Tergoceracris, a new genus and six new species of montane grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Ommatolampinae) from Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 12 Mar 2003Publisher:Magnolia PressJournal:Zootaxa, volume 155 (issn: 1175-5326, eissn: 1175-5334,

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Authors: Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E.; Otte, Daniel;

doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.155.1.1 , 10.5281/zenodo.156978

Tergoceracris, a new genus and six new species of montane grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Ommatolampinae) from Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico

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The new genus Tergoceracris consists of six new species; all are brachypterous, semi-arboreal and montane grasshoppers. They are distinguished from all other known neotropical acridoids by having exaggerated and vertically projecting furculae in the males. Two new species are from the Dominican Republic (Tergoceracris ocampensis n. sp. and Tergoceracris ebanoverde n. sp.) and four from Puerto Rico (Tergoceracris guajataca n. sp., Tergoceracris cerropunta n. sp., Tergoceracris cayey n. sp., and Tergoceracris luquillensis n. sp.).

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
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National Museum of Natural History
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Smithsonian Institution
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Keywords

Insecta, Arthropoda, Baissogryllidae, Animalia, Orthoptera, Biodiversity, Taxonomy

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