Miriatra chalazombra Günther, 1939

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 : 106

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scientific name

Miriatra chalazombra Günther, 1939
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Miriatra chalazombra Günther, 1939 View in CoL

( Figs. 65–67, Map 1)

Miriatra chalazombra Günther, 1939: 268 View in CoL . Holotype. Female. BRAZIL, Pará. Depository: Polish Academy of Science , Museum of the Institute of Zoology (MZPW).

Material examined. Female. BRAZIL, Pará, Novo Progresso; Serra do Cachimbo , Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Veloso , Ponto 2— Rio Formiga , mata ciliar [riparian forest], 09°22’24”S, 55°01’10”W; [420 m; close to Mato Grosso State border]; 07-17.IX.2003; Pitfall ( MPEG) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. The holotype specimen of this species was originally described from Pará, and the paratype from Santarém (the same state), Brazil. Between both female specimens, the most notable difference is that the holotype has more pronounced undulations on the median carina of the pronotum, compared with the paratype ( Fig. 65). Here, an additional female from the southern part of Pará state near the border with Mato Grosso is recorded (Map 1), which matches the morphology of the species’ paratype, with lighter tones, possibly due to being preserved in alcohol for a long time ( Figs. 66, 67).

Measurements (in mm). CFP: 13.8. PL: 11.9. PLB: 4.2. FF: 2.3. FL: 2.4. MFL: 2.3. MTL: 2.4. HL: 6.2. HW: 2.1. HTL: 5.1.

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.

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Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tetrigidae

Genus

Miriatra