How to distinguish the Xestotrachelus Bruner, 1913 (Orthoptera: Romaleidae: Romaleini) from other Romaleini in South America, with a report of the first record in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Authors

• Daniela Santos Martins Silva, Universidade Federal de ViçosaFollow
• Marcelo Ribeiro Pereira, Universidade Federal de ViçosaFollow
• Raysa Martins Lima, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB)Follow

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Article

Date of this Version

6-25-2021

Citation

Silva DSM, Pereira MR, Lima RM. 2021. How to distinguish the Xestotrachelus Bruner, 1913 (Orthoptera: Romaleidae: Romaleini) from other Romaleini in South America, with a report of the first record in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Insecta Mundi 0873: 1–9.

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Published on June 25, 2021 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

The present study provides an important contribution to the knowledge of the geographic distribution of Xestotrachelus Bruner, 1913 (Orthoptera: Romaleidae: Romaleini), a monotypic genus comprised of Xestotrachelus robustus (Bruner, 1911) that has a wide geographic distribution in Brazil. Specimens were collected at the Panga Ecological Reserve, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, in the Brazilian Cerrado. We provide a key to distinguish Xestotrachelus from other genera found in South America.