Scotussa impudica Giglio-Tos, 1894

Greco-Spíngola, Silvana, Jorge, Carolina & Lorier, Estrellita, 2020, Acridomorpha (Orthoptera) species associated with the protected wetlands of Santa Lucía, Montevideo, Uruguay, Check List 16 (3), pp. 597-610 : 603

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.3.597

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A86B2A-FFFD-7308-9794-FD6EB706FAC8

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Scotussa impudica Giglio-Tos, 1894
status

 

Scotussa impudica Giglio-Tos, 1894 View in CoL

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Materials examined: URUGUAY • 2 nymphs, 3 ♂, 6 ♀; Montevideo, Área Protegida de los Humedales de Santa Lucía ; 34°47′07″S, 056°20′04″W; 29–30 Dec. 2012; S. Greco and E. Lorier leg.; FCE-AC 4162, 4259, 4260, 4385 GoogleMaps 1 ♂, 5 ♀; same locality; 27 Jan. 2013; S. Greco, W. S. Serra and G. Lecuona leg.; FCE-AC 4334, 4344, 4356, 4357, 4358 GoogleMaps 1 ♂, 3 ♀; same locality; 27 Feb. 2013; S. Greco and W. S. Serra leg.; FCE-AC 4217, 4246, 4247 GoogleMaps 3 ♀; same locality; 23 Mar. 2013; S. Greco and W. S. Serra leg.; FCE-AC 4385 GoogleMaps .

Identification. A large species with a postocular band black. Hind tibia blue greenish. Females ovipositor valves with one apical tooth. Dorsal ovipositor valves with superior margin serrate. Ventral ovipositor valves very narrow. Dorsal valves in dorsal view divergent. Ovipositor valves, lateral view, straight. Male cerci robust.

Geographic distribution. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay ( Cigliano and Ronderos 1994; Cigliano et al. 1996).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Acrididae

Genus

Scotussa

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