Rhabdotogryllus caraboides
FAMILY
Gryllidae
TAXONOMY
Rhabdotogryllus caraboides Chopard, 1954, Mt. Nimba area; Keoulenta, Guinea, Africa.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
None known.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Both sexes with shortened, thick tegmina covering half of abdomen, venation consists of many straight, parallel veins. Males do not have sound-producing modifications on wings and are presumably silent. Black, shiny, resembles small beetle.
DISTRIBUTION
Guinea (West Africa).
HABITAT
Litter of the lowland and midelevation tropical rainforest, sometimes observed on termite mounds.
BEHAVIOR
Almost nothing is known; may be associated with termites but nature of association is unknown.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Nothing is known.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Nothing is known.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not listed by the IUCN, but likely threatened by habitat loss.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.
