Miogryllus convolutus

Miogryllus convolutus is a species of cricket from South America.

Miogryllus convolutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Gryllidae
Genus:	Miogryllus
Species:	M. convolutus
Binomial name
Miogryllus convolutus (Johansson, 1763)
Synonyms [1]
Gryllus convolutus Johansson, 1763 Gryllus ater De Geer, 1773 Gryllus pusillus Burmeister, 1838 Gryllus nitidulus Stål, 1858 Gryllodes micromegas Saussure, 1874 Gryllodes brevipennis Saussure, 1874 Gryllodes parvipennis Saussure, 1874 Nemobius distinguendus Scudder, 1896 Nemobius delicatus Scudder, 1896

Description

Miogryllus convolutus exists in a number of forms. Most strikingly, there are micropterous (small-winged) and macropterous (large-winged) forms, but there is also variation in colouration.^[1]

Distribution

Miogryllus convolutus has one of the widest geographical distributions of any member of the family Gryllidae in the Americas.^[1] It is found in both South and North America,^[2] having been recorded from Mexico, Belize, Panama, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay and Argentina.^[1]

Taxonomic history

Miogryllus convolutus was first described (under the name Gryllus convolutus) in Carl Linnaeus' 1763 work Centuria Insectorum, although authorship is often ascribed to Boas Johansson, whose dissertation that work formed. The species' wide geographical distribution, the degree of variation within the species, and the characteristics of the original descriptions have led to a large number of synonyms.^[2]