Platygryllus is a genus of the true cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 family Gryllidae.

Mating behaviour

Males of this genus transfer sperm to the female via an spermatophore

Spermatophore

A spermatophore or sperm ampulla is a capsule or mass created by males of various animal species, containing spermatozoa and transferred in entirety to the female's ovipore during copulation...

 which is externally attached to a females ovipositor

Ovipositor

The ovipositor is an organ used by some animals for oviposition, i.e., the laying of eggs. It consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages formed to transmit the egg, to prepare a place for it, and to place it properly...

. Male crickets guard females after spermatophore transfer to prevent the female from removing his spermatophore prematurely. Females use premature spermatophore removal as a form of cryptic female choice leaving larger males' spermatophores attached for significantly longer than smaller males.

Species

• Platygryllus primiformis
  Platygryllus primiformis
  Platygryllus primiformis is a small brown cricket and is a member of the true cricket family Gryllidae.-Uses:This cricket has been used as a study species in behavioural ecology, specifically mate choice....
  
  
• Platygryllus cockbilli
• Platygryllus lineaticeps
• Platygryllus maurus
• Platygryllus pulchriceps
• Platygryllus melanocephalus
• Platygryllus arambourgi
• Platygryllus nefandus
• Platygryllus brunneri