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Issue: Vol. 5437 No. 1: 11 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.7
Page range: 115-120
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Conocephalus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) from Argentina with extraordinarily broad-band ultrasound calling song

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Av. Int. Cantilo; Buenos Aires; Argentina
División Entomología; Museo de La Plata; Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Paseo del Bosque s/N°; 1900 La Plata; Argentina
Orthoptera Bioacoustics Buenos Aires Conocephalini iNaturalist meadow katydid

Abstract

Conocephalus tuyu sp. nov. belonging to Xenocerculus subgen. nov., is described from grassland among the sand dunes of the Atlantic coast of Buenos Aires Province. The unique species can be recognized by its extremely short wings, the reddish brown dorsal band, and the curious male cerci with a very long, inward-pointing spine at the tip. The entirely ultrasound calling song of the male shows an extraordinarily broad spectrum reaching 90 kHz. Ecology and possible distribution are discussed.

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