A new species of Conocephalus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) from Argentina with extraordinarily broad-band ultrasound calling song
Author
Rubio, Lucas
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Av. Int. Cantilo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Author
Braun, Holger
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s / N °, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-04-11
5437
1
115
120
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.7
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.7
1175-5326
10959498
640B8D0A-880B-447D-87E0-0610003DCC90
Conocephalus
(
Xenocerculus
)
subgen. nov.
Etymology.
Derived from Greek ξενικός, strange, referring to the unusual male cerci, very different compared to species of other subgenera of
Conocephalus
, the diminutive alluding to the small body size. Gender is masculine.
Diagnosis.
Smaller than most South American
Conocephalus
species.
The strongly reduced wings leave the entire abdomen exposed. Fastigium very narrow, prosternum with a pair of delicate spines, and tip of hind tibia without internal dorsal spine. Male cerci slender, with a very long internal transversal spine at the tip, male subgenital plate simple with short styli. Ovipositor long and straight.
Type
.
C
.
(
X
.)
tuyu
sp. nov.