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Issue: Vol. 5318 No. 4: 21 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.4.6
Page range: 531-542
Abstract views: 245
PDF downloaded: 17

New species of Tyrannoraptor Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae: Phlugidini) with asymmetrical jaws from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest

Grupo de Pesquisa em Ecologia e Biologia de Peixes; Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá; Caixa Postal 38.69553- 225; Tefé; Amazonas; Brasil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; INPA; Programa de Pós-graduação em Entomologia; Caixa Postal 2223; 69080-971; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; INPA; Programa de Pós-graduação em Entomologia; Caixa Postal 2223; 69080-971; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Orthoptera Predatory katydid Amazonas areas of endemism Imeri

Abstract

Tyrannoraptor Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae: Phlugidini) is currently a monotypic genus. The type-species Tyrannoraptor arboreus (Nickle, 2003) is recorded to Peru (Loreto) and Brazil (Amazonas). In this work, we describe the second species of the genus, Tyrannoraptor venator sp. nov., recorded to the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. The new species is described based on a male and three female specimens. A key to species of Tyrannoraptor and a distribution map of the genus are provided as well as comments on the natural history of the new species.

 

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