Katydids of Costa Rica / Vol. 1, Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae sensu lato).
Author
Piotr Naskrecki
text
2000
The Orthopterists Society at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, PA
book
10.5281/zenodo.270035
647046fe-0ee5-401d-b4f8-aea0355fde7f
270035
Copiphora brevicauda brevicauda
Karny, 1907
Fig. 42
D
1907 Karny, Abh. Zool.-bot. Ges.
Wien
4(3): 7;
type
locality:
Ecuador
, Cachabi;
type
depository: Naturhistorisches Museum,
Vienna
–
lectotype
male
1999 Naskrecki and Otte, Illustr. Cat. Orthop. I (
CD
ROM
) >>
lectotype
illustrated
Diagnostic description.—
Fastigium of vertex forming relatively small horn, with poorly developed ventral keel. Stridulatory file
1.75 mm
long, with 210-214 lamelliform teeth, evenly distributed (
Fig. 42
D). Ratio ovipositor/ hind femur 1.6-1.9. Tegmina mottled with numerous brown dots.
Measurements
.—
Table 4
.
Bioacoustics.—
Call unknown.
Distribution.—
This subspecies is known
Colombia
(F. Monteallegre, pers. comm.),
Ecuador
and
Venezuela
.
Material examined.—
ECUADOR
:
Cachabi, elev.
152.4 m
,
1 - 30 November 1896
(coll. Rosenberg) -
1 male
(
lectotype
),
1 female
(allolectotype) (
NHMW
); Guayaquil (with bananas),
23 May 1950
-
2 females
(
USNM
); same locality,
23 May 1950
-
1 female
(
USNM
); Santo Domingo de los Colorados, (coll. F. Campos) -
1 female
; Tonchique,
1 - 31 May 1964
-
1 male
(
USNM
);
Esmeraldas
Prov., El Placer, elev.
675 m
,
25 - 31 July 1987
(coll. G.S. Glenn) -
1 male
(
ANSP
);
Galápagos Islands
, St. Cruz,
3 km
W Bellavista, Finca Vilema, elev.
210 m
,
19 April 1992
(coll. S. Peck) -
1 male
(S. Peck collection); St. Cruz, Sta. Rosa, Tortoise Reserve, elev.
180 m
,
7 February 1989
(coll. S. Peck) -
1 male
(S. Peck collection);
Los Rios
Prov., Río Palanque Science
Cent
., ca
47 km
S Santo Domingo de los Colorados,
9 - 10 October 1988
(coll. J.L. Castner) -
2 females
(
USNM
);
VENEZUELA
:
Río Chacaito, Edo.
Miranda
, elev.
980 m
,
18 September 1939
(coll. G.V. Berthier) -
1 male
(
ANSP
).