Hemigryllus woronovi Gorochov, 1986

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., 2025, Studies on Neotropical crickets: On the Hemigryllus Saussure, 1877 taxonomic placement (Orthoptera: Grylloidea), with comments on Gryllidae classification, including new species and records, Zootaxa 5661 (2), pp. 151-177 : 163

Hemigryllus woronovi Gorochov, 1986

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Comments. This species was originally described from localities surrounding the Magdalena River, including Barranca-Bermeja [Barrancabermeja], Presidio, and Mosquitero (now known as Puerto Mosquito), currently in the departments of Santander, Cesar, and Magdalena ( Gorochov, 1986a).

Later, Gorochov (1996) recorded the species in several Bolivian localities, such as Villa Montes and Sara Province ( Map 1 ), noting that the Bolivian specimens appeared slightly larger and lighter. The regions where these specimens were recorded are separated by the imposing Andes mountains and the Amazon. This suggests that the Bolivian specimens recorded by Gorochov, and others Bolivian and Argentine records by Giglio-Tos (1894, 1897), Bruner (1916), and Hebard (1931) as H. kriechbaumeri or H. ortonii ( Map 2 ), may belong to a species closely related. The same way as H. woronovi and H. gorochovi sp. nov. Both species are related, H. woronovi is distributed in the Magdalena Valley, while H. gorochovi sp. nov. is found in the Orinoquia region in Colombia, separated by the eastern slope of the Colombian Andes ( Map 1 ).

Here, a female specimen attributable to H. woronovi is recorded further south within its known range ( Fig. 5 ), in another population near the Magdalena River, a favored habitat for this species ( Map 1 ).

Specimen examined. Female. COLOMBIA. Tolima, Honda. 12 May 1969. J. Granados. ( CAUD) .

Figures

MAP 1. Distribution of Hemigryllus species.

MAP 2. Historical records of Hemigryllus kriechbaumeri (Giglio-Tos and Bruner), and Hemigryllus ortonii (Rehn, Hebard and Chopard).

FIGURE 5. Hemigryllus woronovi Gorochov, 1986 female habitus. A. Lateral and B. Dorsal views