Anacaona bellatrix, Yong, 2019

Yong, Sheyla, 2019, Three new genera and four new species of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Cuba and Hispaniola, Greater Antilles, Ecologica Montenegrina 20 (2019), pp. 222-256 : 247

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2019.20.19

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5BDFDF5E-EBC5-4547-8488-C7563F1C21DF

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FBFB1934-44C9-4AC6-A617-A5FF29875C9E

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:FBFB1934-44C9-4AC6-A617-A5FF29875C9E

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scientific name

Anacaona bellatrix
status

sp. nov.

Anacaona bellatrix View in CoL new species

Figures 11–14, 18, 20 a, b, 25. Table IV

Types. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Barahona Province: Cabral Municipality: Sierra de Bahoruco: km 7–9 of road from Cabral to Polo (18°10'55"N - 71°15'10"W, 221 m a.s.l.); on the vegetation; 23/August/1987; L. F. de Armas, E. J. Marcano, A. Abud, D. Lantigua; 1♂ holotype (SY, in ethanol 80%) GoogleMaps . Pedernales Province: Oviedo Municipality: Los Tres Charcos (17°49'10.3"N - 71°26'15.1"W, 71 m a.s.l.); on the vegetation; 14/September/2016; R. Teruel; one adult female paratype (SY, in ethanol 80%) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. See genus diagnosis above.

Etymology. The selected epithet is a Latin word that literally means "she-warrior". It alludes to the remarkable aggressiveness displayed by individuals of this species when handled alive.

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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tettigoniidae

Genus

Anacaona