I have checked this cricket against the original description and I think this is a female of Gryllomorpha merobricensis Fernandes, 1959, which described it from Serra de Grândola and Santiago do Cacém and suggested that some nymphae collected by Ebner in Monchique and Foia could belong to this species as well.
Gorochov & Llorente, 2001 consider that this is just a subspecies of Gryllomorpha adspersa, a species originally described from Northern Africa, and changed the name to Gryllomorpha adspersa merobricensis Fernandes, 1959. They add new localities from many provinces of Andalucia as far east as Almeria.
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We received requests to get permission to ask for ID in our Facebook group, https://www.facebo ok.com/groups/1798 95332035235/
Until now we pointed to diptera.info, but since Paul's passing we not
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys...
I will keep this on my list and hope th
Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"?
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