Journal of Orthoptera Research (May 2020)

Studies on neotropical Phasmatodea XXII: Two new species of Taraxippus (Phasmatodea: Cladomorphinae: Hesperophasmatini) and the first record of the genus from Central America

  • Oskar V. Conle,
  • Frank H. Hennemann,
  • Pablo Valero

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.29.51328
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 1
pp. 101 – 114

Abstract

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Two new species of Taraxippus Moxey, 1971 are described and illustrated: T. samarae sp. nov. from Costa Rica and Panama and T. perezgelaberti sp. nov. from the Dominican Republic. Both sexes and the previously unknown eggs are described. The genus is recorded from Central America for the first time. A distribution map and a discussion of the distributional pattern of Taraxippus are provided.