Species info
Classification > Family Tettigoniidae > Subfamily Pterochrozinae > Genus Typophyllum
Typophyllum inflatum Vignon, 1925
male (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2011)
male (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2011)
male (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2011)
male (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2011)
male (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2011)
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 2011)
male (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, Sendero Macuco, February 2011)
female (Misiones, Reserva Surucuá, March 2017)
female (Misiones, Reserva Surucuá, March 2017)
male (Misiones, Reserva Surucuá, March 2017)
male (Misiones, Reserva Surucuá, March 2017)
female (Misiones, Reserva Surucuá, March 2017)
female (Misiones, Reserva Surucuá, March 2017)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Bolivia and southern Brazil
 
Observations
Moderately common in understory of undisturbed forest along Río Iguazú. Almost always on woody plants. Only active at night. Males produce a peculiar low-ultrasound and pure-tone calling song of continuously repeated double pulses (sometimes several minutes without pause, carrier frequency between 20 and 23 kHz). Males 17-18 mm, females at least 30 mm.
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References
  • BRAUN, H. 2015. The little walking leaves from Iguazú National Park (NE Argentina) – comparisons between subtropical and tropical Typophyllum species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pterochrozinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research 24(2):55–58
  • FIANCO, M., SZINWELSKI, N. & FARIA, L.R.R. 2022. Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil. Zootaxa 5136(1):1–72 :60.
  • 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, 139, 149.
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