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
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-24
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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.