Little walking leaves from southeast Ecuador: biology and taxonomy of Typophyllum species (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Pterochrozinae)
Author
Braun, Holger
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Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4012.1.1
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Typophyllum inflatum
Vignon 1925
T. gibbosum
Vignon 1925
syn. nov.
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T. inflatum
:
Vignon 1925b
: 446
,
Vignon 1931
: 129,
Beier 1960
: 362;
T. gibbosum
:
Vignon 1925b
: 448
,
Vignon 1931
: 130,
Beier 1960
: 262.
First group according to
Vignon (1925a)
.
T. inflatum
is described from a female
holotype
, along with a male
holotype
as variation
minor
, that subsequently became
syntype
or allotype of
inflatum
(
Vignon 1931
)
.
T. gibbosum
is known from a unique female. All three specimens (photos in OSF) are from Chiquitos in eastern
Bolivia
(Departamento Santa Cruz). The only difference between the female
types
is the dimension of the postmedian dilatation of the costal margin of the tegmina. In
gibbosum
it is more pronounced. However, the degree to which the costal margin is dilated is variable, as shown by
12 female
specimens from IguazĂș National Park in northeast
Argentina
, where
T. inflatum
has recently been found (Braun in prep.).
T. abruptum
Brunner
von Wattenwyl 1895, described from a slightly smaller female from
Bolivia
, is also very similar (photos in OSF). It has tegmina with a distally undulated anal margin, a condition not found among the IguazĂș specimens. So it seems advisable to wait with a possible synonymization until more specimens from
Bolivia
become available.