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Issue: Vol. 2265 No. 1: 15 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2265.1.3
Page range: 48–68
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

The first report of Rumea Desutter, 1988 (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae: Paragryllini) from Brazil, with the description of three new Amazonian species

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa MG, Brazil
Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa MG, Brazil
Orthoptera Grylloidea crickets genitalia Neotropical Region Central Amazonia Manaus inundation forest photography technique

Abstract

We describe three new cricket species of Rumea Desutter collected at lowland rainforests in Central Amazonia, Brazil: R. zebra sp. nov., R. manauensis sp. nov. and R. tigris sp. nov. We provide detailed descriptions of each species, including measurements, drawings and photographs of external morphological features, together with a new protocol for photographing genitalia of crickets. We compare the male genitalia of the examined Rumea species with the ones of other Paragryllini, briefly discussing the gross morphology of this structure in the tribe. We also provide a brief discussion on the geographic distribution of the Rumea species.

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