Dichroplus pratensis Bruner, 1900

Greco-Spíngola, Silvana, Jorge, Carolina & Lorier, Estrellita, 2020, Acridomorpha (Orthoptera) species associated with the protected wetlands of Santa Lucía, Montevideo, Uruguay, Check List 16 (3), pp. 597-610 : 602

Dichroplus pratensis Bruner, 1900

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Material examined. URUGUAY • 1 ♂; Montevi- deo, Área Protegida de los Humedales de Santa Lucía; 34°47′07″S, 056 ° 20′04″W; 27 Feb. 2013; S. Greco and W. S. Serra leg.; FCE-AC 4283 .

Identification. A large species of the maculipennis subgroup. Body robust, yellowish brown, mottled with dark brown dots in tegmina; a dark post-ocular band extending up to the principal transverse sulcus. Head conical in dorsal view, with fastigium gradually curving into frontal costa. Pronotum with sides straight and diverging, with mid-longitudinal carina prominent throughout, lateral borders of pronotal disk well indicated. Metazona without multiple longitudinal carinulae. Prozona about as long as metazona. Hind tibiae greenish blue. Male cerci with rather heavy apex somewhat spatulate.

Geographic distribution. Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Uruguay ( Cigliano and Otte 2003).

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Figure 2. Acridomorpha species (Orthoptera, Caelifera) found in the Área Protegida de los Humedales de Santa Lucía, Montevideo, Uruguay. A. Orienscopia costulata.B. Orienscopia sanmartini. C. Chromacris speciosa. D. Staleochlora viridicata orientalis. E. Xyleus discoideus discoideus. F. Zoniopoda iheringi. G. Dichroplus conspersus. H. Dichroplus elongates. I. Dichroplus obscurus. J. Dichroplus pratensis. K. Leiotettix politus. L. Leiotettix pulcher. Scale bars = 10 mm.