Male Weaponry in a Fighting Cricket
Figure 1
A male cricket showing the: a) dorsal view of the head capsule and pronotum, b) ventral view of the head capsule and pronotum (head has been tilted dorsally to expose ventral mouthparts), c) ventral view of the right and left maxillae, d) ventral view of the right and left mandibles, and e) left hind leg.
All drawings are at the same scale. Morphological measurements are shown as dotted lines and abbreviations are as follows: HW = head width, PL = pronotum length, MxS = maxillae span, PW = pronotum width, MxL = maxilla length, MdL = mandible length, and FL = femur length. The left maxilla, excluding the palp, is shaded grey in b) and labeled with abbreviations indicating the various parts in both b) and c): la = lacinia, g = galea, s = stipes, ca = cardo, and ms = maxadentes (after [81]). Note that the second maxadentes on the right maxilla shows an abnormality in being slightly shorter and blunted. Drawings by Janice J. Ting.