Procellator Kasalo, Skejo & Cambra 2023, gen. nov.
Creators
- 1. Matice hrvatske 11, BiH- 80101 Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina; e-mail: niko. kasalo
- 2. Museo di Scienze e Archeologia - Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto, Borgo Santa Caterina, 41, IT- 38068 Rovereto TN, Italy;
- 3. Museo de Invertebrados G. B. Fairchild, Estafeta Universitaria, Apartado 00017, Universidad Panamá, Panamá PA- 0824, Panama;
- 4. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Evolution Lab, temporarily Horvatovac 102 a, HR- 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; e-mail: skejo. josip @ gmail. com
Description
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Type species. Procellator kai Kasalo, Skejo & Cambra sp. nov., here designated.
Diagnosis. Most similar to the Batrachideini genera with an elevated median carina of the pronotum: Cranotettix, Halmatettix, Plectronotus, and Naskreckiana. The following set of characters allow this genus to be separated from all other Batrachideini: (1) frontal costa bifurcation at the upper third of the eye height, (2) mid-line of the antennal grooves at the bottom margin of eyes, (3) anterior spine reaching far beyond the anterior level of eyes, (4) median carina of pronotum elevated throughout its length, highest in the anterior quarter of its length, strongly undulated.
Etymology. The word is coined from the Latin word procella, meaning storm, fused with the Latin suffix - tor used to form a third declension masculine agent noun (e.g., like gladiator, from gladius, sword). It represents a metaphor of the upcoming storm in the form of a revision of Batrachideini. “ procellator, -oris, m.” is thus a masculine gender noun.
Composition and distribution. The genus includes a single species, Procellator kai Kasalo, Skejo & Cambra sp. nov., for now known only from Panama.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Tetrigidae
- Genus
- Procellator
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Kasalo, Skejo & Cambra
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Procellator Kasalo, Cambra & Skejo, 2023