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Issue: Vol. 5633 No. 2: 12 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5633.2.7
Page range: 351-363
Abstract views: 83
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Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: Redescription of the male and description of the female of Metrodora rana Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with new records to Colombia and Brazil

Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos “Kumangui”; Bogotá; Colombia.
Universidad INCCA de Colombia. Grupo en Biotecnología y Medio Ambiente BIOMA.
Universidad INCCA de Colombia. Grupo en Biotecnología y Medio Ambiente BIOMA.
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos “Kumangui”; Bogotá; Colombia.
Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB). Laboratório de Invertebrados (LA-INV). Grupo de Estudos de Artrópodes da Amazônia (GEAA). Belém; Pará; Brazil.
Orthoptera Metrodorinae morphology distribution Amazon citizen science

Abstract

In this contribution to the study of pygmy grasshoppers, the description of the female of Metrodora rana Bolívar, 1887 is provided as well as the redescription of the male with additional characters to those included in its original description. The occurrence in the Colombian and Brazilian Amazon is recorded for the first time, and additional iNaturalist records from Peru and Brazil are also presented. The importance of the study of M. rana for the foundations of the classification of the subfamily Metrodorinae is discussed. Additionally, Metrodora ala Kasalo & Skejo, 2025 syn. nov. is synonymized under Hebardidora kasaloi Cadena-Castañeda & Tavares, 2025, and Metrodora mollilobata Kasalo & Skejo, 2025 syn. nov. under Hebardidora harroweri (Hebard, 1924).

 

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How to Cite

Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Alvarez, E.J.M., Quintana-Arias, R.F., García, A.G. & Tavares, G.C. (2025) Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: Redescription of the male and description of the female of Metrodora rana Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with new records to Colombia and Brazil. Zootaxa, 5633 (2), 351–363. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.2.7