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Issue: Vol. 3964 No. 1: 29 May 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.1.6
Page range: 95–100
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 1

A note on the new species of the genus Isopsera (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae: Phaneropterinae) from India

ICAR Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur -313001, Rajasthan, India.
ICAR Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur -313001, Rajasthan, India.
ICAR Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur -313001, Rajasthan, India.
Orthoptera Phaneropteridae Phaneropterinae Isopsera arcuata Nagar Mal Swaminathan sp. nov.

Abstract

A new species of the genus, Isopsera: Isopsera arcuata Nagar, Mal, Swaminathan sp. nov. (Orthoptera:Phaneropteridae Burmeister, 1838; Phaneropterinae Burmeister, 1838) is described. The holotype (♂) was collected from South India: Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu). The geographical location had the following specifications: 12058 N 77035E 930MSL South India. The described species differs from the two closely related species, I. caligula Ingrisch and I. spinosa Ingrisch, based on the structure of the male sub-genital plate, cerci and stridulatory file on the left tegmen.