The cricket subfamily Podoscirtinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) in Peru
At present, 86 species and subspecies of the cricket subfamily Podoscirtinae are registered in
Peru, and 46 of them are found in the territory covered by the Peruvian project on inverte-
brate fauna of the Ene and Tambo River Basins. From this territory, 16 taxa are here described
as new to science: Perutrella ashaninka sp. nov.; Bezverkhovia lydia gen. et sp. nov.; Angusti-
trella superuncus sp. nov.; A. nigella sp. nov.; Aphonomorphus (Aphonomorphus) paramutus sp.
nov.; A. (A.) hamatus sp. nov.; A. (A.) proximus tambo subsp. nov.; A. (A.) pichiguia sp. nov.;
A. (A.) stipatus longifurca subsp. nov.; A. (Euaphonus) problematicus sp. nov.; A. (E.) firmus
sp. nov.; A. (?) brachyphallus sp. nov.; Spiraphonus asymmetricus longiapex subsp. nov.; Phyl-
logryllus crassus sp. nov.; Diatrypa (?) intersecta sp. nov. For A. (A.) venado Gor., D. (Dia-
trypa) signata Gor., D. (D.) decora decora Gor. and D. (Latispeculum) venado Gor., previously
unknown females are described. New data on distribution and systematical position of some
taxa are also given.
Key words: crickets, faunistics, taxonomy, Peru, Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Podoscirtinae, new taxa
Journal name: Zoosystematica Rossica
Author (s): A.V. Gorochov