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Issue: Vol. 4126 No. 2: 17 Jun. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.2.5
Page range: 251–261
Abstract views: 73
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New species of Zygoclistron Rehn, 1905 (Insecta: Orthoptera: Acrididae: Copiocerinae) in the central corridor of the Atlantic Forest biome

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), 36570-000, Viçosa – MG, Brazil
Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), 29500-000, Alegre - ES, Brazil Current address: Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) – campus Rio Paranaíba, 38810-000, Rio Paranaíba – MG, Brazil
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 04263-000, São Paulo – SP, Brazil
Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), 36570-000, Viçosa – MG, Brazil
Orthoptera external morphology Acridomorpha grasshopper phallic complex Neotropical region

Abstract

Herein we describe a new species of Copiocerinae, Zygoclistron ruschii Silva n. sp., from Atlantic Forest remnants in southeastern Brazil, collected from the Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi in the Santa Teresa municipality, Espírito Santo state, Brazil. The diagnosis of this new species is based on phallic complex and terminalia characters.

 

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