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Cratomelus armatus Blanchard 1851

Description

Cratomelus armatus Blanchard, 1851

(Figs. 8–9; distribution 10)

Examined specimens. ARGENTINA: 1♂ Neuquén, Pucará, Fritz leg. I-1973; 1♂ 1♀ Lago Lacar, Pucará, III- 1953, (collector name undecipherable), collection of Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “ Bernardino Rivadavia ”, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (MACN).

Distribution. South Central Chile and adjacent Argentinean Andes.

Notes. Elgueta et al. (1999) mention occurrence in Neuquén of this species, without precise locality data and source. Alfaro et al. (2015) give a more up-to-date distribution of the species in Chile, showing closeness of the corresponding localities to Argentina.

Notes

Published as part of Zubarán, Gastón E. & Braun, Holger, 2018, The presence of the family Anostostomatidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera) in Argentina, pp. 195-200 in Zootaxa 4497 (2) on pages 198-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1452107

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MACN
Scientific name authorship
Blanchard
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Anostostomatidae
Genus
Cratomelus
Species
armatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cratomelus armatus Blanchard, 1851 sec. Zubarán & Braun, 2018

References

  • Elgueta, M., Camousseight, A. & Carbonell, C. S. (1999) Catalogo de Orthoptera (Insecta) de Chile. Publicacion Ocacional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Chile), 54, 5 - 60.
  • Alfaro, F. M., Zuniga-Reinoso, A., Munoz-Ramirez, C. & Elgueta, M. (2015) New records reveal the actual distribution of Cratomelus meritus Gorochov (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae), a giant red cricket from Chile. Neotropical Entomology, 44, 194 - 196. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 13744 - 015 - 0270 - 0