Platygryllus is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Gryllinae.Chopard (1961) Eos 37(3): 276.Otte, D. and W. Cade. (1984). African Crickets (Gryllidae). 4. The genus Platygryllus from Eastern and Southern Africa (Gryllinae, Gryllini). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 136 45-66. Records of species distribution (probably incomplete) include Africa, southern Europe and in Asia: India, Java and the Philippines.
Mating behaviour Males of this genus transfer sperm to the female via a spermatophore which is externally attached to a females ovipositor. Male P. supplicans guard females after spermatophore transfer to prevent the female from removing his spermatophore prematurely.Sakaluk, S. K. (1991). Post-copulatory mate guarding in decorated crickets. Animal Behaviour 41 207-16. The females of P. primiformis use premature spermatophore removal as a form of cryptic female choice leaving larger males' spermatophores attached for significantly longer than smaller males.Parker, D. (2009). Bioscience Horizons 2 164-71. Bateman, P. W. (1998). Assortative mating by both sexes in the cricket Platygryllus primiformis (Orthoptera : Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 124 63-68.
Species The Orthoptera Species File includes: Platygryllus arambourgi (Chopard, 1938) Platygryllus atratulus (Walker, 1869) Platygryllus atritus Otte & Cade, 1984 Platygryllus capensis Otte & Cade, 1984 Platygryllus cockbilli (Chopard, 1954) Platygryllus congolensis Gorochov, 1984 Platygryllus ignobilis (Walker, 1869) Platygryllus longus (Gorochov, 1988) Platygryllus maurus (Afzelius & Brannius, 1804) Platygryllus melanocephalus (Serville, 1838) Platygryllus nefandus (Kirby, 1906) Platygryllus olsufievi (Gorochov, 1988) Platygryllus orlovskajae (Gorochov, 1988) Platygryllus ovum (Gorochov, 1988) Platygryllus primiformis Otte & Cade, 1984 Platygryllus quadristrigatus (Saussure, 1877) - type species (as Gryllus quadristrigatus Saussure) Platygryllus satunini (Gorochov, 1988) Platygryllus serengeticus Otte & Cade, 1984 Platygryllus subalatus (Chopard, 1951) Platygryllus sudanus (Gorochov, 1988) Platygryllus xanthocercus François & Defaut, 2018
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