Metrodora sp. 1

Kasalo, Niko, Naskrecki, Piotr, Rebrina, Fran & Skejo, Josip, 2023, Central American Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera): a preliminary catalogue, Zoosystema 45 (7), pp. 177-212 : 192

Metrodora sp. 1

( Fig. 21 )

DISTRIBUTION. — Costa Rica. See Figure 2.

REMARK

An undescribed species of Metrodora resembling M. colombiae Günther, 1939 and M. pygmaea (Roberts, 1937) has been observed. It is recognizable by a vertex three times wider than an eye, by lightly protruding lateral lobes, and by a median carina that is not significantly elevated. It differs from M. colombiae by differently shaped vertex and lateral lobes. It differs from M. pygmaea by having more strongly protruding lateral lobes and less protruding medial carina of the vertex.

Figures

FIG. 21. — A living specimen of the new species of the genus Metrodora Bolívar, 1887. Photo: Chloe and Trevor Van Loon.

FIG. 2. — Distribution maps of Metrodora sinuata (Morse,1900),Metrodora sp.1, Metrodora sp.2,Otumba aciculata Hebard,1924,Otumba dentata Hancock,1907, Otumba scapularis Morse,1900, Platythorus camurus Morse,1900,Scabrotettix biolleyi Bolívar,1909,Clypeotettix schochii (Bolívar,1887),Ochetotettix barretti (Hancock, 1899), Paratettix freygessnerii Bolívar, 1887, Paratettix mexicanus (Saussure,1861),Paratettix toltecus (Saussure,1861),Teredorus aztecus (Saussure,1861),Teredorus stenofrons Hancock,1907,and the undetermined genus resembling Stenodorsus Hancock, 1906 or Danielatettix Cadena-Castañeda, Dávila Gonzalez, Vasquéz Rodríguez & Trujillo Rodríguez, 2021. The maps are based on the maps by OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence, cartography licensed under the CC BY-SA licence.