Contribution to the knowledge of Batrachideini (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae): description of two new flightless genera, Naskreckiana and Procellator, and revision of the status of Eotetrix
Author
Kasalo, Niko
Matice hrvatske 11, BiH- 80101 Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina; e-mail: niko. kasalo
Author
Buzzetti, Filippo Maria
Museo di Scienze e Archeologia - Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto, Borgo Santa Caterina, 41, IT- 38068 Rovereto TN, Italy;
Author
Stancher, Gionata
Museo di Scienze e Archeologia - Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto, Borgo Santa Caterina, 41, IT- 38068 Rovereto TN, Italy;
Author
Cambra, Roberto A.
Museo de Invertebrados G. B. Fairchild, Estafeta Universitaria, Apartado 00017, Universidad Panamá, Panamá PA- 0824, Panama;
Author
Skejo, Josip
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Evolution Lab, temporarily Horvatovac 102 a, HR- 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; e-mail: skejo. josip @ gmail. com
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Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2023
2023-10-27
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http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2023.016
journal article
10.37520/aemnp.2023.016
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Procellator
Kasalo, Skejo & Cambra
gen. nov.
(
Figs 5–7
)
Type
species.
Procellator kai
Kasalo, Skejo & Cambra
sp. nov.
, here designated.
Diagnosis.
Most similar to the
Batrachideini
genera with an elevated median carina of the pronotum:
Cranotettix
,
Halmatettix
,
Plectronotus
, and
Naskreckiana
. The following set of characters allow this genus to be separated from all other
Batrachideini
: (1) frontal costa bifurcation at the upper third of the eye height, (2) mid-line of the antennal grooves at the bottom margin of eyes, (3) anterior spine reaching far beyond the anterior level of eyes, (4) median carina of pronotum elevated throughout its length, highest in the anterior quarter of its length, strongly undulated.
Etymology.
The word is coined from the Latin word
procella
, meaning storm, fused with the Latin suffix -
tor
used to form a third declension masculine agent noun (e.g., like
gladiator
, from
gladius
, sword). It represents a metaphor of the upcoming storm in the form of a revision of
Batrachideini
. “
procellator, -oris
, m.” is thus a masculine gender noun.
Composition and distribution.
The genus includes a single species,
Procellator kai
Kasalo, Skejo & Cambra
sp. nov.
, for now known only from
Panama
.