A new genus of katydid from the Amazon Rainforest (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae; Steirodontini): Ninth contribution to the suprageneric organization of the Neotropical phaneropterines.
Emsleyfolium diasae n. gen. et n. sp., from the Brazilian, Colombian, Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon is described in this contribution. This new genus is morphologically very similar to Stilpnochlora, but is distinguished from the other Steirodiontini genera by its cone-head (similar to some genera of subfamily Conocephalinae, e.g. Neoconocephalus and Bucrates), modification of the tenth tergite into three lobes and absence of styles on subgenital plate. Thanatosis behavior is described as a defense mechanism.
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos "Kumangui". Bogotá-Colombia.; Email: ojccorthoptera@gmail.com.
Oscar J
OJ
Cadena-Castañeda
Laboratório de Entomologia Sistemática, Urbana e Forense. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), CEP 69060-001, Manaus, AM, Brazil.; Email: diego.mello.mendes@gmail.com.
Diego Matheus De Mello
DM
Mendes
Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Fauna de Solo. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), CEP 69060-001, Manaus, AM, Brazil.; Email: jraoliveira.bio@gmail.com.
João Rafael
JR
Alves-Oliveira
D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D009987:Orthoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D065947:Rainforest; D013020:South America