Title

Studies In Mexican Grasshoppers: Liladownsia Fraile, A New Genus And Species Of Dactylotini (Acrididae: Melanoplinae) And An Updated Molecular Phylogeny Of Melanoplinae

Keywords

Aposematic; Dactylotini; Melanoplinae; Oaxaca; Perixerus; Salvia elegans

Abstract

Liladownsia fraile gen. nov. sp. nov. Fontana, Mariño-Pérez, 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 charac-ters 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 be-tween the new genus and Perixerus Gerstaecker, 1873 and Dactylotum Charpentier, 1845.© 2014 Magnolia Press.

Publication Date

5-1-2014

Publication Title

Zootaxa

Volume

3793

Issue

4

Number of Pages

475-495

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.6

Socpus ID

84899769179 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84899769179

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