Systematics and phylogeny of the genus Caenomastax Hebard, 1923 (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Eumastacinae)
Author
Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
Author
Garay, Andrea
Author
Castañeda, Didier
Author
Cardona-Granda, Juan Manuel
Author
García, Alexander García
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Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
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Key to species of the genus
Caenomastax
1. Pronotum with pronounced hind margin (
Figs. 53, 56
,
78, 80
), stout females (
Figs. 77-84
) and micropterous males........ 2
- Pronotum with truncated hind margin, slender females both sexes brachypterous (
Figs. 59, 62
,
82, 84
).................. 3
2. Females: posterior projection of pronotal disc getting to half the tegmina length and with rounded tip (
Fig. 80
). Tegmina 3- lobed (
Fig. 85
). Medial projection of subgenital plate prominent and longer than lateral projections (
Fig. 87
). Males: abdominal sternites black and tomentose, lophi of epiphallus curving slightly towards the latero-external margin (
Fig. 67
).....................................................................................................
C. insignis
- Females:
Hind
projection of pronotal disc going slightly over half the tegmina length, obtuse tip (
Fig. 80
). Tegmina 2-lobed (
Fig. 88
). Medial projection of subgenital plate located in a deep emargination and as long and lateral projections (
Fig. 90
). Males: abdominal sternites yellowish and glabrous, lophi of epiphalls curving outwards (
Fig. 68, 70
)........
C. similis
n. sp.
3. Tegmina metallic green in color, thorax and abdomen coloration brown. Pronotal disc in the females with a spot to each side of the prozona (
Fig. 82
). Lateral lobes of epiphallic plate emarginated, slender and curved, anterior margin of epiphallic plate emarginated with medial region of similar width than the epiphallic disc; lateral lobe of epiphallus with anterior margin elongate and the posterior margin slightly projected (
Fig. 71
)......................................
C. bimaculata
n. sp.
- Tegmina coloration blue, general coloration of thorax and abdomen yellow and blue (
Fig. 62
,
83, 84
). Lateral lobes of epiphallic plate shoulder blade-shaped; anterior margin of epiphallic plate slightly emarginated. Length of medial region of epiphallic disc wavy, lateral lobe of epiphallus with anterior and posterior margin similar-sized (
Fig. 74, 76
)........................................................................................................
C. magdalenensis
n. sp.