Chiriquia serrata Morse, 1900

Kasalo, Niko, Naskrecki, Piotr, Rebrina, Fran & Skejo, Josip, 2023, Central American Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera): a preliminary catalogue, Zoosystema 45 (7), pp. 177-212 : 186-189

Chiriquia serrata Morse, 1900

( Figs 11 ; 12 ; 13 )

Chiriquia serrata Morse, 1900: 7 (original description of the species with a drawing of the pronotum and a frontal view of the head on page 7, no holotype designated, two syntypes). — Hancock 1902: 49 (reproduction of the original description); 1907a: 39 (the species occurs in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama). — Kirby 1910: 23 (catalogued). — Bruner 1910: 99 (catalogued). — Hebard 1933: 126 (catalogued). — Günther 1939: 226 (catalogued). — Maes 1989: 50 (catalogued); 1998: 114 (catalogued). — Mariño-Pérez et al. 2016: 28 (a specimen pictured in pl. 1, fig. F page 26 misidentified as C. serrata , see notes).

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Panamá • 1 ♂ syntype; Chiriqui Volcano ; 2500-4000 ft. a.s.l.; BMNH NHMUK 010924473 .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Costa Rica • 2 specimens; Sarapiqui, La Virgen ; 1920; Paul Serre leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF10734 • 1 specimen; Sarapiqui, La Virgen ; 1920; Paul Serre leg.; MNHNEO-CAELIF10735 • 2 nymphs; Sarapiqui, La Virgen ; 1920; Paul Serre leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF10736 • 1 specimen; Sarapiqui, La Virgen ; 1920; Paul Serre leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF10737 • 1 ♂; 1920; Paul Serre leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF10733 • 1 ♂; 1920; Paul Serre leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF10764 • 1 ♀; Heredia, Puerto Viejo, La Selva Biological Station ; Piotr Naskrecki leg. • 1 ♀; Farm Hamburg am Reventazon ; 1.X.1926; Nevermann, F. leg.; ZMUH .

ADDITIONAL DATA. — See Appendix 1.

DISTRIBUTION. — Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá. See Figure 1.

REMARK

The specimen identified by Mariño-Pérez et al. (2016) does not belong to the genus Chiriquia , but possibly to Paratettix .

Figures

FIG. 11. — A living specimen of Chiriquia serrata Morse, 1900. Photo: Karl Kroeker.

FIG. 12. — A living specimen of Chiriquia serrata Morse, 1900. Photo: Javier A. Canteros.

FIG. 13. — A living specimen of Chiriquia serrata Morse, 1900. Photo: Piotr Naskrecki.

FIG. 1. — Distribution maps of Lophotettix brevicristatus Hancock, 1909, Lophotettix zumbadoi Barranco, 2010, Cranotettix alpha Grant Jr., 1955, Paurotarsus insolitus extremus Grant, 1955, Plectronotus excavatus Grant Jr., 1955, Plectronotus scaber Morse, 1900, Batrachideinae gen. et sp., Scaria fasciata Hancock, 1907, Tettigidea lateralis (Say, 1824), Allotettix otumboides Günther, 1939,Chiriquia serrata Morse,1900,Crimisus costaricensis Günther,1939,Crimisus sp., Metrodora harroweri (Hebard, 1924), Metrodora panamae (Hebard, 1924),and Metrodora simplex (Hebard,1924).The maps are based on the maps by OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence, cartography licensed under the CC BY-SA licence.