Phlugis chrysopa Bolívar, 1888 (Nickle, 2005)

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11246124
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scientific name	Phlugis chrysopa Bolívar, 1888
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Alogopteron carribbeum Rehn, 1903 View in CoL (subjective synonym) The predatory katydid Phlugis chrysopa View in CoL is distributed in the Caribbean. Another species, Alogopteron carribbeum Rehn, 1903 View in CoL from Costa Rica, has been synonymized shortly after the description with Phlugis virens (Thunberg, 1815) View in CoL by its author ( Rehn 1905). The type locality of this latter species is unknown and it was proposed to be a synonym of Ph. chrysopa ( Nickle 2005) View in CoL . However, a species of Phlugis View in CoL distributed in the area of the famous Iguazú Falls, on both the Brazilian and the Argentine sides, has recently found to agree with the description of Ph. virens View in CoL , used by previous authors for Phlugis View in CoL specimens from Brazil and after all the third-oldest species name in the genus, although based on an indistinctive female holotype ( Fianco et al. 2022, Braun 2023). According to the distribution it seems much more appropriate to consider A. carribbeum View in CoL , also based on a female specimen, a synonym of Ph. chrysopa View in CoL .