Dolichopoda
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Female of D. schiavazzii in an Etruscan grave near Vetulonia in Tuscany (Italy) |
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Dolichopoda ("long-legged": Greek δολιχός dolichos , long '; πούς pous [genitive ποδός podos ], foot, leg') is a genus of the Rhaphidophoridae within the order of the long-feeler terrors (Ensifera). Their representatives are troglobiont (permanent residents of caves ).
features
The species of the genus are very similar and are light yellow to brown. They are wingless in both sexes and have notably long legs and antennae. The females have a curved laying saber ( ovipositor ).
Ecology and diffusion
Most species evolved allopatric . They occur almost exclusively in natural caves, but also populate artificial cavities, such as the stone tombs of the Etruscans . The distribution area mainly covers the Mediterranean area with occurrences in France , Spain , Italy , Croatia , Macedonia , Greece , Turkey and Syria . Only one species is known from the Caucasus .
species
Subgenus Capraiacris
- Dolichopoda aegilion Baccetti 1977 (Italy: Tuscan Archipelago , Giglio Island)
- Dolichopoda baccettii Capra 1957 (Italy: Tuscany, Monte Argentario )
Subgenus Chopardina
- Dolichopoda bormansi Brunner von Wattenwyl 1882 (France: northern tip of Corsica ; occasionally also introduced to Great Britain)
- Dolichopoda cyrnensis Chopard 1950 (France: central Corsica and west coast of Corsica)
- Dolichopoda muceddai Rampini & di Russo 2005 (Italy: Sardinia)
- Dolichopoda remyi Chopard 1934 (Greece)
- Dolichopoda schiavazzii Capra 1934 (Italy: Tuscany including the island of Elba ; in northern Tuscany subspecies Dolichopoda s. Caprai )
Subgenus Dolichopoda
- Dolichopoda annae Boudou-Salt 1973 (Greece)
- Dolichopoda aranea Bolivar, I. 1899 (Turkey)
- Dolichopoda araneiformis (Burmeister 1838) (Croatia: Dalmatia )
- Dolichopoda azami Saulcy 1893 (France)
- Dolichopoda bolivari Chopard 1916 (Spain)
- Dolichopoda calabra Galvagni 1968 (Italy: Calabria )
- Dolichopoda capreensis Capra 1968 (Italy: Island of Capri )
- Dolichopoda chopardi Baccetti 1966 (France)
- Dolichopoda dalensi Boudou-Salt 1972 (Greece)
- Dolichopoda euxina Semenov 1901 (Caucasus)
- Dolichopoda geniculata (Costa, OG 1860) (Italy: southern Latium , Campania including the island of Ischia ; subspecies Dolichopoda g. Pontiana on the island of Ponza )
- Dolichopoda graeca Chopard 1964 (Greece)
- Dolichopoda hussoni Chopard 1934 (Macedonia, Greece)
- Dolichopoda insignis Chopard 1955 (Greece)
- Dolichopoda laetitiae Minozzi 1920 (Italy: Umbria , Marche and Emilia-Romagna ; the subspecies Dolichopoda l. Etrusca in northern Lazio)
- Dolichopoda ligustica Baccetti & Capra 1959 (Italy: Liguria including the subspecies Dolichopoda l. Septentrionalis )
- Dolichopoda linderi (Dufour 1861) (France: southern Pyrenees )
- Dolichopoda makrykapa Boudou-Salt 1980 (Greece)
- Dolichopoda matsakisi Boudou-Salt 1972 (Greece)
- Dolichopoda naxia Boudou-Salt 1972 (Greece)
- Dolichopoda noctivaga di Russo & Rampini 2007 (Turkey)
- Dolichopoda palpata (Sulzer 1776) (Italy: Calabria)
- Dolichopoda paraskevi Boudou-Salt 1973 (Greece)
- Dolichopoda patrizii Chopard 1964 (Greece)
- Dolichopoda pavesii Galvagni 2002 (Greece)
- Dolichopoda pusilla Bolivar, I. 1899 (Syria)
- Dolichopoda sbordonii di Russo & Rampini 2006 (Turkey)
- Dolichopoda steriotisi Boudou-Salt 1972 (Greece: Corfu Island)
- Dolichopoda thasosensis Chopard 1964 (Greece: Thasos Island)
- Dolichopoda unicolor Chopard 1964 (Greece)
Subgenus Petrochilosina
- Dolichopoda cassagnaui Boudou-Salt 1980 (Greece)
- Dolichopoda petrochilosi Chopard 1954 (Greece)
- Dolichopoda vandeli Boudou-Salt 1970 (Greece)
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literature
- G. Allegrucci, V. Todisco, V. Sbordoni: Molecular phylogeography of Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): A scenario suggested by mitochondrial DNA. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (1), 2005, pp. 153-164.
