Toledopizia Chamorro-Rengifo & Braun, 2010

Fianco, Marcos, Engelking, Phillip Watzke & Tavares, Gustavo Costa, 2021, Rediscovering the rare short-winged unicorn katydid Toledopizia salesopolensis (Piza) (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) from South and Southeastern Brazil: First description of male and bioacoustics, Journal of Orthoptera Research 30 (2), pp. 193-200 : 193

Genus Toledopizia Chamorro-Rengifo & Braun, 2010

Type species. -

Toledopizia salesopolensis (Piza, 1980)

Emmended diagnosis. -

Toledopizia is characterized by the following combination of characters: medium-sized brachypterous katydids; very long and acuminated fastigium of vertex, at least five times longer than scapus (Fig. 2 ), dorsally with a row of tiny tubercles at each border (Fig. 3A, B ); pronotum lacking humeral sinus and no furrows marked on pronotal disk (Fig. 3C ); in males, posterior border slightly more produced behind than in females (Fig. 2A, B ); tegmina not surpassing the third abdominal tergite in females, and the sixth in males; all genicular lobes armed with a conspicuous spine; ovipositor very long, almost as long as body, and almost straight (Fig. 2C ).

Comments. -

Toledopizia differs from other Copiphorini genera by the following characteristics: Mayacephalus by the presence of humeral sinus, dorsal furrows on the pronotum, and fore and mid genicular lobes unarmed; Daedalellus and Brachycaulopsis Fontana, Mariño-Pérez & Woller, 2013 by the shorter and apically rounded fastigium of vertex; Caetitus Antunes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Takiya, 2018 by the fastigium of vertex shorter, with three spines, genae bearing spine-like projections and pronotum, notably produced behind; and Copiphora and Acantheremus by the macropterous condition.

Figures

Figure 2. Habitus of Toledopizia salesopolensis. A. Male; B. Female; C. Ovipositor. Scale bars: 1 cm.

Figure 3. Specific characters of Toledopizia salesopolensis. A, B. Head in lateral (A) and dorsal view (B); C. Pronotum, dorsal view; D, E. Male left (D) and right tegmen (E); F. Posterior wing; G. Stridulatory file (A 1 vein); H. Meso and metabasisternum; I. Tergite X; J, K. male left cercus in ventral (J) and dorsal view (K); L, M. male (L) and female subgenital plate (M). Scale bars: 6 mm (A-C); 7 mm (D-F); 1 mm (G-I, M); 0.5 mm (J, K); 1.5 mm (L).