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Issue: Vol. 952 No. 1: 22 Apr. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-04-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.952.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 2

A new genus and species of katydids of the tribe Polyancistrini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) from Brazil, an apparent pest of Eucalyptus plantations

Conservation International at Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Orthoptera katydid Tettigoniidae Neotropical Region Cerrado Grão Mogol pest Eucalyptus

Abstract

A new genus and species of polyancistrine katydid, Spinapecta alieniphaga gen. n. et sp. n. is described from Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil. It is closely related to Polyancistrus Serville, but differs from this and other members of Polayncistrini (Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) in the unique structure of the male abdomen, sternal armature, and the female sound producing organs. S. alieniphaga appears to be a pest of Eucalyptus plantations.

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