Otumba scapularis Morse, 1900

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Quintana-Arias, Ronald Fernando, Infante, Ivette Coque, Silva, Daniela Santos Martins & Tavares, Gustavo Costa, 2025, Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: On the current Metrodorinae sensu lato classification (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with emphasis on American and Malagasy taxa, Zootaxa 5597 (1), pp. 1-265 : 157

Otumba scapularis Morse, 1900

( Figs. 103 , 104 )

Otumba scapularis Morse, 1900: 7 . Holotype: female. NICARAGUA, Río San Juan, Greytown [San Juan del Norte] ( Fig. 103 ). Depository : ANSP.

Scabrotettix biolleyi Bolívar, 1909: 401. Holotype: female. COSTA RICA: Alajuela: Alajuela: Sarapiqui, Cariblanco ( Fig. 104 ). Depository : MHNG. Syn. nov.

Remarks. Here, Scabrotettix biolleyi is synonymized under Otumba scapularis Morse, 1900 . The type specimens of both species are females, and no differences are found that allow the two species to be kept as distinct entities, maintaining similarity in the characters of the head, pronotum, and terminalia. Additionally, Scabrotettix biolleyi is the only species of Scabrotettix that is distributed in Central America ( Costa Rica), near the type locality of O. scapularis .

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FIGURE 103. Otumba scapularis Morse, 1900. Male holotype. A. Habitus in lateral view. B. Frons. C. Labels.

FIGURE 104. Otumba scapularis Morse, 1900 (Scabrotettix biolleyi Bolívar, 1909 syn. nov.). Female type. A. Habitus in lateral and, B. Dorsal view. C. Frons.g J. Tumbrinck.