Published May 28, 2024 | Version v1
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Lophotettiginae Hancock 1909

  • 1. Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR- 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstraße 13, D- 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 3. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation (IPS), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D- 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Karlsruhe, Germany & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Laboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation, Kaiserstr. 12, D- 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 4. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Evolution Lab, Horvatovac 102 a, HR- 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Description

Subfamily

Lophotettiginae Hancock, 1909

Diagnosis.

Frontal costa bifurcation in upper third of eye height. Antennal groove at bottom margin of eyes. Antennomeres flattened, apical one white-tipped. Vertex wider than an eye. First segment of anterior and middle tarsi a little elongated. Hind tarsus very long, first and third segment approximately equally long. Elongated slim ovipositor.

Type genus.

Lophotettix Hancock, 1909, type species Lophotettix brevicristatus Hancock, 1909.

Composition and distribution.

Two genera, Lophotettix, Phelene, endemic to Southern and Central America.

Notes

Published as part of Kasalo, Niko, Husemann, Martin, van de Kamp, Thomas & Skejo, Josip, 2024, Description of Phelene reinschmidti from Ecuador with notes on the subfamily Lophotettiginae (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae), pp. 119-125 in Evolutionary Systematics 8 (1) on pages 119-125, DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.8.124285

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hancock
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Tetrigidae
Taxon rank
subFamily
Taxonomic concept label
Lophotettiginae Hancock, 1909 sec. Kasalo, Husemann, de & Skejo, 2024

References

  • Hancock JL (1909) XIX. Further Studies of the Tetriginae (Orthoptera) in the Oxford University Museum. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 56: 387 - 426. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1909. tb 02160. x