species

Arota festae (Griffini, 1896)

Arota festae (Griffini, 1896): male head and pronotum, lateral view (Costa Rica, La Selva). (Otu).

Arota festae (Griffini, 1896): male pronotum and stridulatory apparatus (Costa Rica, La Selva). (Otu).

Arota festae (Griffini, 1896): female, pink form. (Otu).

CollectionObject 1543533; 871af6bd-41bf-4bbc-abdc-aa974525530f: photo: T.H. Hubbell. male pronotum and stridulatory area (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1543533; 871af6bd-41bf-4bbc-abdc-aa974525530f: photo: T.H. Hubbell. male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1580402; UNCB ICN-MHNOR00745, d1f98a61-e06a-4d86-92a1-4572173d568b: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (16)

Phylloptera festae Griffini, 1896: 2.
Holotype; male; 871af6bd-41bf-4bbc-abdc-aa974525530f; deposited at: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali (MRSN); Panama: Darién: Darien, Punta de Sabana
Phylloptera festae Griffini, 1896 in Saussure & Pictet, 1898: 352.
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Arota festae (Griffini, 1896) in Palmer, Wershoven, Martinson, Hofstede, Kress & Symes, 2022
Arota festae (Griffini, 1896) in Wainwright, Rowe, Greenwell, Cannon, Bailey & Ruxton, 2026

Nomenclature references (16)

Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2015) Las tribus Phyllopterini n. stat. y Plagiopleurini n. stat. & n. sensu (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae): Octavo aporte a la organización supragenérica de los faneropterinos neotropicales. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 57, 217–261.
Chamorro-Rengifo, J., Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Braun, H., Montealegre-Z., F., Romero, R.I., Serna Marquez, F.H. & González, R. (2011) Checklist and new distribution records of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa, 3023, 1–42. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/240124470_Checklist_and_new_distribution_records_of_katydids_Orthoptera_Tettigoniidae_from_Colombia
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de Saussure, H. & Pictet, A. (1898) Insecta Orthoptera (Orthoptera Genuina). Fam. Locustidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 345–456. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_01_00/bca_20_01_00select.cfm

Griffini, A. (1896) Ortotteri raccolti nel Darien dal dott. E. Festa. 1. Fanerotteridi, Pseudofillidi, Conocefalidi e Grillacridi. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 11, 1–32. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43005#page/55/mode/1up

Hebard, M. (1927) Studies in the Tettigoniidae of Panama (Orthoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 53(2), 79–156. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4263_002#page/31/mode/1up

Hebard, M. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58(3), 201–371. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4268_003#page/2/mode/1up

Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662

Márquez Mayaudón, C. (1969) Estudio comparativo de los genitales externos y de los cromosomas de algunos grupos de la subfamilia Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) de Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Serie Zoologia, 40(1), 55–102.

Naskrecki, P. (2011) A rapid biological assessment of katydids of the Kwamalasamutu region, Suriname (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 63, 104–109. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1896/054.063.0109

Nickle, D.A. (1992) Katydids of Panama (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). In Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York & Tokyo. pp. 142–184, 649, 658.

Palmer, C.M., Wershoven, N.L., Martinson, S.J., Ter Hofstede, H.M., Kress, W.J. & Symes, L.B. (2022) Patterns of herbivory in neotropical forest katydids as revealed by DNA barcoding of digestive tract contents. Diversity, 14(152), 1–12. Available at http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/2/152

Passerin d' Entrèves, P. (1981) In Cataloghi IV - Collezioni Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia dell'Università di Torino. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 1–127 pp.

Symes, L.B., Page, R.A. & Ter Hofstede, H.M. (2016) Effects of acoustic environment on male calling activity and timing in Neotropical forest katydids. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00265-016-2157-4

Symes, L.B., Robillard, T., Martinson, S.J., Dong, J., Kernan, C.E., Miller, C.R. & Ter Hofstede, H.M. (2021) Daily signaling rate and the duration of sound per signal are negatively related in Neotropical forest katydids. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61(3), 887–899.

Ter Hofstede, H.M., Symes, L.B., Martinson, S.J., Robillard, T., Faure, P.A., Madhusudhana, S. & Page, R.A. (2020) Calling songs of Neotropical katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Panama. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 29(2), 137–201. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/46371/
Wainwright, J.B., Rowe, Z.W., Greenwell, M.P., Cannon, P.G., Bailey, N.W. & Ruxton, G.D. (2026) Pink Cricket Club: Dramatic color change in a Neotropical leaf‐masquerading katydid (Arota festae, Griffini, 1896). Ecology, 107(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70333

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Named after the Italian naturalist Enrico Festa (1868–1939).

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	2	3