Platygryllus primiformis is a small (approx. ) brown cricket and is a member of the true cricket family Gryllidae.
Location This cricket is found in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Uses This cricket has been used as a study species in behavioural ecology, specifically mate choice.Parker DJ (2009) Pre and Postcopulatory Mate Choice in Platygryllus primiformis: Cryptic Female Choice and Sexual Conflict. Bioscience Horizons. 2, 164-171, http://biohorizons.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/hzp019v1Bateman, P. W. 1998 Assortative mating by both sexes in the cricket Platygryllus primiformis (Orthoptera : gryllidae; gryllinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 124, 63-68
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