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Issue: Vol. 155 No. 1: 12 Mar. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-03-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.155.1.1
Page range: 1–31
Abstract views: 96
PDF downloaded: 9

Tergoceracris, a new genus and six new species of montane grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Ommatolampinae) from Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

Department of Systematic Biology, Entomology Section, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 20560-0169. USA
Department of Entomology, Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th Street and Benjamin Franklin Pkwy., Philadelphia, PA 19103.USA
Orthoptera Grasshoppers Acrididae Ommatolampinae Hispaniola Puerto Rico Greater Antilles West Indies

Abstract

The new genus Tergoceracris consists of six new species; all are brachypterous, semi-arboreal and montane grasshoppers. They are distinguished from all other known neotropical acridoids by having exaggerated and vertically projecting furculae in the males. Two new species are from the Dominican Republic (Tergoceracris ocampensis n. sp. and Tergoceracris ebanoverde n. sp.) and four from Puerto Rico (Tergoceracris guajataca n. sp., Tergoceracris cerropunta n. sp., Tergoceracris cayey n. sp., and Tergoceracris luquillensis n. sp.).

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