Saturday, June 22, 2024

[Entomology • 2024] Muscuspina neblina • A New Genus of Pleminiini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) from the Colombian Andes


 Muscuspina neblina Mendes, 

in Mendes, Pádua, Araujo, Mazariegos et Fernandes, 2024.
 
Abstract
The Pleminiini tribe (Pseudophyllinae: Tettigoniidae) currently comprises 51 genera and 227 valid species with a Neotropical and Afrotropical distribution. Herein, the new monotypic genus Muscuspina Mendes gen. nov. is described with a new species, Muscuspina neblina Mendes sp. nov., distributed in the Andean montane forest of Antioquia, Colombia. Maps and natural history observations are provided.

Key words: Andean cloud forest, Biodiversity, Katydid, Mesenia-Paramillo nature reserve, taxonomy

 Muscuspina neblina sp. nov., female specimen alive. 


Diego M. M. Mendes, Diego G. Pádua, Rodrigo O. Araujo, Luis A. Mazariegos and Daniell R. R. Fernandes. 2024. New Genus of Pleminiini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) from the Colombian Andes.  Zootaxa. 5437(2); 262-272. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.2.5
Researchgate.net/publication/379756238_New_genus_of_Pleminiini_(Tettigoniidae_Pseudophyllinae)_from_the_Colombian_Andes