Schistocerca pallens (Thunberg, 1815)

Pocco, Martina E. & Cigliano, María Marta, 2020, The grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridomorpha) from the Mitaraka Mountain Range, French Guiana, Zoosystema 42 (7), pp. 105-114 : 106

Schistocerca pallens (Thunberg, 1815) ( Fig. 1A )

TYPE LOCALITY. — Southern America (without precision).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — French Guiana • 3 ♂, 3 ♀; Tumuc-Humac, Mitaraka , “ Savane Roche ”; 2°14’19.3”N, 54°26’04.9”W; 390 m a.s.l.; Legendre F. & Hugel S. leg.; 23.II-3.X.2015; night; La Planète Revisitée o MNHN /PNI Guyane 2015 ( APA 973 -1); MNHN • 2 ♂, 1 ♀; “( C 1000) – (Savane roche)”; 2°14’01.2”N, 54°26’30.8”W; 415 m a.s.l. to 2°14’19.2”N, 54°26’04.6”W; 390 m a.s.l.; Legendre F. & Hugel S. leg.; 23.II-3.X.2015; night; La Planète Revisitée – MNHN /PNI Guyane 2015 ( APA 973 -1); MLP.

DISTRIBUTION. — Widely distributed species from Mexico, Caribbean islands to northern Argentina. The first record for French Guiana.

Figures

FIG. 1. — A, Schistocerca pallens (Thunberg, 1815); B, Silvitettix nigriceps (Descamps & Amédégnato, 1970); C, Stenopola boliviana (Rehn, 1913); D, S. dorsalis (Thunberg, 1827); E, S. rubrifrons rubrifrons Roberts & Carbonell, 1979; F, Cylindrotettix insularis insularis Bruner, 1906; G, Abracris flavolineata (De Geer, 1773); H, Psiloscirtus sp. Photos: Sylvain Hugel.