Otumba amazonica

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

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scientific name

Otumba amazonica
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Otumba amazonica View in CoL ( Bolívar, 1887)

( Figs. 111 View FIGURE 111 , 112 View FIGURE 112 )

Metrodora amazonica View in CoL Bolívar, 1887: 249. Lectotype, here designated. Male. ALTO AMAZONAS [ Peru View in CoL / Brazil], Stauding. Cat. Tipos N ° 58 ( Fig. 111 View FIGURE 111 ). Depository: MNCN.

Otumba amazonica View in CoL : Günther, 1939: 235.

Remarks. In order to contribute to the stability and delimitation of O. amazonica , selecting a lectotype that meets the original description’s characters is necessary. The specimen deposited in MNCN is chosen as a lectotype (Cat. Tipos N° 58) labeled “ Peru, Alto Amazonas,” with the handwritten label by Bolívar “ Metr. amazonica Bol = Metrodora amazonica Bolívar, 1887 ” (original combination of the species). The other specimens mentioned by Paris (1994) deposited in Madrid (MNCN) and Vienna (NHMW) are considered paralectotypes since they come from the same locality, and their identity is corroborated with photographs uploaded by J. Tumbrinck to OSF ( Fig. 112 View FIGURE 112 ).

The description of O. lobata mentions characters resembling O. amazonica (a species widely distributed in the Amazon between Peru and French Guyana). However, no drawings or photos of the type specimen are available. Its type locality is Guyana, Demerara, and its description, so possibly both species can be synonyms. During visits of Daniela Santos Silva and Josef Tumbrinck to ANSP, the type specimen was not found, perhaps lost. Günther (1939) considers species other than O. amazonica with specimens from San Antonio de Curaray, Ecuador (western Amazon), and O. lobata , with specimens from Paramaribo, Suriname (Guyanese region). Currently, both species are differentiated by the color of the spots or stripes on the tegmina ( Itrac-Bruneau & Doucet, 2022).

Bolivar, I. (1887) Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 31, 175-313.

Gunther, K. (1939) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orthoptera), III. Sectio Amorphopi (Metrodorae Bol. 1887, aut.). Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen fur Tierkunde und Volkerkunde in Dresden, Series A: Zoology, N. F., 20 (NF Bd. 1), 16-335.

Itrac-Bruneau, R. & Doucet, G. (2022) Contribution a la connaissance des Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) de Guyane. Zoosystema, 44 (14), 405-421. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a14

Paris, M. (1994) Catalogo de tipos de ortopteroides (Insecta) de Ignacio Bolivar, I: Blattaria, Mantodea, Phasmoptera y Orthoptera (Stenopelmatoidea, Rhaphidophoroidea, Tettigonioidea, Grylloidea, Tetrigoidea). Eos, Revista espanola de Entomologia, 69, 143-264.

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FIGURE 111. Otumba amazonica (Bolívar, 1887). Male lectotype. A. Habitus in lateral and, B. Dorsal view. C. Labels. Photos: M. Paris.

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FIGURE 112. Otumba amazonica (Bolívar, 1887). Female paralectotype. A. Habitus in lateral and, B. Dorsal view. C. Frons. D. Labels. Photos: J. Tumbrinck.

MNCN

Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tetrigidae

Genus

Otumba