Title
Studies in Mexican Grasshoppers: Liladownsia fraile, a new genus and species of Dactylotini (Acrididae: Melanoplinae) and an updated molecular phylogeny of Melanoplinae
Abbreviated Journal Title
Zootaxa
Keywords
Melanoplinae; Dactylotini; Perixerus; Oaxaca; Salvia elegans; aposematic; POLYPHAGOUS GRASSHOPPER; ORTHOPTERA ACRIDIDAE; ACRIDOIDEA; SEQUENCE; SPECIALIZATION; COLORATION; GENETICS; Zoology
Abstract
Liladownsia fraile gen. nov. sp. nov. Fontana, Marino-Perez, Woller & Song (Lila Downs' friar grasshopper) of the tribe Dactylotini (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) is described from the pine-oak forest of the Sierra Madre del Sur Mountain Range in Oaxaca, Mexico. Taxonomic placement of this new genus is justified based on morphological characters as well as a molecular phylogeny. Information about the probable host plant, phenology, and known localities is also presented. We also present an updated molecular phylogeny of Melanoplinae, which includes representatives of five of the seven recognized tribes. The monophyly of the subfamily and the included tribes is tested and we find Dactylotini to be paraphyletic because of the placement of Hesperotettix Scudder, 1876. We also recover strong close relationships between the new genus and Perixerus Gerstaecker, 1873 and Dactylotum Charpentier, 1845.
Journal Title
Zootaxa
Volume
3793
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
475
Last Page
495
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1175-5326
Recommended Citation
"Studies in Mexican Grasshoppers: Liladownsia fraile, a new genus and species of Dactylotini (Acrididae: Melanoplinae) and an updated molecular phylogeny of Melanoplinae" (2014). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 6291.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/6291
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