Truncotettix Perez-Gelabert, Hierro and Otte, 1998

Silva, Daniela Santos Martins, Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Pereira, Marcelo Ribeiro, Domenico, Fernando Campos De & Sperber, Carlos Frankl, 2019, New tribes, overview and checklist of Neotropical Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tetrigidae), Insecta Mundi 723 (723), pp. 1-38 : 22

Truncotettix Perez-Gelabert, Hierro and Otte, 1998

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Perez-Gelabert et al. (1998) described this genus with two species: T. fronterizus Perez-Gelabert, Hierro and Otte, 1998 ( Fig. 17 ) and T. interruptus Perez-Gelabert, Hierro and Otte, 1998 ( Fig. 18 ), both from Dominican Republic. This genus has a relatively very small body size among Neotropical cladonotines, and 12-segmented antennae and a tectiform pronotum with the anterior margin slightly produced over vertex in dorsal view ( Perez-Gelabert et al. 1998; Fig. 17 , 18 ). The two species are very similar, but can be distinguished by posterior margin of pronotum, which presents a notch in T. fronterizus ( Fig. 17C ) and is slightly truncated in T. interruptus ( Fig. 18C ).

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Figure 17. Truncotettix fronterizus Perez-Gelabert, Hierro and Otte, 1998, holotype male. A) Left lateral view. B) Right lateral view. C) Dorsal view. D) Frontal view. E) Labels. Scale bar = 0.5 cm.

Figure 18. Truncotettix interruptus Perez-Gelabert, Hierro and Otte, 1998, holotype male. A) Left lateral view. B) Dorsal view. C) Frontal view. D) Labels. Scale bar = 0.5 cm.