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What the sources say about this taxon, as written.
diagnosis · 
Plazi
Diagnosis A medium- to large-sized ground cricket (body length 6 to 9 mm ), coloured brown. Legs with four subapical spurs on both inner and outer edge of Tibia III in both males and females; fourth inner subapical spur is glandular in males. Male forewing light brown in colour, shiny; it reflects light like a mirror ( Fig. 8A–B ); stridulatory file with 97 to 110 teeth. Female forewing has both short ( Fig. 28B ) and long ( Fig. 28C ) morphs; individuals with fully developed hindwings are common.
description · Plazi
Description Refer to the detailed description in Otte & Alexander (1983: 167–169) . See also Fig. 23 in this work. MEASUREMENTS . See Table 6 , also Figs 6–7 . No sexual dimorphism. SONG . A sequence of thrills with a peak frequency between 5.5 kHz and 7 kHz, each thrill up to one and a half seconds in length; interval between thrills between one and three seconds long ( Figs 5 , 24 ; Table 5 ). See also the detailed description in Otte & Alexander (1983: 167–169) . Habitat and ecology Pteronemobius truncatus is a nocturnal species, almost always found in the proximity of water, including at the edge of ephemeral puddles and in saturated lawns. Swarms of winged individuals are known to form in late summer ( Messenger 1991 ). Pteronemobius truncatus often forms mixed populations with the smaller Pteronemobius cf. arima and with ground crickets in the genus Bobilla , with which it could easily be confused.
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