title: Studies in Guatemalan Caelifera: New grasshoppers and monkey grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acridoidea & Eumastacoidea) and an updated checklist.
abstract: We describe six species of Acridomorpha, Orthoptera from Guatemala: Paralethus rowelli n. sp., Paralethus cerezoi n. sp., Episactus schusteri n. sp. (Episactidae: Episactinae), Pararhicnoderma eniocanoi n. sp. (Romaleidae: Bactrophorinae), Tela neumanni n. sp. and Leioscapheus faustinoi n. sp. (Acrididae: Proctolabinae). four genera and five species are recorded for Guatemala and, at the same time a checklist is provided for Caelifera species found so far in the country.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos "Kumangui". Bogotá-Colombia.; Email: ojccorthoptera@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Oscar J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Cadena-Castañeda
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala.; Email: jmonzon@uvg.edu.gt.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Monzón-Sierra
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D057189:Checklist; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size