Dichroplus obscurus 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 obscurus Bruner, 1900

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Material examined. URUGUAY • 1 ♀; Montevideo, Área Protegida de los Humedales de Santa Lucía ; 34° 47′07″S, 056 ° 20′04″W; 29–30 Dec. 2012; S. Greco and E. Lorier leg.; FCE-AC 4270 .

Identification. A moderately large and robust species with similar characteristics to D. pratensis . Body brown, with a diffuse post-ocular dark brown band. Pronotal disk with lateral borders obsolete, prozona longer than metazona; metazona with multiple longitudinal carinulae. Hind tibiae purple. Male cerci slender with acute apices.

Geographic distribution. Argentina, Brazil, 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.