Plectronotus scaber Morse, 1900

Kasalo, Niko, Naskrecki, Piotr, Rebrina, Fran & Skejo, Josip, 2023, Central American Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera): a preliminary catalogue, Zoosystema 45 (7), pp. 177-212 : 182

Plectronotus scaber Morse, 1900

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Plectronotus scaber Morse, 1900: 6 (original description of the species, two syntypes, a drawing of the pronotum in a fig., page 14, photographs of the species in pl. 1, figs 1, 3). — Hancock 1902: 161 (reproduction of the original description). — Kirby 1910: 59 (catalogued). — Bruner 1910: 139 (the genus [then only containing P. scaber ] is likely to occur in South America but has not yet been found). — Grant 1955a: 58 (updated diagnosis, scapular area of the pronotum designated as an important character and shown in Fig. 1A , page 59). — Mariño-Pérez et al. 2016: 28 (a living specimen pictured in pl. 1, fig. H). — Silva et al. 2021: 20 (catalogued).

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Costa Rica • 1 ♀ syntype, 1 ♂ syntype; Cachi; Rogers leg.; ANSP.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Costa Rica • 1 ♀; env. de Cartago; 1800 m a.s.l; 1910; G. Picado leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF10731 .

ADDITIONAL DATA. — A photograph in Mariño-Pérez et al. (2016).

DISTRIBUTION. — Costa Rica. See Figure 1.

REMARK

Type material consists of two syntypes, male and female (ANSP). There are no available photographs of the syntypes. We examined the drawings of the pronotum drawn by Morse (1900).

Figures

FIG. 6. — A preserved specimen of Plectronotus scaber Morse, 1900, deposited at MNHN, MNHN-EO-CAELIF10731. Photo: Christophe Hervé.

FIG. 1. — Distribution maps of Lophotettix brevicristatus Hancock, 1909, Lophotettix zumbadoi Barranco, 2010, Cranotettix alpha Grant Jr., 1955, Paurotarsus insolitus extremus Grant, 1955, Plectronotus excavatus Grant Jr., 1955, Plectronotus scaber Morse, 1900, Batrachideinae gen. et sp., Scaria fasciata Hancock, 1907, Tettigidea lateralis (Say, 1824), Allotettix otumboides Günther, 1939,Chiriquia serrata Morse,1900,Crimisus costaricensis Günther,1939,Crimisus sp., Metrodora harroweri (Hebard, 1924), Metrodora panamae (Hebard, 1924),and Metrodora simplex (Hebard,1924).The maps are based on the maps by OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence, cartography licensed under the CC BY-SA licence.