Platygryllus is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Gryllinae. 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. 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.
Species
The Orthoptera Species File includes:
- Platygryllus arambourgi <small>(Chopard, 1938)</small>
- Platygryllus atratulus <small>(Walker, 1869)</small>
- Platygryllus atritus <small>Otte & Cade, 1984</small>
- Platygryllus capensis <small>Otte & Cade, 1984</small>
- Platygryllus cockbilli <small>(Chopard, 1954)</small>
- Platygryllus congolensis <small>Gorochov, 1984</small>
- Platygryllus ignobilis <small>(Walker, 1869)</small>
- Platygryllus longus <small>(Gorochov, 1988)</small>
- Platygryllus maurus <small>(Afzelius & Brannius, 1804)</small>
- Platygryllus melanocephalus <small>(Serville, 1838)</small>
- Platygryllus nefandus <small>(Kirby, 1906)</small>
- Platygryllus olsufievi <small>(Gorochov, 1988)</small>
- Platygryllus orlovskajae <small>(Gorochov, 1988)</small>
- Platygryllus ovum <small>(Gorochov, 1988)</small>
- Platygryllus primiformis <small>Otte & Cade, 1984</small>
- Platygryllus quadristrigatus <small>(Saussure, 1877)</small> - type species (as Gryllus quadristrigatus <small>Saussure</small>)
- Platygryllus satunini <small>(Gorochov, 1988)</small>
- Platygryllus serengeticus <small>Otte & Cade, 1984</small>
- Platygryllus subalatus <small>(Chopard, 1951)</small>
- Platygryllus sudanus <small>(Gorochov, 1988)</small>
- Platygryllus xanthocercus <small>François & Defaut, 2018</small>
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