Scaphura nigra (Thunberg, 1824)

Fianco, Marcos, Szinwelski, Neucir & Faria, Luiz R. R., 2022, Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil, Zootaxa 5136 (1), pp. 1-72 : 44

Scaphura nigra (Thunberg, 1824)

Fig. 19G, H

Distribution: Argentina: Misiones, Tucumán; Brazil: Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo; Paraguai: Paraguari.

New record for the Paraná State.

Comments: This species, as other within Scaphura , presents mimetic polymorphism that represents a Batesian mimic of wasps ( Pompilidae : Entypus Dahlbom, 1843 and Pepsis Fabricius, 1804 ; Vespidae : Polistes Ashmead, 1904 ), serving as a model to behavioural and evolutionary ecology studies ( Del-Claro 1991). We only recorded specimens similar to the Pepsis pattern ( Del-Claro 1991, Del-Claro & Vasconcellos-Neto 1992).

Bioacoustics: Sound not recorded.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Species of Phyllopterini (Phaneropterinae) from the ParNa Iguaçu. A: Cephalophylloptera spinulosa; B and C: Hyperphrona signata, male and female; D and E: H. striolata, male and female; F and G: Phylloptera fosteri, male and female; H: Phylloptera sp. 1, female; I: P. jaci, female.