Dolichopoda is a genus of cave crickets in the tribe Dolichopodaini, subfamily Dolichopodainae. They are distributed in the Mediterranean basin in southern Europe and western Asia.[2]

Dolichopoda
Dolichopoda linderi female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Subfamily: Dolichopodainae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888
Tribe: Dolichopodaini
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888
Genus: Dolichopoda
Bolívar, 1880[1]
Type species
Gryllus palpata
Sulzer, 1776

The type species of the genus is Gryllus palpata, now known as Dolichopoda palpata.[3]

Species

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There are over 50 described species.[2] The greatest species diversity occurs in Greece.[4] Four subgenera have been named, though some have been shown to be paraphyletic (Dolichopoda) or polyphyletic (Chopardina).[5]

Dolichopoda (Capraiacris) Baccetti, 1977

These two species lack spines on both the anterior tibiae and the hind femur.[4]

Dolichopoda (Chopardina) Uvarov, 1921

Found in Italy, Corsica, and Greece. Distinguished from other subgenera by having several spines on the hind femurs.[4]

 
Dolichopoda schiavazzii
Dolichopoda (Dolichopoda) Bolívar, 1880

The largest subgenus by number of species; distinguished from the other subgenera by the spines on the anterior tibiae.[4]

 
Dolichopoda azami
Dolichopoda (Petrochilosina) Boudou-Saltet, 1980

References

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  1. ^ Bolívar I (1880) Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 5 10: 72
  2. ^ a b Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Dolichopoda Bolívar, 1880". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. ^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "subgenus Dolichopoda Bolívar, 1880". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d Allegrucci, Giuliana; Rampini, Mauro; Di Russo, Claudio; Lana, Enrico; Cocchi, Sara; Sbordoni, Valerio (28 August 2014). "Phylogeography and systematics of the westernmost Italian Dolichopoda species (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae)". ZooKeys (437): 1–23. Bibcode:2014ZooK..437....1A. doi:10.3897/zookeys.437.7917. PMC 4155727. PMID 25197209.
  5. ^ Allegrucci, Giuliana; Todisco, Valentina; Sbordoni, Valerio (October 2005). "Molecular phylogeography of Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): A scenario suggested by mitochondrial DNA". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (1): 153–164. Bibcode:2005MolPE..37..153A. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.022. PMID 15964214.