Species info
Classification > Family Tettigoniidae > Subfamily Conocephalinae > Tribe Conocephalini > Genus Xiphelimum
Xiphelimum amplipennis Caudell, 1906
male (Misiones, Reserva Surucuá, March 2017)
male (Misiones, Reserva Surucuá, March 2017)
male (Misiones, Reserva Surucuá, March 2017)
male (Misiones, Reserva Surucuá, March 2017)
male (Misiones, Reserva Surucuá, March 2017)
female (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2011)
female (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2011)
male (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2012)
male (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2012)
male, rear view (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2011)
male, rear view (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2011)
habitat: low vegetation within woodland (Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2012)
habitat: low vegetation within woodland (Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2012)
male calling song: 1-second fragment of continuous calling, one syllable in higher resolution, and linear spectrogram (9:15 h, 26ºC)
male calling song: 1-second fragment of continuous calling, one syllable in higher resolution, and linear spectrogram (9:15 h, 26ºC)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Entre Ríos
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Paraguay and southeastern Brazil
 
Synonyms
  • Tympanotriba vittata Piza, 1971
Observations
With broad black band across head and pronotum. Females wingless. Along Río Iguazú fairly common on low vegetation along forest trails and in clearings. Active day and night. The broad-band calling song of the males is very conspicuous and may be confused with a cicada song. 17-20 mm.
Links
References
  • PIRÁN, A.A. 1941. Catálogo sistemático y zoogeográfico de Tettigonioideos argentinos. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 11(2):119-168:161.
  • PIRÁN, A.A. 1942. Contribución al conocimiento de los tettigonioideos (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) de la Mesopotamia Argentina. Memorias del Museo de Entre Ríos 17:1-8 :3.
  • MORRIS, G.K., BRAUN, H. & WIRKNER, C.S. 2016. Stridulation of the clear-wing meadow katydid Xiphelimum amplipennis, adaptive bandwidth. Bioacoustics 25(3):225-251
  • FIANCO, M., SZINWELSKI, N. & FARIA, L.R.R. 2022. Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil. Zootaxa 5136(1):1–72 :14.
  • BRAUN, H. 2023. Tettigoniidae. In Claps, L.E., Roig-Juñent, S.A. & Morrone, J.J. (Eds.). Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos Volumen 6. Editorial INSUE UNT, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. 128–149:129, 135, 145.
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