The Little Harlequin Katydid-a new species of Paraxiphidium Redtenbacher, 1891 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae; Conocephalini) from the Amazonian Rainforest Author Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello Author Oliveira, Jomara Cavalcante De text Zootaxa 2019 2019-06-24 4623 1 151 162 journal article 26427 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.1.10 6ec72253-14d7-4af4-af52-fbaed1a9fbc7 1175-5326 3253482 C844F8D1-6BBE-4AC9-A933-2A963CBBC529 Paraxiphidium versicolor Redtenbacher, 1891 Figures 1 and 11 Paraxiphidium versicolor Redtenbacher, 1891: 493 ; Kirby, 1906: 271 ; Hollier, 2012: 22 ; Cigliano et al. , 2019. Diagnosis. Cercus apex bifurcate, with lateral projection ensiform 2 times longer than apical projection ( Fig. 1B ); base with lateral projection subrectangular ( Fig. 1B ). Head dorsally with one brown band ( Fig. 1C ); compound eyes light gray. Pronotum dorsally green with a brown band not reaching anterior pronotal margin ( Fig. 1C ); pronotal spot bluish-green under pronotal disc brown band. Hind femur with black general coloration and beige and blue spots ( Fig. 1C ). Geographical records. Peru (specific locality of collection not informed in the original publication) ( Fig. 11 ). Comments. Species originally described by Redtenbacher (1891) and until this work was the only species in Paraxiphidium . Despite having an impressive color pattern, which attracts the attention of nature enthusiasts and photographers, many important taxonomic characters still remain unknown, such as the morphology of the stridulatory file and the morphology of the internal male genitalia.