Cranotettix Grant, 1955

Silva, Daniela Santos Martins, Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J. & Pereira, Marcelo Ribeiro, 2021, Batrachideinae (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tetrigidae): an overview of the most diverse tetrigids of the Neotropical region, Zootaxa 4946 (1), pp. 1-84 : 16

2. Genus Cranotettix Grant, 1955

This genus was described based only in a unique female specimen sampling in 1937 at Panamá (Chiriqui Volcano) ( Fig. 36 ) and named Cranotettix alpha Grant, 1955 ( Fig. 10 ). This species is characterized by pronotum which covering over the head and surpassing the apex of the abdomen, almost reaching the apex of the knee; pronotum tuberculate and very lightly scabrous surface; infrascapular area distinctive; tegmina, tegminal sinus and wings lacking; middle femur apical spine absence; hind femur slender, about three and three-quarter times as long as broad ( Grant, 1955a, 1962).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Cranotettix alpha Grant, 1955 holotype (A) left lateral view, (B) dorsal view, (C) frontal view and (D) labels. Scale bar = 5 mm. Photo of type: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia/Daniela Silva and Marcelo Pereira.

FIGURE 36. Map of approximated occurrence of the genera Cranotettix Grant, 1955 and Plectronotus Morse, 1900.