Hyperophora minor Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891

Fianco, Marcos, 2023, Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Guartelá State Park, State of Paraná, Southern Brazil: diversity, bioacoustics and description of five new species, Journal of Natural History 57 (1), pp. 1080-1137 : 1104

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2023.2231579

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6302611C-B300-4965-AD6A-C99711048B69

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8268311

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F87E5-FF97-FFA6-5AA1-A78EFEB364FC

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Hyperophora minor Brunner von Wattenwyl
status

 

Hyperophora minor Brunner von Wattenwyl View in CoL

( Figure 9c–f View Figure 9 )

Comments

One of the most abundant katydid species in GSP, with a particular relation with species of Symphyopappus (Asteraceae) ; all individuals were collected on these plants, feeding on flowers and leaves, both nymphs and adults. Females seem to oviposit in stalks of Symphyopappus ; individuals were also collected copulating on the inflorescence, and males were heard calling and females responding in a duet behaviour on these plants. Plants of this genus were flowering during almost the whole collecting period, especially in the summer, and it seems to be the most abundant dicotyledon present in the GSP, so the flowers appear to be an important food source for these insects.

Examined material

Six males and four females, ′ Brasil, PR, Tibagi, Parque \ Estadual do Guartelá [Guartelá State Park]\ 24.5660°S, 50.2561°W 09–12 GoogleMaps .xii GoogleMaps .2020, Coleta ativa\noturna [nocturnal active collection] M. Fianco & N.\ Szinweslki ̍; three males and four females, same data, except ′ 21–24 GoogleMaps .x GoogleMaps .2020̍ and ′M. Fianco and H. Preis ̍; five males and three females, same data, except ′ 10–13 GoogleMaps .ii GoogleMaps .2021̍ and ′M. Fianco, D.N. Barbosa & P.W. Engelking ̍; and two males and three females, same data, except ′ 08–11 GoogleMaps .iii GoogleMaps .2021̍ and ′M. Fianco, D.N. Barbosa & H. Preis̍.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tettigoniidae

Genus

Hyperophora

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