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Issue: Vol. 4603 No. 2: 9 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.3
Page range: 265–288
Abstract views: 97
PDF downloaded: 7

Milenascopia gen. nov. (Orthoptera: Proscopiidae) from the Brazilian Amazon Basin and a pictorial key to Proscopiini genera

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia. Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis. CEP 69067-375. Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia. Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis. CEP 69067-375. Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Milenascopia taxonomy pictorial key grasshopper Orthoptera

Abstract

A new genus of Proscopiidae, Milenascopia gen. nov., is described from Brazil, with two included species, namely Milenascopia bilineata gen. nov., sp. nov. (type-species) and Milenascopia tenuis gen. nov., sp. nov. A pictorial key of Proscopiini, based on the male genitalia is provided.

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