Xenicola xukrixi Fianco, Faria and Braun

Fianco, Marcos, 2023, Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Guartelá State Park, State of Paraná, Southern Brazil: diversity, bioacoustics and description of five new species, Journal of Natural History 57 (1), pp. 1080-1137 : 1113

Xenicola xukrixi Fianco, Faria and Braun

( Figure 12e )

Comments

Unlike X. nunoi sp. nov., the specimens of X. xukrixi were collected in the Atlantic Forest areas, more specifically in the Riparian Forest that borders the Poções River. As already discussed, this species inhabits the Atlantic Forest ( Fianco et al. 2019b). Unfortunately, due to the low number of sampled individuals is quite hard to confirm in which biomes this species is present. Perhaps more sampling efforts will find some records in the Cerrado, but, to date, the Atlantic Forest is the only one.

Examined material

Two females, ′ Brasil, PR, Tibagi, Parque\Estadual do Guartelá [Guartelá State Park]\ 24.5660°S, 50.2561°W 08–11.i.2021 Coleta ativa\diurna [diurnal active collection] M. Fianco '.

Figures

Figure 12. Species of Odonturini collected in Guartelá State Park. (a) Anisophya hemanuelae sp. nov., male (left) and female (right); (b, c) females of Xenicola nunoi sp. nov., found at night feeding on flowers and leaves of Malpighiaceae; (d) male holotype of X. nunoi sp. nov.; (e) X. xukrixi, female.