title: Revision of the South American genus Xiphiola Bolívar, 1896 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Ommatolampidinae: Abracrini).
abstract: The Neotropical genus Xiphiola Bolívar, 1896 is revised. It includes two valid species: Xiphiola borellii Giglio-Tos, 1900 and Xiphiola cyanoptera (Gerstaecker, 1889). The genus and the species are redescribed and diagnostic characters are provided along with illustrations of each species. A lectotype and paralectoype for X. cyanoptera are here designated. We also include new morphological characters from male and female genitalia, and external characters that have not been employed until now. We present the distribution map based on material examined, as well as a key to species.
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - Faculdade de Biociências - Departamento de Biodiversidade e Ecologia - Laboratório de Entomologia. Av. Ipiranga, 6681 - Partenon - Porto Alegre/RS - CEP: 90619-900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Maria Kátia Matiotti Da
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB) - Laboratório de Entomologia, Sistemática e Biogeografia - LESB. Campus Carreiros, CEP: 96201-900, Prédio 6, Rio Grande, RS -Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Augusto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Departamento de Zoologia e Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Campus Universitário Capão do Leão s/n, Capão do Leão,RS, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Edison
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zefa
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - Faculdade de Biociências - Departamento de Biodiversidade e Ecologia - Laboratório de Entomologia. Av. Ipiranga, 6681 - Partenon - Porto Alegre/RS - CEP: 90619-900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Gervásio Silva
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D013020:South America; D013045:Species Specificity