Artigo
First report of a parthenogenetic Grylloidea and new genus of Neoaclini (Insecta: Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae: Phalangopsinae)
Autor
Fernandes, M.L.
Zacaro, A.A.
Serrão, J.E.
Institución
Resumen
This study describes a new genus and species of Neoaclini cricket based on specimens collected in the Brazilian Atlantic
forest. In addition to the morphological description, we also report karyotype. Ubiquepuella telytokous n. sp. represents
the first recorded occurrence of parthenogenesis in Grylloidea. Although the exclusively parthenogenetic reproduction is
rare in Orthoptera, we acknowledge this phenomenon in this species based on successful reproduction in the laboratory
setting (i.e., approximately ten generations) despite the absence of males, indicating thelytokous parthenogenesis.