https://www.mapress.com/zt/issue/feed 2026-02-27T11:26:50+13:00 Dr Zhi-Qiang Zhang zed@mapress.com Open Journal Systems <p><strong>Zootaxa</strong> is a mega-journal for zoological taxonomists in the world</p> https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5762.1.1 2026-02-24T12:05:37+13:00 OSCAR J. CADENA-CASTAÑEDA ojccorthoptera@gmail.com

<p lang="en-GB" align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #000006;">This contribution to the study of phaneropterine katydids, focuses on the worldwide, short-winged taxa traditionally assigned to the tribes Odonturini and Barbitistini. The status and limits of both tribes are reviewed, redescribed, and identification keys to tribes, subtribes, and genera are provided. Odonturini, with members in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, is redefined based on morphology to include only two genera, </span><em>Odontura</em> and <em>Odonturella</em> <strong>stat. rev.</strong> (the latter elevated to genus rank), and restricted to the western Mediterranean. Barbitistini, historically the best-studied tribe, remains unchanged. Three new tribes are derived from Odonturini: Monticolariini <strong>trib. nov.</strong>, grouping seven genera from eastern Africa; Dichopetalini <strong>trib. nov.</strong>, with ten genera from North America; and Anisophyini <strong>trib. nov.</strong>, with two subtribes, Anisophyina <strong>subtr. nov.</strong>, and Angarina <strong>subtr. nov.</strong>, comprising eight genera from South America. The South American tribes Cosmophyllini and Aniarellini<strong> trib. nov.</strong> (the latter divided into three subtribes: Aniarellina <strong>subtrib. nov.</strong>, Hyperophorina <strong>subtr. nov.</strong>, and Tetanina <strong>subtr. nov.</strong>) are also defined and delimited, now including taxa formerly placed in Odonturini. Morphology proved efficient for delimiting the suprageneric taxa studied, with the terminalia of both sexes and male genitalia being among the most useful characters, which were traditionally underutilized in diagnosing the analyzed taxa. Eight new genera are described: <em>Hempia</em> <strong>gen. nov.</strong> and <em>Massaium</em> <strong>gen. nov.</strong> (Monticolariini <strong>trib. nov.</strong>); <em>Tedcohnia</em> <strong>gen. nov.</strong> and <em>Maxium</em> <strong>gen. nov.</strong> (Dichopetalini <strong>trib. nov.</strong>); <em>Hellerium</em> <strong>gen. nov.</strong>, and <em>Lorieriella</em> <strong>gen. nov.</strong> (Anisophyini <strong>trib. nov.</strong>); <em>Nickleium</em> <strong>gen. nov.</strong> (Cosmophyllini); and <em>Buzzettium</em> <strong>gen. nov.</strong> (Aniarellini<strong> trib. nov.</strong>). <em>Anisophya</em> is divided into three subgenera: <em>Anisophya</em> s.s., <em>Anisophya</em> (<em>Brevianisophya</em>)<strong> subgen. nov.</strong>, <em>Anisophya</em> (<em>Castellium</em>) <strong>subgen. nov. </strong>The genus <em>Caimanellus</em> is redescribed, including the previously unknown male characters. The genus <em>Xenicola</em> <strong>stat. rev.</strong> is revalidated, having been recently synonymized under <em>Angara</em>. The following new combinations are proposed: <em>Hempia jagoi</em> (Ragge, 1980) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>H. hanangensis</em> (Hemp, 2009) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, and <em>Massaium insolitum</em> (Ragge, 1980) <strong>comb. nov.</strong> (all originally described in <em>Odonturoides</em>); <em>Tedcohnia cultricerca</em> (Strohecker, 1945) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>T. alfredoi</em> (Barrientos-Lozano &amp; Rocha-Sánchez, 2013) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>T. geovanyi</em> (Barrientos-Lozano &amp; Rocha-Sánchez, 2015) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>T. hypsibates</em> (Cohn, Swanson &amp; Fontana, 2014) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>T. padrisima</em> (Cohn, Swanson &amp; Fontana, 2014) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>T. pityophila</em> (Cohn, Swanson &amp; Fontana, 2014) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, and <em>T. robertoi</em> (Barrientos-Lozano &amp; Rocha-Sánchez, 2015) <strong>comb. nov.</strong> (all previously placed in <em>Pterodichopetala</em>); <em>Maxium neomexicanum</em> (Barrientos-Lozano &amp; Ramírez-Núñez, 2013) <strong>comb. nov.</strong> (formerly in <em>Acanthorintes</em>); <em>Hellerium schoenemanni</em> (Karsch, 1889) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>; <em>Nickleium biforma</em> (Nickle, 2011) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>N. careomacula</em> (Nickle, 2011) <strong>comb. nov.</strong> (both formerly in <em>Anisophya</em>); <em>Lorieriella transfuga</em> (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) <strong>comb. nov.</strong> (formerly in <em>Cohnia</em>); <em>Buzzettium borellii</em> (Giglio-Tos, 1897) <strong>comb. nov.</strong> (previously in <em>Hyperophora</em>); and <em>Xenicola caayari</em> (Fianco, 2025) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, <em>X. flavolineata</em> (Fianco, 2025) <strong>comb. nov.</strong>, and <em>X. rubra</em> (Fianco, 2025) <strong>comb. nov.</strong> (all originally described in <em>Angara</em>). The following species regain their previous combinations after being recently placed in <em>Angara</em>: <em>Xenicola superba</em> (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891) <strong>comb. reinst.</strong>, <em>X. brauni</em> Fianco, Engelking &amp; Faria, 2020 <strong>comb. reinst.</strong>, <em>X. dohrni</em> (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891) <strong>comb. reinst.</strong>, <em>X. nunoi</em> Fianco, 2023 <strong>comb. reinst.</strong>, <em>X. taroba</em> Fianco, Faria &amp; Braun, 2019 <strong>comb. reinst.</strong>, and <em>X. xukrixi</em> Fianco, Faria &amp; Braun, 2019 <strong>comb. reinst.</strong> All changes and other taxonomic acts are justified and summarized in three annotated lists to facilitate understanding of the modifications presented in this contribution. The status, placement, convergence, and distribution of the studied tribes are discussed, contrasting the former taxonomic arrangement with the new classification of short-winged phaneropterines.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p>

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