title: Platygryllus
text: # Platygryllus
  
  Platygryllus is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Gryllinae. Records of species distribution (probably incomplete) include Africa, southern Europe and in Asia: India, Java and the Philippines.
  
  ## Mating behaviour
  
  Males of this genus transfer sperm to the female via a spermatophore which is externally attached to a females ovipositor. Male P. supplicans guard females after spermatophore transfer to prevent the female from removing his spermatophore prematurely. The females of P. primiformis use premature spermatophore removal as a form of cryptic female choice leaving larger males' spermatophores attached for significantly longer than smaller males.
  
  ## Species
  
  The Orthoptera Species File includes:
  
  * Platygryllus arambourgi (Chopard, 1938)
  * Platygryllus atratulus (Walker, 1869)
  * Platygryllus atritus Otte & Cade, 1984
  * Platygryllus capensis Otte & Cade, 1984
  * Platygryllus cockbilli (Chopard, 1954)
  * Platygryllus congolensis Gorochov, 1984
  * Platygryllus ignobilis (Walker, 1869)
  * Platygryllus longus (Gorochov, 1988)
  * Platygryllus maurus (Afzelius & Brannius, 1804)
  * Platygryllus melanocephalus (Serville, 1838)
  * Platygryllus nefandus (Kirby, 1906)
  * Platygryllus olsufievi (Gorochov, 1988)
  * Platygryllus orlovskajae (Gorochov, 1988)
  * Platygryllus ovum (Gorochov, 1988)
  * Platygryllus primiformis Otte & Cade, 1984
  * Platygryllus quadristrigatus (Saussure, 1877) - type species (as Gryllus quadristrigatus Saussure)
  * Platygryllus satunini (Gorochov, 1988)
  * Platygryllus serengeticus Otte & Cade, 1984
  * Platygryllus subalatus (Chopard, 1951)
  * Platygryllus sudanus (Gorochov, 1988)
  * Platygryllus xanthocercus François & Defaut, 2018
  