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Issue: Vol. 4688 No. 1: 21 Oct. 2019
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.1.10
Page range: 147–150
Abstract views: 132
PDF downloaded: 25

Clarifying the identity of the Uruguayan meadow katydid Conocephalus doryphorus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalini)

Sección Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias, UdelaR, Iguá 4225, Montevideo, Uruguay
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Conocephalini

Abstract

Conocephalus doryphorus (Karny, 1907), a member of the lesser meadow katydids, with around 150 recognized species in this genus with worldwide distribution, and around 25 of them living in South America, has been described from a unique immature female from an unknown locality in Uruguay.

 

References

  1. Braun, H. & Zubarán, G. (2019) Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) Species of Argentina and Uruguay. Available from: https://biodar.unlp.edu.ar/tettigoniidae (accessed 20 July 2019)

    Cigliano, M.M., Braun, H., Eades, D.C. & Otte, D. (2019) Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0/5.0. Available from: http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org (accessed 20 July 2019)

    Karny, H.H. (1907) Revisio Conocephalidarum. Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien, 4, 1–114.

    Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1915) Studies in American Tettigoniidae VI. A synopsis of the species of the genus Conocephalus found in America south of the southern border of the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 41, 225–290.

How to Cite

Greco-Spingola, S. & Braun, H. (2019)

Clarifying the identity of the Uruguayan meadow katydid Conocephalus doryphorus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalini)

. Zootaxa, 4688 (1), 147–150. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4688.1.10