Tafaliscinae Desutter 1988

SUBFAMILY TAFALISCINAE DESUTTER, 1988, DEFIN NOV. Tafaliscinae Desutter, 1988: 367. Tafaliscini Desutter, 1988: 367, Otte, 1994: 68, Gorochov, 1995: 1–213. Tafaliscina Gorochov, 2011: 254, Gorochov, 2017: 87, Campos, Souza-Dias & Nihei, 2020: 333, Campos & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2020: 393. Type genus: Tafalisca Walker, 1869. Distribution: Neotropics. Diagnosis: Small to large-sized, FWs absent, brachypterous or well-developed wings (with or without stridulatory apparatus) (Figs 17A, 18A, 19A; Supporting Information, Fig. S2A–C). Fifth and fourth articles of maxillary palpi with similar size, fifth article slightly upcurved (Fig. 16A); when FWs with stridulatory apparatus present; stridulatory file sinuous or bisinuous (Paroecanthini): proximal connection of harp veins generally present. FIII generally longer than TIII; TIII subapical spurs 5/4 (Supporting Information, Fig. S6B) (except some Paroecanthini 5/5 and Perutrella 4/3). Ovipositor flattened dorso-ventrally, upcurved in lateral view; apex of dorsal valves above ventral valves (Fig. 16B); apex lateral margins of ventral valves of ovipositor smooth (Fig. 16 Cb). Male genitalia: inner margin of LLophi frequently membranous (Supporting Information, Fig. S7A, C). Included supertribes: Paroecanthidi Gorochov, 1986, supertrib.nov., Tafaliscidi Desutter, 1988, supertrib. nov. Remarks: After its proposal (Desutter, 1988), this subfamily was considered as a tribe (Gorochov, 1995) and later as a subtribe (Gorochov, 2011) within the Podoscirtinae subfamily. The results presented here, including the topologies and their synapomorphies, support the hypothesis that this Neotropical lineage is a subfamily of Oecanthidae composed of two supertribes (Paroecanthidi and Tafaliscidi) redefined below.Published as part of Campos, Lucas Denadai De, Dias, Pedro Guilherme Barrios De Souza, Audino, Jorge Alves, Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure & Nihei, Silvio Shigueo, 2023, The fifth family of the true crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera: Ensifera: Grylloidea), Oecanthidae defin. nov.: phylogenetic relationships and divergence times, pp. 1034-1077 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197 (4) on page 1059, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac066, http://zenodo.org/record/780342