa & Garcia-Novo (1997) proposed the transfer of the taxon Dyscophogryllus onthophagus to E. onthophagus (Berg, 1891). The genus has also been studied by tegminal morphology and acoustical communication (Mello & Pellegatti-Franco, 1998;Zefa, 2006;, morphology of the proventricolus (Fontanetti et al, 2002), behavioral patterns (Zefa, 2000 unpublished data;Gnaspini & Pellegatti-Franco, 2002) and cytogenetics (Mesa & Garcia-Novo, 1997;Zefa, 2006;.…”

Análise cladística e morfologia do complexo fálico de Phalangopsidae, com ênfase em Luzarinae (Orthoptera, Ensifera, Grylloidea)

“…No Brasil, o pesquisador Alejo Mesa propôs uma terminologia independente para as estruturas do complexo fálico, por discordar das interpretações tradicionais propostas por autores prévios. Embora sua terminologia tenha sido empregada em descrições taxonômicas desde 1997 (Mesa et al, 1997), suas conclusões e discussões foram sendo apresentadas em diversos trabalhos subsequentes (Mesa & Garcia-Novo, 1997;Mesa et al, 1998;Mesa & Garcia, 1999;Mesa et al, 1999). Snodgrass (1937) e e pseudoepífalo por , Ander (1970) e .…”