Puiggaria Bolívar, 1887

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 : 20

9. Genus Puiggaria Bolívar, 1887

This genus has brachypronotal and macropronotal specimens in the unique species known: Puiggaria antennata Bolívar, 1887 ( Fig. 27 ). It is characterized by fastigium not reaching the most anterior surface of the eyes; antennae with 20-22 segments; anterior margin of the pronotum (lateral and dorsal view) hook-like (median carina sharply cristate); mid femur apical spine presence and the exclusive characteristic among the batrachideines: frontal costa and fascial carinae (frontal view) widely divergent, forming a scutellate frontal structure (as shield-shaped) ( Fig. 27C ) ( Grant, 1956, 1962). The distribution is known in Southern Brazil from the States of Matto Grosso, Paraná, Santa Catharina, S„o Paulo ( Grant, 1956, 1962) and Paraguay (Horqueta) ( Grant, 1962) ( Fig. 37 ).

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FIGURE 27. Puiggaria antennata Bolívar, 1887 allotype (A) left lateral view, (B) dorsal view, (C) frontal view, highlighting the scutellate frontal structure (as shield-shaped) and (D) labels. Scale bar = 5 mm. Photo of type:Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia/Daniela Silva and Marcelo Pereira.

FIGURE 37. Map of approximated occurrence of the genera Puiggaria Bolívar, 1887; Halmatettix Hancock, 1909; Lophoscirtus Bruner, 1910 and Paurotarsus Hancock, 1900.