Studies in Mexican Grasshoppers: Liladownsia fraile, a new genus and species of Dactylotini (Acrididae: Melanoplinae) and an updated molecular phylogeny of Melanoplinae

    Authors

    D. A. Woller; P. Fontana; R. Marino-Perez;H. J. Song

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    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

    WOS:000335643900006

    ISSN

    1175-5326

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