Scotussa lemniscata (Stål, 1861)

Greco-Spíngola, Silvana, Jorge, Carolina & Lorier, Estrellita, 2020, Acridomorpha (Orthoptera) species associated with the protected wetlands of Santa Lucía, Montevideo, Uruguay, Check List 16 (3), pp. 597-610 : 603

Scotussa lemniscata (Stål, 1861)

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Material examined. URUGUAY • 6 nymphs; Montevi- deo, Área Protegida de los Humedales de Santa Lucía; 34°47′07″S, 056°20′04″W; 29–30 Dec. 2012; S. Greco and E. Lorier leg.; FCE-AC 4161, 4194 • 1 nymph, 1 ♀; same locality; 27 Feb. 2013; S. Greco and W. S. Serra leg; FCE-AC 4193, 4288 • 1 ♀; same locality, 23 Mar. 2013; S. Greco and W. S. Serra leg.; FCE-AC 4386 .

Identification. Head as wide as the frontal edge of pronotum. Head with large eyes. Internal face of hind femur reddish orange. Hind tibia orange. Female ovipositor valves with two apical teeth. Dorsal ovipositor valves with superior margin low, serrulate.

Geographic distribution. Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay ( Cigliano and Ronderos 1994; Cigliano et al. 1996).

Figures

Figure 3. Acridomorpha species (Orthoptera, Caelifera) found in the Área Protegida de los Humedales de Santa Lucía, Montevideo, Uruguay. A. Ronderosia bergii. B. Scotussa impudica. C. Scotussa lemniscata. D. Scotussa liebermanni. E. Aleuas lineatus. F. Leptysma argentina. G. Haroldgrantia lignosa. H. Allotruxalis gracilis. I. Metaleptea adspersa. J. Amplytropidia australis. Scale bars = 10 mm.