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Issue: Vol. 5264 No. 3: 14 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.3.6
Page range: 381-392
Abstract views: 207
PDF downloaded: 16

A new species of Colpolopha Stål, 1873 (Orthoptera: Romaleidae) from Brazil

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of Michigan; 3600 Varsity Drive; 48108 Ann Arbor; MI; USA.
Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE); CONICET-UNLP; Boulevard 120 s/n entre av. 60 y calle 64; (1900); La Plata; Argentina
Orthoptera Grasshopper Romaleinae brachypterous National Forest Araripe Ceará State Moacyr Alvarenga

Abstract

Colpolopha minuta sp. nov. (Orthoptera: Romaleidae) is described from Floresta Nacional do Aripe near Crato in Ceará State, Brazil from 17 specimens collected by Moacyr Alvarenga deposited at the Insect Collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. This new species is characterized by its small size and brachypterous tegmina compared to other known Colpolopha species. A comparison with other short-winged Colpolopha species is provided. A discussion about some iNaturalist records is provided in order to help us identify possible new records or species in the region.

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