Batrachideinae (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tetrigidae): an overview of the most diverse tetrigids of the Neotropical region
Author
Silva, Daniela Santos Martins
Author
Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
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Author
Pereira, Marcelo Ribeiro
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-03-17
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10. Genus
Rehnidium
Grant, 1956
Rehnidium
,
as the most part of batrachideines, is a genus with wide distribution in South America (
Fig. 39
) but poorly understood and few specimens known beyond the type’s species. After review of the
Scaria
(Cadena-Castañeda
et al.
, 2019), the genus
Rehnidium
currently has four species:
Rehnidium mendosum
Grant, 1956
(from
Peru
, Monson Valley, Tingo Maria) (
Fig. 28
);
Rehnidium necopinum
Grant, 1956
(from
Peru
, Departamento del
Cusco
, Marcapata) (
Figs. 29
,
30
);
Rehnidium omnivagum
Grant, 1956
(from
Brazil
,
Mato Grosso
, Santa Rosa de Descalvados) (
Figs. 31
,
32
) and
Rehnidium perexiguum
Grant, 1956
(
Ecuador
,
Tungurahua
, Baños) (
Fig. 33
) (
Grant, 1956
,
1962
;
Cigliano
et al.
, 2021
).
Rehnidium
is characterized by follow: protrusive frontal costa; antennae with 21 segments; wings reduced, apparently absent; anterior margin of the pronotum (lateral and dorsal view) hook-like (median carina sharply cristate); presence of lateral darkish perpendicular band from eyes to disc pronotal region and only brachpronotal specimens (
Grant, 1956
,
1962
).