Cranotettix alpha Grant, 1955

Kasalo, Niko, Naskrecki, Piotr, Rebrina, Fran & Skejo, Josip, 2023, Central American Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera): a preliminary catalogue, Zoosystema 45 (7), pp. 177-212 : 180

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https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a7

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7841637

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scientific name

Cranotettix alpha Grant, 1955
status

 

Cranotettix alpha Grant, 1955 View in CoL

Cranotettix alpha Grant, 1955a: 62 View in CoL (original description, holotype designated, a drawing of key diagnostic characters provided in fig. 2). — Otte 1978: 37 (catalogued). — Silva et al. 2021: 16 (catalogued).

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Panamá • 1 ♀ holotype; Chiriqul Volcano ; 6000-7000 ft. a.s.l.; 8-30.VII.1937; D. W. Bishop leg.; ANSP.

DISTRIBUTION. — Panamá. See Figure 1. View FIG

REMARK

No living specimens have been photographed in Central America since the description.

GRANT JR. H. J. 1955 a. - Systematics of the Neotropical Batrachideine Genera Plectronotus, Halmatettix and Cranotettix Gen. Nov (Orthoptera; Acridoidea; Tetrigidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 107: 57 - 74.

OTTE D. 1978. - The Primary Types of Orthoptera (Saltatoria, Mantodea, Phasmatodea and Blattodea) at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 130: 26 - 87. https: // www. jstor. org / stable / 4064777

SILVA D. S., CADENA- CASTANEDA O. & PEREIRA M. 2021. - Batrachideinae (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tetrigidae): an overview of the most diverse tetrigids of the Neotropical region. Zootaxa 4946: 1 - 84. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4946.1.1

Gallery Image

FIG. 1. — Distribution maps of Lophotettix brevicristatus Hancock, 1909, Lophotettix zumbadoi Barranco, 2010, Cranotettix alpha Grant Jr., 1955, Paurotarsus insolitus extremus Grant, 1955, Plectronotus excavatus Grant Jr., 1955, Plectronotus scaber Morse, 1900, Batrachideinae gen. et sp., Scaria fasciata Hancock, 1907, Tettigidea lateralis (Say, 1824), Allotettix otumboides Günther, 1939,Chiriquia serrata Morse,1900,Crimisus costaricensis Günther,1939,Crimisus sp., Metrodora harroweri (Hebard, 1924), Metrodora panamae (Hebard, 1924),and Metrodora simplex (Hebard,1924).The maps are based on the maps by OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence, cartography licensed under the CC BY-SA licence.

ANSP

USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tetrigidae

SubFamily

Batrachideinae

Genus

Cranotettix