Scaphura nigra (Thunberg, 1824)

Fianco, Marcos, Szinwelski, Neucir & Faria, Luiz R. R., 2022, Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil, Zootaxa 5136 (1), pp. 1-72 : 44

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scientific name	Scaphura nigra (Thunberg, 1824)
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Scaphura nigra (Thunberg, 1824) View in CoL

Fig. 19G, H View FIGURE 19

Distribution: Argentina: Misiones, Tucumán; Brazil: Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo; Paraguai: Paraguari.

New record for the Paraná State.

Comments: This species, as other within Scaphura , presents mimetic polymorphism that represents a Batesian mimic of wasps ( Pompilidae : Entypus Dahlbom, 1843 and Pepsis Fabricius, 1804 ; Vespidae : Polistes Ashmead, 1904 ), serving as a model to behavioural and evolutionary ecology studies ( Del-Claro 1991). We only recorded specimens similar to the Pepsis pattern ( Del-Claro 1991, Del-Claro & Vasconcellos-Neto 1992).

Bioacoustics: Sound not recorded.

References

Ashmead, W. H. (1904) Descriptions of new genera and species of Hymenoptera from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 28 (1387), 127 - 158. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.28 - 1387.127

Del-Claro, K. (1991) Polimorfismo mimetico de Scaphura nigra Thunberg, 1824 (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Dissertacao de Mestrado, Programa de Pos-graduacao em Ecologia. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, 75 pp.

Del-Claro, K. & Vasconcellos-Neto, J. (1992) Os padroes de coloracao animal: exemplos na Serra do Japi. In: Morellato, L. C. P. Historia Natural da Serra do Japi: ecologia e preservacao de uma area florestal no Sudeste do Brasil. Editora da UNI- CAMP / FAPESP, Campinas, pp. 288 - 308.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Species of Phyllopterini (Phaneropterinae) from the ParNa Iguaçu. A: Cephalophylloptera spinulosa; B and C: Hyperphrona signata, male and female; D and E: H. striolata, male and female; F and G: Phylloptera fosteri, male and female; H: Phylloptera sp. 1, female; I: P. jaci, female.