Metrodora panamae ( Hebard, 1924 )

Kasalo, Niko, Naskrecki, Piotr, Rebrina, Fran & Skejo, Josip, 2023, Central American Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera): a preliminary catalogue, Zoosystema 45 (7), pp. 177-212 : 190-192

Metrodora panamae ( Hebard, 1924) ( Fig. 18 )

Platytettix panamae Hebard, 1924: 83 (original species description, type designated, considered holotype – see notes, drawing of the pronotum and the head in pl. 6, figs 6, 7, page 157).

Metrodora panamae – Günther 1939: 295 (catalogued). — Maes 1989: 50 (misspelled as “ Metrodora panamaea ”, distributed in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama); 1998: 114 (catalogued).

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Panamá • 1 ♀ holotype; Porto Bello ; 19.II.1911; USNM.

ADDITIONAL DATA. — See Appendix 1.

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

REMARK

Hebard (1924) in his description of the species clearly designated a single type, which is to be considered the holotype fixed by original designation according to Article 73.1.1. of the ICZN (1999).

Figures

FIG. 18. — A living specimen of Metrodora panamae (Hebard, 1924). Photo: Laurent Hesemans.

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.