Note on Phalangopsidae crickets from Sabah and the Philippines, with description of a new species of Luzonogryllus

2026/03/16 by Ming Tan, Ris Menoel Modina, JOANNA ROSE A. ALO +9 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Diptera species taxonomy and behavior #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy

paper · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5777.1.2

openalex publication_date 2026/03/16 · openalex created_date 2026/03/17 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Abstract

Recent field work in Sabah state of Malaysia in Borneo, as well as Mindanao, Negros and Siquijor Islands in the Philippines has led to the collection of crickets from the family Phalangopsidae. This allows us to review the taxonomy of Luzonogryllus Yamasaki, 1978 from the Philippines and Sabah. We also describe a new species from Mindanao: Luzonogryllus (Apterozacla) appa Tan & Alo, sp. nov. We also present new locality records for Luzonogryllus (Apterozacla) mindoroensis Gorochov, 2006 in Negros and Siquijor Islands. Lastly, we also present new material of Strophiola lugubrina (Stål, 1877) from Mindanao and Negros Islands.

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