Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983

Tan, Ming Kai, Baroga-Barbecho, Jessica B. & Yap, Sheryl A., 2019, An account on the Orthoptera from Siargao Island (Southeast Asia: Philippines: Mindanao), Zootaxa 4609 (1), pp. 1-30 : 12

Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 and Gryllini Laicharting, 1781

(Grylloidea: Gryllidae : Gryllinae )

( Figs. 10–12 )

Material examined. Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) consobrinus (Saussure, 1877) : 1 male (Siargao18_46), Barangay Katipunan , Del Carmen , N9.87588, E126.01051, 22.7± 6.0 m, 14 October 2018, 2222 hours, on tarmac road; 1 male and 2 females (Siargao18_52–54), Barangay Esperanza , Del Carmen , N9.86796, E126.02557, 45.4 ± 4.4 m, 15 October 2018, on ground near tarmac road.

Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) aspersus (Walker, 1869) : 2 females (Siargao18_47, 48), Barangay Katipunan , Del Carmen , N9.87624, E126.00957, 21.2± 5.6 m, 14 October 2018, 2235 hours, on tarmac road; 1 male (Siargao18_59), Barangay Esperanza , Del Carmen , N9.86868, E126.02676, 49.8±6.5, 15 October 2018, 2214 hours.

Loxoblemmus equestris Saussure, 1877 : 1 male (Siargao18_72), Mahayahay , Del Carmen , N9.86158, E126.03323, 56.6± 4.5 m, 16 October 2018, 2045 hours, on fern near ground.

Two species of Modicogryllini [ Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) consobrinus (Saussure, 1877) and Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) aspersus (Walker, 1869) ] and one species of Gryllini (i.e., Loxoblemmus equestris Saussure, 1877 ). We provide images of the three similar-looking species.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) consobrinus (Saussure, 1877) male: living habitus (A), anterior part of body in lateral view (B), face in anterior view (C), tegmen in dorsal view (D), genitalia in dorsal (E), ventral (F) and lateral (G) views. Scale bars: 2 mm (B–D); 0.5 mm (E–G).

FIGURE 11. Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) aspersus (Walker, 1869) male: living habitus (A), anterior part of body in lateral view (B), face in anterior view (C), body in dorsal view (D), genitalia in dorsal (E), ventral (F) and lateral (G) views; female living habitus (H). Scale bars: 5 mm (D); 2 mm (B, C); 0.5 mm (E–G).

FIGURE 12. Loxoblemmus equestris Saussure, 1877 male: living habitus (A), anterior part of body in lateral view (B), face in anterior view (C), tegmen in dorsal view (D), genitalia in dorsal (E), ventral (F) and lateral (G) views. Scale bars: 2 mm (B–D); 0.5 mm (E–G).