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| 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
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| 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
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