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Issue: Vol. 2872 No. 1: 9 May. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-05-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2872.1.2
Page range: 18–34
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of the Mexican genus Ichthyotettix Rehn, 1901 with remarks on the tribe Ichthyotettigini (Orthoptera, Caelifera, Pyrgomorphidae)

Fondazione Edmund Mach - Ist. Agrario S. Michele all'Adige, Centro Trasferimento Tecnologico – Fitoiatria, Via Edmund Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
WBA-World Biodiversity Association, Via Trento 59D, I-36071 Arzignano (VI), Italy
Laboratorio de Protozoología, Departamento de Biología Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
Red de Ecología Funcional, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya CP 91070, Xalapa, Ver. México
Orthoptera Pyrgomorphidae Piscacris affinis Kevan Singh et Akbar 1964 Piscacris robertsi Kevan Pyrgotettix pueblensis Kevan Sphenotettix nobilis Kevan Ichthyotettix mexicanus

Abstract

Two new species of Pyrgomorphidae of the Mexican endemic genus Ichthyotettix Rehn, 1901, are described: Ichthyotettix stricticaudatus n. sp. (from Oaxaca) and Ichthyotettix inexpectatus n. sp. (from Morelos and Michoacan). The identity of the genus Ichthyotettix, to date considered monotypic, within the tribe Ichthyotettigini is discussed and the type locality of Ichthyotettix mexicanus (Saussure, 1859) is examined and restricted to Veracruz state. The two new species are well characterised both for their morphological external characters as well for male genitalia.

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