The Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) described by Salvador de Toledo Piza Jr. and deposited in the collection of the University of São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura " Luiz de Queiroz ", Brazil
Author
Chamorro-Rengifo, Juliana
Author
Braun, Holger
text
Zootaxa
2010
2635
41
66
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.198409
4eb51d5a-162f-4e84-89b2-dca495a07b9f
1175-5326
198409
Euceraia acreana
(Piza, 1973)
comb. nov.
Zenirella acreana
Piza, 1973
Ferreiraia nigropunctata
Piza, 1976
syn. nov.
Zenirella
Piza, 1973
syn. nov.
of
Euceraia
Hebard, 1927
Ferreiraia
Piza, 1976
syn. nov.
of
Euceraia
Hebard, 1927
Zenirella acreana
and
Ferreiraia nigropunctata
, each described from a male specimen from northern
Brazil
, not only represent a single genus, but also a single species. Habitus, coloration, including the dark spots on the tegmina, and the male genitalia, most notably the conspicuous appendages of the tenth tergite are identical. In
nigropunctata
the dark markings on the hind tibia are more conspicuous, but they are present in
acreana
as well. While there is little doubt that the species belongs to the genus group Plagiopleurae, it was difficult to decide whether the insufficiently diagnosed genus
Zenirella
should be conserved. Piza considered the modified tenth tergite as diagnostic of
Zenirella
, without mentioning any other genera. He mentioned these appendages also for
Ferreiraia
, a genus he otherwise compared to
Parableta
. Such cerciform processes are actually diagnostic of
Euceraia
, and Piza’s specimens comply quite well with Grant’s (1964) diagnosis of that genus. So it is probably better to accommodate the species there.