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
Caulopsis microprora
Hebard, 1926
Figs. 18
A, 18C-F, 48H-I,
Map 11
1926 Hebard, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 52: 333;
type
locality:
Colombia
:
Magdalena
, Aracataca;
type
depository: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia -
holotype
male
1999 Naskrecki and Otte, Illustr. Cat. Orthop. I (
CD
ROM
) >>
holotype
illustrated
on the remainder of file (
Figs. 48
H-I). Mirror of stridulatory apparatus nearly circular. Fastigium of vertex usually about 2 to 2.5 times as long as eye diameter, with sides evenly converging when seen from above, and pointed apically (
Fig. 18
D).
Ovipositor distinctly longer than hind femur (ratio ovipositor/hind femur 1.12-1.27), distinctly downcurved (
Fig. 18
A).
Measurements
.—
Table 13
.
Distribution.—
This species is distributed from
Nicaragua
and
Costa Rica
throughout
Panama
to
Colombia
(
Map 11
).
Material examined.—
COSTA RICA
:
Diria,
14 March 1916
(coll. A. Alfaro) -
1 female
(
ANSP
);
Cartago
Prov.
, I.I.A.C., Turrialba,
27 July 1965
(coll. R.D. Sage and S.J. Arnold) -
1 female
(
EMEC
); Turrialba,
4 - 13 August 1970
(coll. J. and M. Sedlacek) -
1 male
,
1 female
(
BPBM
); Turrialba, Agr. Sta.,
10 February 1966
(coll. H.R. Roberts) -
1 female
(
ANSP
);
Heredia
Prov.
, Finca Naranjo Valenciana,
2 km
S Pueblo Nuevo, Sarapiquí, elev.
90 m
,
9 - 30 September 1992
(coll. M. Ortiz) -
2 females
(
ALAS
,
INBio
); Puerto Viejo,
6 April 1969
(coll. D.C.F. Rentz) -
1 male
(
ANIC
); Puerto Viejo, La Selva Biological Station, elev.
50 - 150 m
,
10° 26' N
,
84° 1' W
,
1 - 4 April 1994
(coll. P. Naskrecki) -
2 males
,
3 females
, 2 nymphs (
PN
collection); same locality,
14 October 1995
(coll. P. Naskrecki) -
3 males
,
3 females
, 6 nymphs (
ALAS
); same locality,
30 November 1995
(coll. P. Naskrecki) -
1 male
,
1 female
(
PN
collection);
Puntarenas
Prov.
, Estac. Esquinas, Península de Osa, elev.
200 m
,
29 December 1992
(coll. A. Gutiérrez) -
1 male
(
INBio
); Est Esquinas, Península de Osa, elev. 0 m,
15 January 1993
(coll. F. Quesada) -
1 male
(
INBio
); Las Cruces,
1 July - 31 August 1991
(coll. J. Doubles) -
1 male
(
UMMZ
); Rancho Quemado, Península de Osa, elev.
200 m
,
12 - 24 May 1993
(coll. A. Gutiérrez) -
1 male
(
INBio
);
PANAMA
:
Canal Zone, Barro
Colorado
,
19 July 1924
(coll. N. Banks) -
1 male
(
MCZC
); Pipeline rd., NW of Gamboa,
21 January 1975
(coll. D.C. Rentz) -
1 male
(
ANIC
);
COLOMBIA
:
Magdalena
, Aracataca,
8 August 1920
-
3 males
(
holotype
and
paratypes
),
1 female
(
allotype
) (
ANSP
); Medellín, Verra Cruz, (coll. M. Hyde) -
1 female
(
ANSP
).
Diagnostic description.—
General characteristics as described above. Stridulatory file of male
1.4 mm
long, with 110 teeth, maximum width of file 80 μm; proximal end of file nearly straight, with teeth considerably smaller than