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New and interesting Orthoptera from the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra.

Bruno Massa

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0106 biological sciencesSphodromerus carapezzanus sp. n.food.ingredientInsectaArthropodaOmanShort CommunicationTettigoniidae010607 zoologySubspecies010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesAcrididaetaxonomyfoodCataloipuslcsh:ZoologyTettigoniidaeAnimalialcsh:QL1-991Grasshoppernew records new species Oman Sphodromerus carapezzanus sp. n. taxonomyEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsnew speciesbiologyEcologynew recordsbiology.organism_classificationAcrididaeSettore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E ApplicataTaxonGeographyOrthopteraAnimal Science and ZoologyTaxonomy (biology)Phaneropterinae

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Abstract This paper reports on some interesting taxa recently found in the Arabian Peninsula and the island of Socotra. Among them is a new species of brachypterous grasshopper Sphodromerus carapezzanus sp. n. (Acrididae: Calliptaminae), described from an isolated area in Dhofar (Oman). A female Heteracris hemiptera (Uvarov, 1935) (Acrididae: Eyprepocnemidinae) is reported, with morphological characters which do not fully comply with those of any known subspecies. Two species, hitherto rarely documented, are also reported, Phaneroptila insularis Uvarov, 1957 (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from Socotra and Cataloipus thomasi Uvarov, 1933 (Acrididae: Eyprepocnemidinae) from Oman. Pycnodictya dentata Krauss, 1902 (Acrididae: Oedipodinae) is reported from Saudi Arabia, constituting a new record for the country.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-06-08ZooKeys
10.3897/zookeys.679.11967https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28769706