On brachypterous phaneropterine katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil: three new species, new record and bioacoustics
Author
Fianco, Marcos
Author
Preis, Hemanueli
Author
Szinwelski, Neucir
Author
Braun, Holger
Author
Faria, Luiz R. R.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-08
4652
2
240
264
journal article
26056
10.11646/zootaxa.4652.2.2
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Key to species of the genus
Xenicola
(modified from
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
)
1. Pronotal carinae smooth; individuals small (body length ca.
12–20 mm
); ovipositor more than three times as long as pronotum, males with a tricolour band on lateral edges of body.......................................................... 2
1’. Pronotal carinae crenellated; individuals large (body length ca.
25 mm
); ovipositor twice as long as pronotum (males unknown).............................................................
X. superba
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
2. Posterior edge of pronotal disc black; scape and pedicel with black marks; ovipositor almost four times as long as pronotum.................................................................................................... 3
2’. Posterior edge of pronotal disc of same general color as rest of disc; scape and pedicel without black marks; tricolor lateral band across head, thorax and abdomen, females with a white stripe.......................................
X. taroba
sp. n.
3. Antennae light yellow; tricolor band across thorax and abdomen, the superior strip much smaller than others, the middle one with the same width along all extension; male cerci straight, apex abruptly curved (females unknown).......................................................................................
X. dohrni
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
3’. Antennae black; tricolor band across head, thorax and abdomen, the superior strip almost of same width as inferior; the middle one increasing in width in metazona; male cerci uniformly curved; females with the same patterns as males......................................................................................................
X. xukrixi
sp. n.