Gryllus longicercus

Weissman & Gray, 2019

Long-cercus Field Cricket

Gryllus longicercus is a field cricket described in 2019, notable for possessing the longest known in the Gryllus. It represents the first New World to have its fully assembled and annotated, with a 1.85 Gb genome containing 19,715 from 14,789 gene models. The species inhabits rocky desert landscapes and exhibits characteristic typical of field crickets.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Gryllus longicercus: //ˈɡrɪləs lɒnˈdʒɪsərkəs//

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Identification

Distinguished from other Gryllus by possessing the longest known in the . As a recently described species (2019), specific morphological details beyond this diagnostic feature remain limited in published literature.

Habitat

Rocky landscapes of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts

Distribution

Western USA and Mexico; collected in Yuma County, Arizona, USA

Behavior

Exhibits characteristic through stridulation, with males producing chirps by rubbing the scraper of one forewing against the file of the other.

Human Relevance

Serves as an emerging model research organism for neurobiology, , and evolutionary studies due to its recently sequenced ; represents the first genome assembly for a New World .

Similar Taxa

Gryllus pennsylvanicusShares and general field cricket , but differs in length and geographic distribution
Gryllus firmusAnother North American field cricket with overlapping range, but lacks the exceptionally long diagnostic of G. longicercus

More Details

Genomic significance

First New World to have complete assembly, combining 44.54 Gb PacBio long reads and 120.44 Gb Illumina short reads, facilitating comparative studies with other cricket

Taxonomic recency

Described in 2019, making it one of approximately 35 named North American Gryllus ; limited natural history data available due to recent description