Artiotonus

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Gutiérrez, Yeisson & Bacca, Tito, 2016, New and little known Orthoptera (Ensifera and Caelifera) from the Ñambí River Natural Reserve, Nariño, Colombia, Zootaxa 4162 (2), pp. 201-224 : 207-208

Artiotonus sp.

Comments. the genus Artiotonus occurs in the Biogeographic Chocó, from Valle del Cauca ( Colombia) to Esmeraldas province (Northern Ecuador). The species here studied looks similar to Artiotonus tinae Montealegre- Z et al., 2011; but it differs in the pronotum shape and the dorsal midline that goes through the dorsal margin from the fastigium apex is more noticeable than in the species previously described. The shape of the cerci and subgenital plate styli also do not fit any of the three know described species in the genus Artiotonus Montealegre-Z et al., 2011. The authors abstain to describe this as a new species due to poor conditions of the specimen preservation.

Specimens examined. 1 male ( Fig. 10 ) (PSO-CZ).

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 12. Romaleidae: Bactrophorinae, Megacheilacris bullifemur bullifemur (Descamps & Amédégnato), female (7). Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae, Allotettix peruvianus (Bolívar), female (8). Ripipterigidae: Ripipteriginae, Ripipteryx ecuadoriensis Günther, male (9). Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Artiotonus sp., male (10); Neoconocephalus affinis (Palisot de Beauvois), male (11); Panacanthus varius Walker, male (12). Scale bar 0.5 cm for 7, 8 and 9, and 1 cm for 10, 11 and 12.