Copiphora brevicauda brevicauda Karny, 1907

Piotr Naskrecki, 2000, Katydids of Costa Rica / Vol. 1, Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae sensu lato)., Philadelphia, PA: The Orthopterists Society at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, : 42

Copiphora brevicauda brevicauda Karny, 1907

Fig. 42 D

1907 Karny, Abh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 4(3): 7; type

locality: Ecuador, Cachabi; type depository: Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna – lectotype male

1999 Naskrecki and Otte, Illustr. Cat. Orthop. I (CD

ROM) >> lectotype illustrated

Diagnostic description.— Fastigium of vertex forming relatively small horn, with poorly developed ventral keel. Stridulatory file 1.75 mm long, with 210-214 lamelliform teeth, evenly distributed ( Fig. 42 D). Ratio ovipositor/ hind femur 1.6-1.9. Tegmina mottled with numerous brown dots.

Measurements.— Table 4 .

Bioacoustics.— Call unknown.

Distribution.— This subspecies is known Colombia (F. Monteallegre, pers. comm.), Ecuador and Venezuela.

Material examined.— ECUADOR: Cachabi, elev. 152.4 m, 1 - 30 November 1896 (coll. Rosenberg) - 1 male (lectotype), 1 female (allolectotype) ( NHMW); Guayaquil (with bananas), 23 May 1950 - 2 females ( USNM); same locality, 23 May 1950 - 1 female ( USNM); Santo Domingo de los Colorados, (coll. F. Campos) - 1 female; Tonchique, 1 - 31 May 1964 - 1 male ( USNM); Esmeraldas Prov., El Placer, elev. 675 m, 25 - 31 July 1987 (coll. G.S. Glenn) - 1 male ( ANSP); Galápagos Islands, St. Cruz, 3 km W Bellavista, Finca Vilema, elev. 210 m, 19 April 1992 (coll. S. Peck) - 1 male (S. Peck collection); St. Cruz, Sta. Rosa, Tortoise Reserve, elev. 180 m, 7 February 1989 (coll. S. Peck) - 1 male (S. Peck collection); Los Rios Prov., Río Palanque Science Cent., ca 47 km S Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 9 - 10 October 1988 (coll. J.L. Castner) - 2 females ( USNM); VENEZUELA: Río Chacaito, Edo. Miranda, elev. 980 m, 18 September 1939 (coll. G.V. Berthier) - 1 male ( ANSP).

Figures

FIG. 42. Stridulatory files of species of Lirometopum and Copiphora. A. L. coronatum, B. C. cultricornis, C. C. hastata, D. C. brevicauda brevicauda, E. C. brevicauda costaricensis, F. C. ottei.