Armasius iberianus (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae): a new genus and species of pygmy grasshoppers from eastern Cuba

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DOI https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i7.64
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Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USA
Sheyla Yong
Independent researcher

Abstract

The new genus and its type species Armasius iberianus, a remarkable cladonotine tetrigid, are described based on a single individual collected from Monte Iberia, Guantánamo Province, in eastern Cuba. Armasius is characterized for having a large pronotum flattened on top to a thin crest that is uniformly elevated only about half the body height, the pronotum covers the whole abdomen, narrowing posteriorly, and turning upwards at its posterior end. A character not yet seen in any other Antillean Cladonotinae is that the posterior angles of the lateral lobes of the pronotum project laterally, flattening to form a horizontal triangular spine.

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Pygmy grasshoppers, Cladonotinae, new genus, new species, Cuba, Antilles

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Perez-Gelabert, D. E., & Yong, S. (2014). Armasius iberianus (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae): a new genus and species of pygmy grasshoppers from eastern Cuba. Novitates Caribaea, (7), 44–50. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i7.64

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