A new genus of predatory katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Listroscelidinae) from the Amazonian Rainforest

Diego Matheus De Mello Mendes; Juliana Chamorro-Rengifo; José Albertino Rafael

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4162.3.12

A new genus of predatory katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Listroscelidinae) from the Amazonian Rainforest

Zootaxa. 2016 Sep 12;4162(3):594-600. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.3.12.

Authors

Diego Matheus De Mello Mendes¹, Juliana Chamorro-Rengifo², José Albertino Rafael³

Affiliations

¹ Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Programa de Pós-graduação em Entomologia, Caixa Postal 2223, 69080-971 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.; Email: diego.mello.mendes@gmail.com.
² Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, 79090-900 Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil.; Email: julianachamorro@gmail.com.
³ Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Caixa Postal 2223, 69080-971 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.; Email: jarafael2@gmail.com.

PMID: 27615994
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.3.12

Abstract

Most of the predatory katydids Listroscelidini species known were described from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Here a new genus and species from the Amazonian Rainforest is described. Based on its morphological characteristics, this new genus represents an intermediate form between two closely related genera, Listroscelis Serville and Monocerophora Walker.

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil
Female
Gryllidae / anatomy & histology*
Gryllidae / classification*
Male
Predatory Behavior
Rainforest
Species Specificity