''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 Behavioral ecology, also spelled behavioural ecology, is the study of the evolutionary basis for animal behavior due to ecological pressures. Behavioral ecology emerged from ethology after Niko Tinbergen outlined four questions to address when ...

, specifically

mate choice Mate choice is one of the primary mechanisms under which evolution can occur. It is characterized by a "selective response by animals to particular stimuli" which can be observed as behavior.Bateson, Paul Patrick Gordon. "Mate Choice." Mate Choic ...

.Bateman, 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

References

Crickets Orthoptera of Africa Insects described in 1984 {{gryllidae-stub