New tribes, overview and checklist of Neotropical Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tetrigidae)
Author
Silva, Daniela Santos Martins
Author
Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
Author
Pereira, Marcelo Ribeiro
Author
Domenico, Fernando Campos De
Author
Sperber, Carlos Frankl
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Insecta Mundi
2019
2019-08-30
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10.5281/zenodo.3674939
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1942-1354
3674939
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Mucrotettix
Perez-Gelabert, Hierro and Otte, 1998
Fig. 13−14
Mucrotettix
has two species from
the Dominican
Republic:
Mucrotettix gibbosus
Perez-Gelabert, Hierro and Otte, 1998
(
Fig. 13
) and
M. spinifer
Perez-Gelabert, Hierro and Otte, 1998
(
Fig. 14
).
Mucrotettix
is morphologically similar to
Truncotettix
, but can be distinguished from it by its sharply pointed posterior margin of pronotum, slightly larger body, 14-segmented antennae, and less tectiform pronotum, with anterior margin not produced over vertex (
Perez-Gelabert et al. 1998
;
Fig. 13
,
14
). These two species can be distinguished by the following characteristics:
M. gibbosus
has a wider scutellum (
Fig. 13D
), rounded lateral lobes of pronotum (
Fig. 13A
), and fore and middle legs without spines or projections (
Fig. 13
A-D), whereas
M. spinifer
has a narrower scutellum (
Fig. 14C
), truncated lateral lobes of pronotum (
Fig. 14A
) and fore and middle legs with spines or projections (
Fig. 14
A-C) (
Perez-Gelabert et al. 1998
).