Diponthus argentinus Pictet & Saussure, 1887

Pocco, Martina E., Lange, Carlos E. & Cigliano, María Marta, 2023, Relationships and taxonomy of the genus Diponthus Stål (Orthoptera: Acridoidea Romaleidae), Zootaxa 5336 (1), pp. 33-81 : 72

Diponthus argentinus Pictet & Saussure, 1887

Redescription. A complete redescription of this species and the description of the color morphs are in Pocco et al. (2014)

Material examined. In addition to the specimens analyzed of D. argentinus published in Pocco et al. (2014), the following specimens have been also examined:

ARGENTINA: 4 males, 5 females and 3 nymphs, Córdoba, La Cumbre, 9 km from La Cumbre (31° 00’ 5.25’’ S, 64° 26’24.04’’ W), 1405 m, 21 Feb. 2014, Cigliano & Lange leg., MLP , 1 female, San Luis, Papagayos (32º 40’43.8’’ S, 64º 58’53.5’’W), 26/01/2015, Cigliano & Lange leg., MLP ; 7 males and 3 females, Formosa, RN 8, 1 km from Laguna Yema to Los Chiriguanos (24º 14’24.9’’S, 61º 15’14.4’’ W), 24/02/2015, Pocco, Scattolini & Plischuk leg., MLP ; 2 males, 5 females and 5 nymphs, Formosa, Ruta 81, 2 km to Los Chiriguanos (24°07’02.4’’S, 61°26’19’’W), 24/02/2015, Pocco, Scattolini & Plischuk leg., MLP ; 1 male, Formosa, RN 81, 47 km west from Las Lomitas , 25/02/2015, Pocco, Scattolini & Plischuk leg., MLP ; 1 male, Santa Fe, 30 km from Rafaela, between H. Primo and Ataliva (30° 57’29.5 ’, 61° 24’05.3’’ W), 26/02/2015, Pocco, Scattolini & Plischuk leg., MLP ; 2 males, Entre ríos, RN 11, 15 km from Gualeguay to Punta del Monte (33°01´17´´S, 59°27´58.9´´W), 14/02/2016, Pocco, Scattolini & Cigliano leg., MLP ; 2 males and 1 nymph, Entre Ríos, RN 18 near Viale, from Villaguay (31°51’35.4’’S, 59° 47’21.7’’ W), 15/02/2016, Pocco, Scattolini & Cigliano leg., MLP ; 5 males, 4 females and 4 nymphs, Entre ríos, RN 18, near Viale fromVillaguay (31°51’35.4’’ S, 59°47’21.7’’ W), 21/01/2016, Pocco & Scattolini leg., MLP ; 3 males, 2 females and 4 nymphs, Entre Ríos, RN 18, 20 km E Viale (31° 51´35.4´´S, 59°47´21.7´´ W), 24/01/2016, Pocco & Scattolini leg., MLP ; 1 male, Entre Ríos, R10 , 7 km E María Grande (31°40´52.6´´ S, 59° 48´28.2´´W), 23/01/2016, Pocco & Scattolini leg., MLP ; 1 male, Entre Rios, R11 , 18 km NO Gualeguay to Victoria (33° 1´11.3´´ S, 59° 27´51.2´´W), 15/12/2014, Pocco, Scattolini & del Río leg., MLP ; 1 male, Buenos Aires, Sierra de la Ventana, 8 km SE Tornquist , 01/03/2017, Cigliano & Lange leg., MLP ; 1 male, Salta, Campo Durán, Estancia La Iluminada (22° 12’ 12.9’’ S, 63°, 26’ 28.1’’W), 404 m, 04/12/2019, Pocco & Cigliano leg., MLP ; 2 males, Santiago del Estero, Campo Gallo , near Estancia El Mojón, 18/12/2019, Pocco & Cigliano leg., MLP ; 1male and 1female, Santiago del Estero, Tobas (28° 06’ 42.1’’ S 62° 45’ 51.2’’ W), 19/12/2019, Pocco & Cigliano leg., MLP .