Tettigidea paralecta, Rehn, 1913

Silva, Daniela Santos Martins, Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J. & Pereira, Marcelo Ribeiro, 2021, Batrachideinae (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tetrigidae): an overview of the most diverse tetrigids of the Neotropical region, Zootaxa 4946 (1), pp. 1-84 : 48-49

Tettigidea paralecta species group

Diagnosis: Body robust. Facial carinae and frontal costa slightly thickened, in lateral view moderately prolonged and rounded fastigium. Spine of the anterior margin of the pronotum sharp, thin and projecting moderately over the head. Posterior margin of the pronotum reaching the apex of the abdomen. Median carina of the pronotal disc notoriously elevated and dorsally rounded, pronotal disc latero-laterally flattened. Hind wings developed or not.

Species included: T. paratecta Rehn, 1913 ; T. arcuata Bruner, 1910 , and T. skejoi Cadena-Castañeda, 2015 .

Distribution: South America: Colombian plains with interrupted distribution towards northern Argentina and southwestern Brazil ( Fig. 39 ).

Comments: Species with a high and robust pronotum, with a discontinuous distribution in South America, possibly the distribution range of the species may be greater or non-described species may inhabit the intermediate regions between the distributions of the known species.

Figures

FIGURE 39. Map of approximated occurrence of the genus Rehnidium Grant, 1956 and some Tettigidea Scudder, 1862 species.