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Species

Chiriquia spinata Günther, 1939

Spiny Pygmy Grasshopper
Chiriquia spinata Günther, 1939: Fig. 165 [probably after type]. male, lateral view (total length 9 mm, pronotum 7.8 mm, hind femur 5.2 mm). (Otu).
Chiriquia spinata Günther, 1939: Fig. 165 [probably after type]. male, lateral view (total length 9 mm, pronotum 7.8 mm, hind femur 5.2 mm). (Otu).
Chiriquia spinata Günther, 1939: Fig. 164 [probably after type]. male, head and pronotum, dorsal view (shoulder width 2.7 mm, length of lateral spine 1.2 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1505038; 928b0cd2-ad7d-4942-a9fd-68970502bbd5, DORSA D015XM01: male, right lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505038; 928b0cd2-ad7d-4942-a9fd-68970502bbd5, DORSA D015XM01: male, left lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505038; 928b0cd2-ad7d-4942-a9fd-68970502bbd5, DORSA D015XM01: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505038; 928b0cd2-ad7d-4942-a9fd-68970502bbd5, DORSA D015XM01: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505038; 928b0cd2-ad7d-4942-a9fd-68970502bbd5, DORSA D015XM01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Chiriquia spinata Günther, 1939: 232.

    Holotype; male; DORSA D015XM01; deposited at: Senckenberg Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany (SMTD); Ecuador

  • Chiriquia spinata Günther, 1939 in Buzzetti & Devriese, 2007: 52.
  • Chiriquia spinata Günther, 1939 in Buzzetti & Carotti, 2008: 43.
  • Chiriquia spinata Günther, 1939 in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 134.

References (4)

  • 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
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Relating to lateral the spines of the pronotum.

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