Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jun 2022)

Description of two new species of Turanogryllini crickets (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae) from Cameroon, with identification keys for African species

  • Philene Corinne Aude Um Nyobe,
  • Tony Robillard,
  • Sevilor Kekeunou,
  • Libin Ma,
  • Marcelle Mbadjoun Nzike,
  • Charles Felix Bilong Bilong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.31.73389
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 1
pp. 83 – 89

Abstract

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During a Gryllidae survey in the Southern Cameroonian Plateau, two new species of the tribe Turanogryllini Otte, 1987 were discovered and described, namely Turanogryllus zamakoensis Um Nyobe, Kekeunou & Bilong Bilong sp. nov. and Neogryllopsis gorochovi Um Nyobe, Kekeunou & Ma sp. nov. This finding extends the known distribution of the genera Turanogryllus Tarbinsky, 1940 and Neogryllopsis Otte, 1983. New environments are also recorded for these crickets, and an identification key for African species is proposed for these two genera.