2026/01/28 by Ming Tan, Jiandy Daguplo, Ris Menoel Modina +8 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Diptera species taxonomy and behavior #Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy #Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
paper · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.3
openalex publication_date 2026/01/28 · openalex created_date 2026/01/29 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
The taxonomy of the crickets of the genus Rhicnogryllus Chopard, 1925 is reviewed, with a focus on species from the Philippines. Previously, only two species were known from the Philippines: the type species Rhicnogryllus fascipes Chopard, 1925 and Rhicnogryllus? paetensis Tan, Yap & Baroga-Barbecho, 2020. Based on new material collected from Mindanao and Visayas regions, we describe three new species from Mindanao: Rhicnogryllus olivaceus Tan & Alo, sp. nov., Rhicnogryllus pictus Tan & Daguplo, sp. nov. and Rhicnogryllus vittatus Tan & Daguplo, sp. nov. We also record a new locality for Rhicnogryllus bipunctatus Ingrisch, 1987 in Negros Island, having previously been known only from Borneo. Consequently, six species presently exist in the Philippines.