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1 December 2006 The status of the Espagnolinae () and other subfamilies of the Episactidae () (Eumastacoidea, Caelifera, Orthoptera), with description of two new genera, Paralethus and Neibamastax
C. H. F. Rowell, D. E. Perez-Gelabert
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Abstract

The phallic anatomy of all the modern Hispaniolan eumastacids and of representative species of all genera of the Central American Episactinae has been examined. Two new genera, Neibamastax from the Dominican Republic and Paralethus from El Salvador, are erected to accomodate species which were found to have very divergent phallic morphology. Additionally, we have examined isolated species of the Teicophryinae and Miraculinae. A cladistic analysis of the Central American and Hispaniolan genera was performed, which divides these into two well-supported monophyletic clades, corresponding to the two areas of distribution. These we equate with the Episactinae Burr 1903 and the Espagnolinae Rehn 1948, and offer diagnoses of these two subfamilies. We present new data from the Teicophryinae which supports their inclusion in the Episactidae as well.

C. H. F. Rowell and D. E. Perez-Gelabert "The status of the Espagnolinae () and other subfamilies of the Episactidae () (Eumastacoidea, Caelifera, Orthoptera), with description of two new genera, Paralethus and Neibamastax," Journal of Orthoptera Research 15(2), 191-240, (1 December 2006). https://doi.org/10.1665/1082-6467(2006)15[191:TSOTER]2.0.CO;2
Published: 1 December 2006
KEYWORDS
Central America
Eumastacid grasshoppers
Hispaniola
systematics
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