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Scaphura curitibana Ladislau & Fianco, 2026

Nomenclature (1)

  • Scaphura curitibana Ladislau & Fianco, 2026 in Ladislau, Sperber & Fianco, 2026: 114.

    Holotype; male; f779b5a4-e7dd-4310-bfe4-51db3431b40b; deposited at: Universidade Federal do Paraná, Coleção de Entomologia Padre Jesus Santiago Moure (DZUP); Brazil: Paraná: Curitiba, Campo Comprido

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Ladislau, J., Sperber, C.F. & Fianco, M. (2026) Breaking the mimicry mold: taxonomic notes on Scaphura Kirby (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) with description of two new non-mimetic species from Brazil and redescription of S. conspurcata. Zootaxa, 5760(1), 109–123. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5760.1.5

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Demonym for inhabitants of the city of Curitiba. The name honors the city of Curitiba and the people from the capital of the state of Paraná, southern Brazil, the type locality and a region of significant occurrence for the species.

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