Abstract:
A preliminary checklist of the Orthopterans from the Ñambí River Natural reserve is presented. A total of 26 species were studied, five new species are herein described: Championica nambiensis n. sp., Cocconotus awa n. sp., Cocconotus levyi n. sp. (Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae), Antillicharis kwaiker n. sp. (Gryllidae) and Brachybaenus nariniensis n. sp. (Gryllacrididae). Three species are recorded from Colombia for the first time (Legua crenulata, Uvaroviella (Holacla) nebulosa and Anabropsis alata) and seven species are new records for Nariño department (Allotettix peruvianus, Ripipteryx ecuadoriensis, Neoconocephalus affinis, Anaulacomera poculigera, Orophus conspersus, Orophus tessellatus and Neocurtilla hexadactyla). Further comments on species distribution and taxonomy are given.
The grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama.. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261728372_The_grasshoppers_Caelifera_of_Costa_Rica_and_Panama [accessed Sep 15, 2017].
Description:
The purpose of this book is to present in condensed
form most of what is currently known of the grasshoppers
(Orthoptera Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama. That this goal
can be even contemplated by a single author is a sign of how
extremely limited our knowledge of the biology of the Tropics
truly is.
Costa Rica is biologically one of the best known of
tropical lands, and grasshoppers are relatively large, conspicuous
insects, and rather limited in the number of their species in
comparison with many other groups of insects. The fact that
nearly half the presently known Costa Rican grasshoppers have
been described directly or indirectly as a result of the collecting
work of my associates and myself in the past 30 years says
more about the richness of the tropical fauna and the paucity
of previous systematic work there than of our industry. Of all
Costa Rican insects, perhaps only the larger day-fl ying butterfl ies
are known taxonomically at the depth that temperate-zone
biologists assume to be normal and universal, and even they only
found their biographer with the publication of Phil DeVries’
(1987) standard-setting work.
