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Issue: Vol. 2824 No. 1: 19 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2824.1.4
Page range: 53–61
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Miogryllus Saussure, 1877 from Andean Venezuela with bizarre cephalic morphology (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae, Modicogryllini)

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, São Paulo State University (UNESP), 18618–970 Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, São Paulo State University (UNESP), 18618–970 Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
Orthoptera Grylloidea Miogryllus South America Andes description taxonomy

Abstract

Miogryllus muranyi n. sp. is described from the Andean Acacia-Cactaceae semi-desert bush in the Chama Valley of Venezuela. The species is characterized by the unusual shape of the male head, which makes it readily distinguishable from any other congener known to date.

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