Mutonemobius Hegg, 2024, gen. nov.

Genus Mutonemobius gen. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2B391E11-9118-4190-98BF-162B69795392 Type species Mutonemobius marmoratus gen. et sp. nov. Etymology From the Latin ‘ mūtus ’ (adj.), ‘mute’, ‘silent’; Mutonemobius means ‘silent Nemobius ’. Mutonemobius is male gender. Diagnosis Large-sized Nemobiinae, with body length between 7 and 9 mm. Forewings vestigial only, identical in both sexes, lacking stridulatory apparatus in males; hindwings and tympana absent. Head large and bulbous; eyes not bulging. Tibia III in both sexes with four subapical spurs on inner edge and three or four subapical spurs on outer edge. Length of outer ventral apical spur on Tibia III approx. 80% to 85% that of inner ventral apical spur. Outer apical spur on Tarsomere III-1 approx. 70% that of inner apical spur. Male genitalia as in Fig. 21. Ovipositor smooth, slender, with lateral valves divaricating at apex. Habitat and ecology Nocturnal, Mutonemobius crickets live in leaf litter in forest habitat and in tall, damp grass, where they can locally reach very high population densities.