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Chiriquia compressa Günther, 1939

Chiriquia compressa Günther, 1939: Fig. 163. female, lateral view (total length 8.9-9 mm, pronotum 7.7-8 mm, hind femur 5.5 mm). (Otu).
Chiriquia compressa Günther, 1939: Fig. 163. female, lateral view (total length 8.9-9 mm, pronotum 7.7-8 mm, hind femur 5.5 mm). (Otu).
Chiriquia compressa Günther, 1939: Fig. 162. female, head and pronotum, dorsal view (shoulder width 2.6-2.8 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1505037; 6c6caa1a-f162-4b80-82c9-40923e3fa814: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505037; 6c6caa1a-f162-4b80-82c9-40923e3fa814: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505037; 6c6caa1a-f162-4b80-82c9-40923e3fa814: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505037; 6c6caa1a-f162-4b80-82c9-40923e3fa814: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507199; f68152e4-2700-4b9b-9f9b-d8cf5c368674: male, right lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507199; f68152e4-2700-4b9b-9f9b-d8cf5c368674: male, left lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507199; f68152e4-2700-4b9b-9f9b-d8cf5c368674: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507199; f68152e4-2700-4b9b-9f9b-d8cf5c368674: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507199; f68152e4-2700-4b9b-9f9b-d8cf5c368674: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585752; d767ab6a-c214-43fb-9627-40edd2381aa3: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585752; d767ab6a-c214-43fb-9627-40edd2381aa3: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585752; d767ab6a-c214-43fb-9627-40edd2381aa3: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585752; d767ab6a-c214-43fb-9627-40edd2381aa3: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585752; d767ab6a-c214-43fb-9627-40edd2381aa3: male, labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585753; 45ed60c5-c47a-475f-a777-9b22e97eda0a: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585753; 45ed60c5-c47a-475f-a777-9b22e97eda0a: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585753; 45ed60c5-c47a-475f-a777-9b22e97eda0a: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585753; 45ed60c5-c47a-475f-a777-9b22e97eda0a: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585753; 45ed60c5-c47a-475f-a777-9b22e97eda0a: female, labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Chiriquia compressa Günther, 1939: 230.

    Syntype; female; 6c6caa1a-f162-4b80-82c9-40923e3fa814; deposited at: Senckenberg Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany (SMTD); Ecuador: Morona Santiago: Rosario. Syntype; male; f68152e4-2700-4b9b-9f9b-d8cf5c368674; deposited at: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg (ZMUH); Ecuador: Pichincha: Santa Inéz. Syntype; male; d767ab6a-c214-43fb-9627-40edd2381aa3; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Ecuador: Bolivar: Balzapamba. Syntype; female; 45ed60c5-c47a-475f-a777-9b22e97eda0a; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Ecuador: Bolivar: Balzapamba

  • Chiriquia compressa Günther, 1939 in Weidner & Wagner, 1968: 129.
  • Chiriquia compressa Günther, 1939 in Dey & Husemann, 2018: 27.
  • Chiriquia compressa Günther, 1939 in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 134.

References (6)

  • Buzzetti, F.M. & Carotti, G. (2008) Annotated list of the Caelifera of Ecuador (Biodiversity of South America). Memoirs on Biodiversity, 39–66.
  • Buzzetti, F.M. & Devriese, H. (2007) Tetrigidae from Ecuador (Orthoptera Caelifera Tetrigoidea). Atti della Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati, 7, 41–54. Available at https://heyjoe.fbk.eu/index.php/atagb/article/view/5435
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Quintana-Arias, R.F., Infante, I.C., Silva, D.S.M. & Tavares, G.C. (2025) Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: On the current Metrodorinae sensu lato classification (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with emphasis on American and Malagasy taxa. Zootaxa, 5597(1), 1–265. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5597.1.1
  • Dey, L.-S. & Husemann, M. (2018) An annotated catalogue of the types of short-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Caelifera) housed in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH). Evolutionary Systematics, 2, 21–30. Available at http://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/22127/
  • Günther, K. (1939) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orthoptera), III. Sectio Amorphopi (Metrodorae Bol. 1887, aut.). Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen für Tierkunde und Völkerkunde in Dresden (Ser. A: Zool.) (N.F.), 20 (NF Bd.1), 16–335.
  • Weidner, H. & Wagner, W. (1968) Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg VII. Teil. Insecta IV. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 65, 123–179. Available at http://www.cenak.uni-hamburg.de/sammlungen/zoologie/entomologie/typenkatalog/weidner-1968-caelifera-homoptera.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Relating to slightly compressed lateral edges of the prozona of the pronotum

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1001