Phylloptera fosteri Caudell, 1906

Fianco, Marcos, Szinwelski, Neucir & Faria, Luiz R. R., 2022, Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil, Zootaxa 5136 (1), pp. 1-72 : 42

Phylloptera fosteri Caudell, 1906

Fig. 19F, G ; 22G

Distribution: Argentina: Misiones; Brazil: Paraná, São Paulo; Paraguay: Paraguari.

New record for the Paraná State.

Comments: Even if the description of the species was based on a female, something unusual for the genus, the venation of wings is quite characteristic, what in addition to the distribution and coloration of spots on tegmina make the determination of males of this species safe. Anyway, a considerable morphological variation within the species exists, it being possible that what we have now interpreting as P. fosteri corresponds to a species complex (M. Fianco, pers. obs.).

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.

FIGURE 22. Live specimens of Phaneropterini, Phyllopterini and Scaphurae (Phaneropterinae) from the ParNa Iguaçu. A: Anaulacomera argentina; B: A. trispinata; C: A. arlindoi; D: A. angelinae; E: Viadana piracicabae; F: Hyperphrona striolata; G: Phylloptera fosteri; H: Scaphura elegans; I: Scaphura sp. 1; A–G and I: photos by Marcos Fianco; H: photo by Pedro. G.B. Souza-Dias.