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forest scaly cricket

Cycloptilum trigonipalpum

image of Cycloptilum trigonipalpum
Closeup showing palps (same female as in previous image).
Photograph by Lyle Buss, University of Florida.

Except in south Florida, the broadly triangular last segment of the maxillary palps is sufficient to identify this species. (The segment is strongly expanded distally; see drawing.)