Studies on chevron crickets: Contribution to the knowledge of Lutosinae / ini taxa (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)
Author
Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
0000-0001-5646-0602
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos “ Kumangui ”. ojccorthoptera @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5646 - 0602
ojccorthoptera@gmail.com
Author
García, Alexander García
0000-0001-5646-0602
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos “ Kumangui ”. ojccorthoptera @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5646 - 0602 & agarciag @ udistrital. edu. co; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9905 - 003 X
ojccorthoptera@gmail.com
Author
Nos, Maria Del Pilar Castella-
0000-0003-3551-4370
Universidad INCCA de Colombia. Grupo en Ecología Evolutiva y Biogeografía Tropical ECOBIT. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3551 - 4370
Author
Sarmiento, Juan Pablo Prias
0000-0002-5602-3370
Universidad INCCA de Colombia. Grupo en Ecología Evolutiva y Biogeografía Tropical ECOBIT. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5602 - 3370
Author
Tavares, Gustavo Costa
Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB), Av. Augusto Correa # 1 66075 - 110, Belém, PA, Brazil. Grupo de Estudos de Artrópodes da Amazônia (GEAA).
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-08-29
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5178.4.3
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Apotetamenus clipeatus
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888
(
Fig. 15
)
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:
Orthoptera
.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:20117
Comments.
In this contribution we report specimens from the Brazilian Amazon and
São Paulo
. Unfortunately, no adult males were found, only subadults, but the identification is confirmed with several adult females found in the same collections, expanding the distribution of the species to the north and east of
Brazil
. This species was redescribed by
Cadena-Castañeda & Cortés-Torres (2013)
, in that same contribution
Apotetamenus politus
Bruner, 1915
was synonymized under
A. clipeatus
.
The huge population collected in Macapá intrigued us once it is composed only of females. This data suggests that this particular population probably is parthenogenetic. It has been largely postulated that asexual populations are colonization linages, and usually occur where sexual populations are difficult to establish, like isolated or marginal habitats (
Lorenzo-Carballa
et al.
2012
).
The sites where this species was collected are predominantly formed by open vegetation or rightly altered forest—all the localities in Amazon region are areas of savanah or highly devasted forest areas (
i.e.
, the locality in Paragominas is a bauxite mine). This data suggest that this kind of environment favors the stability of
A. clipeatus
populations or colonization.
Specimens examined and new records.
Brazil
,
Pará
,
1 female
,
Paragominas
,
Mineração Paragominas
-
Norsk Hydro
, AL-7,
3°13’02” S
,
47°42’11” W
.
13.II.2019
,
Tavares, G.C.
leg
. (
ANALUT00001
, ORT 0143).
2 adult
females, 23 imature males and 32 imature females
.
Pará
,
Salvaterra
, in three collection points: D1:
00°51’42’’S
,
48°37’14.1’’W
, D2:
00°51’44.6’’S
,
48°37’21.8’’W
, D3:
00°51’44.6’’S
,
48°37’21.8’’W
.
28.VIII-01.IX.2019
.
Savana
, collected in
pitfall
.
Chavier, C.
;
Antunes, H.
;
Drago, M.
;
Pantoja, P.
leg.
2 adult
females and 184 imature females
.
Amapá
,
Macapá
,
Quilombo Mel da Pedreira
, in three collection points: B1:
00°16’17”N
,
51°04’24.1W
,
B2:
00°16’25.8”N
,
51°04’22.5”W
,
B3:
00°16’33.8”N
,
51°04’20.4”W
.
14-18.
VI
.2019. Savana, collected in pitfall. Chavier, C.; Serrão, L.; Drago, M.; Pantoja, P. cols.
(except 1 imature female, collected in B2,
16.VI.2019
, Manual nocturnal collection, Drago, M.
col.
).
1 female
Mato Grosso
,
Querência
,
Fazenda Tanguro.
(
MPEG
)
.
São Paulo
,
Piracicaba
, 10-XII-61.
A. Zamiltla
leg
. (
CAUD
)
.
Measurements of adult females studied (in mm.). LB:
19–21.
Pr:
11.5–12.
HF:
14–15.
HT:
12.7–13.5.
Ov:
9.7–11.