Diversity and distribution of cave crickets in the genus Micropathus Walker, 1869, threatened short-range endemics from Tasmanian wet forest (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) - Corrigendum

288 European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 288–291 https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3095 europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu ISSN 2118-9773 2025 · Beasley-Hall P.G. & Eberhard S.M. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) Published: 20 October 2025 Corrigendum urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:09AA747B-D9E8-4872-9D4E-B3DBAEDD5C8B Diversity and distribution of cave crickets in the genus Micropathus Walker, 1869, threatened short-range endemics from Tasmanian wet forest (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) — Corrigendum Perry G. BEASLEY-HALL 1,* & Stefan M. EBERHARD 2 1 School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia. 2 Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, WA, Australia. 2 University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. * Corresponding author: perry[email protected] 2 Email: [email protected] Beasley-Hall P.G. & Eberhard S.M. 2025. Diversity and distribution of cave crickets in the genus Micropathus Walker, 1869, threatened short-range endemics from Tasmanian wet forest (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) — Corrigendum. European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 288–291. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3095 The present corrigendum corrects the authorship of Micropathus in the title of Beasley-Hall & Eberhard (2025) and technical errors that occurred during the production process. Corrigendum for the title Page 239, Title: The genus authority was incorrectly given as “Micropathus Walker, 1869”. The correct authority is “Micropathus Richards, 1964”. This error is confined to the title; the rest of the text uses the correct authority. The authors apologise for the oversight and any confusion caused. List of technical errors Due to an error in the production process, several sections of text were inadvertently omitted from the published article. The production team regrets that these errors occurred during the final production stage and apologises for the inconvenience. The corrections are as follows: Materials and methods Page 241, line 4: “(summarised in Fig. )” should read “(summarised in Fig. 1a)” Page 241, lines 11–12: “and a GenBank accession supplied (COI).” should read “and a GenBank accession supplied for the cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene (COI).” BEASLEY-HALL P.G. & EBERHARD S.M., Diversity and distribution of Micropathus (Orthoptera) — Corrigendum 289 Treatment of Micropathus Richards, 1964 Page 241, Etymology, line 3: “or the Romance ‘pata’ ()” should read “or the Romance ‘pata’ (‘paw’, ‘claw’)” Page 241, Description, lines 2–3: “brown patterning (e.g., ).” should read “brown patterning (e.g., Figs 3, 5).” Page 242, lines 12–13: “vs species always lacking those the surface is completely unarmed;” should read “vs species always lacking those spines, i.e., the surface is completely unarmed;” Page 242, line 15: “generally bear 25– linear spines” should read “generally bear 25–48 linear spines” Page 242, lines 25–26: “Similarly, Tasmanoplectron bears linear spines on both the dorsal as well as ventral surfaces of the middle tibia” should read “Similarly, Tasmanoplectron – which occurs on the Forestier and Tasman Peninsulas – bears linear spines on both the dorsal as well as ventral surfaces of the middle tibia” Page 242, Remarks, line 5: “ note that Richards referred to the distinctive lobes” should read “Finally, we note that Richards referred to the distinctive lobes” Key to the species of Micropathus Richards, 1964 Pages 243–244: Due to multiple production errors in the published key, the corrected key is presented here in full. 1. Ventral surface of hind femur variably armed with linear spines. Male subgenital plate rounded, often not readily distinguishable from preceding sternite 9 (e.g., Fig. 9c) ................................................ 2 – Ventral surface of hind femur without linear spines. Male subgenital plate bulbous, pronounced from preceding sternite 9 (e.g., Figs 6c, 8c) .............................................................................................. 5 2. Body colouration predominantly dark brown with mid brown patterning (Fig. 7). Hind femur with ventral linear spines variably present both retrolaterally and prolaterally. Female subgenital plate concave distolaterally, bearing two long, distomedial lobes (Fig. 2d). Male suranal plate with straight proximal margin, notched distally (Fig. 2d) ..............................................M. fuscus Richards, 1968 – Body colouration mid brown (e.g., Fig. 5). Hind femur with ventral linear spines variably present retrolaterally only, prolateral surface always unarmed ...................................................................... 3 3. Female subgenital plate strongly concave laterally and with horn-like projections at distolateral corners (Fig. 2a). Proximal margin of male suranal plate forming three rounded lobes (Fig. 2a), distal margin rounded .................................................................................... M. montanus Richards, 1971 – Female subgenital plate straight to convex laterally, convex distolaterally (Fig. 2b–c) ................... 4 4. Distolateral portion of female subgenital plate with broadly square, sclerotised corners; two sclerotised lobes at distal margin separated by wide medial notch (Figs 2c, 9e). Proximal margin of male suranal plate forming three rounded lobes; distal margin with faint medial notch (Fig. 2c, 9b) .................... ............................................................................................................M. zubat Beasley-Hall sp. nov. – Distolateral portion of female subgenital plate rounded; two lobes originating from medial surface of plate and separated by a furrow; distal margin of plate with a deep but narrow medial notch (Figs 2b, 4b). Male suranal plate oval-shaped and rounded at proximal and distal margins (Fig. 2b) .............. ..........................................................................................................M. cavernicolus Richards, 1964 European Journal of Taxonomy 1022: 288–291 (2025) 290 5. Lobes originating from medial surface of female subgenital plate, measuring at least half length of plate (Figs 2g, 6e). Male suranal plate with rounded proximal margin and a moderate medial notch on distal margin (Figs 2g, 6b). Male subgenital plate pale and with a prominent triangular apex (Fig. 6c) ............................................................................................... M. ditto Beasley-Hall sp. nov. – Lobes originating from distal margin of female subgenital plate, measuring less than half length of plate ................................................................................................................................................... 6 6. Body colouration mid brown. Lobes on female subgenital plate measuring around a quarter length of plate and separated at their bases by a medial furrow (Figs 2e, 8e). Distal margin of male suranal plate uninterrupted or with a faint medial notch (Fig. 8b). Male subgenital plate uniform in colour to preceding sternite and with a rounded, poorly pronounced apex (Fig. 8c) ........................................ ......................................................................................................... M. tasmaniensis Richards, 1964 – Body colouration uniformly dark brown. Distal margin of male suranal plate uninterrupted (Fig. 2f). Lobes on female subgenital plate short, measuring around an eighth length of plate, and touching at their bases (Fig. 2f). Female subgenital plate rounded laterally and distally ..................................... .................................................................................................................M. kiernani Richards, 1974 Treatment of Micropathus cavernicolus Richards, 1964 Page 247, Fig. 4 caption: “a. Original drawing by Richards (1964) showing lobes of the distal margin projecting laterally ().” should read “a. Original drawing by Richards (1964) showing lobes of the distal margin projecting laterally.” Treatment of Micropathus ditto Beasley-Hall sp. nov. Page 248, Diagnosis, line 3: “(Figs 2, 6b)” should read “(Figs 2g, 6b)” Page 249, line 4: “remain in contact throughout their length (Figs 6e).” should read “remain in contact throughout their length (Figs 2g, 6e).” Page 249, Etymology, line 1: “Named after , a Pokémon from the video game franchise of the same name.” should read “Named after Ditto, a Pokémon from the video game franchise of the same name.” Treatment of Micropathus fuscus Richards, 1968 Page 253, Diagnosis, line 5: “(Fig. 2).” should read “(Fig. 2d).” Treatment of Micropathus kiernani Richards, 1974 Page 255, Diagnosis, lines 2 and 4: “(Fig. 2)” should read “(Fig. 2f)” Treatment of Micropathus montanus Richards, 1971 Page 256, Diagnosis, lines 4 and 6: “(Fig. 2)” should read “(Fig. 2a)” Treatment of Micropathus tasmaniensis Richards, 1964 Page 257, Diagnosis, line 3: “(Figs 2, 8b)” should read “(Figs 2e, 8b)” BEASLEY-HALL P.G. & EBERHARD S.M., Diversity and distribution of Micropathus (Orthoptera) — Corrigendum 291 Page 257, line 4: “(Figs 2, 8e)” should read “(Figs 2e, 8e)” Page 259, Remarks, line 2: “(Fig. )” should read “(Fig. 1b)” Treatment of Micropathus zubat Beasley-Hall sp. nov. Page 260, Diagnosis, line 4: “(Figs 2, 9b)” should read “(Figs 2c, 9b)” Page 260, line 8: “(Figs 2, 9e)” should read “(Figs 2c, 9e)” Discussion Page 262, line 9: “has been observed feeding on eggs of Micropathus ditto Beasley-Hall sp. nov.” should read “has been similarly observed feeding on eggs of Micropathus ditto Beasley-Hall sp. nov.” Page 264, lines 1–2: “In addition to the new species mentioned above, we have also undertaken a revision of Micropathus more.” should read “In addition to the new species mentioned above, we have also undertaken a revision of Micropathus more broadly.” Page 264, line 11: “ further reinforced that Tasmania is a biodiversity hotspot for Rhaphidophoridae.” should read “This study has further reinforced that Tasmania is a biodiversity hotspot for Rhaphidophoridae.” Table 1 Page 263, table caption: “Summary of distribution, habitats, and conservation status of Micropathus spp.” should read “Table 1. Summary of distribution, habitats, and conservation status of Micropathus spp.” Reference Beasley-Hall P.G. & Eberhard S.M. 2025. Diversity and distribution of cave crickets in the genus Micropathus Walker, 1869, threatened short-range endemics from Tasmanian wet forest (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1012: 239–267. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1012.3053 Printed versions of all papers are deposited in the libraries of three of the institutes that are members of the EJT consortium: Muséum national dʼHistoire naturelle, Paris, France; Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium; Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium. 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