Paraxiphidium versicolor Redtenbacher, 1891

Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello & Oliveira, Jomara Cavalcante De, 2019, The Little Harlequin Katydid-a new species of Paraxiphidium Redtenbacher, 1891 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae; Conocephalini) from the Amazonian Rainforest, Zootaxa 4623 (1), pp. 151-162 : 152

Paraxiphidium versicolor Redtenbacher, 1891

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Paraxiphidium versicolor Redtenbacher, 1891: 493 ; Kirby, 1906: 271; Hollier, 2012: 22 ; Cigliano et al., 2019.

Diagnosis. Cercus apex bifurcate, with lateral projection ensiform 2 times longer than apical projection ( Fig. 1B ); base with lateral projection subrectangular ( Fig. 1B ). Head dorsally with one brown band ( Fig. 1C ); compound eyes light gray. Pronotum dorsally green with a brown band not reaching anterior pronotal margin ( Fig. 1C ); pronotal spot bluish-green under pronotal disc brown band. Hind femur with black general coloration and beige and blue spots ( Fig. 1C ).

Geographical records. Peru (specific locality of collection not informed in the original publication) ( Fig. 11 ).

Comments. Species originally described by Redtenbacher (1891) and until this work was the only species in Paraxiphidium . Despite having an impressive color pattern, which attracts the attention of nature enthusiasts and photographers, many important taxonomic characters still remain unknown, such as the morphology of the stridulatory file and the morphology of the internal male genitalia.

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FIGURE 1. A: Paraxiphidium iriodes sp. nov., right cerci, in dorsal view; B: Paraxiphidium versicolor, right cercus, in dorsal view; C: P. versicolor, lateral habitus; D: P. iriodes sp. nov., lateral habitus.

FIGURE 11. Geographical records of species Paraxiphidium.