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Issue: Vol. 4878 No. 3: 16 Nov. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-11-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.3.10
Page range: 589–594
Abstract views: 84
PDF downloaded: 5

Machima itatiaia sp. nov.: a new species of lichen-mimic katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Programa de pós-graduação em Zoologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, São Cristovão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro 21941-971, RJ, Brasil.
Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro 21941-971, RJ, Brasil.
Dysoniini Southeastern Brazil key to species Neotropical Orthoptera

Abstract

The Brazilian genus Machima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 includes three valid species: M. paranensis Rehn, 1950 and M. scalprum Rehn, 1950 distributed on Southern and M. phyllacantha (Burmeister, 1838) from Northeastern Brazil. Herein we analyzed eleven male specimens of Machima from Parque Nacional de Itatiaia and propose a new species. Machima itatiaia sp. nov. is characterized by its main lobe of the cercus curving abruptly on apical two-thirds and accessory lobe as long as wide. The new species is the first record of the genus from Southeastern Brazil. Finally, we also present a key to species of Machima based on males.

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