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Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913

Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: female (Argentina, La Pampa, Carhue). (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: female (Argentina, La Pampa, Carhue). (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: male (Argentina, Misiones). (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: Fig.34. female head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: Fig. 33. male head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: Fig. 32. male head and pronotum, lateral view. (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: Fig. 16 (after type). male, dorsal outline of head and pronotum. (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: Fig. 17 (after type). male abdomen tip, lateral outline. (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: Fig. 35. female abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: Fig 36. male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: Fig 37. male abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: Fig. 38. epiphallus, dorsal view. (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: Fig. 39. epiphallus, lateral view. (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: Fig. 40. distal portion of phallic complex, dorsal view. (Otu).
Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: Fig. 41. distal portion of phallic complex, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1524007; a8ea9d6a-7b36-4c13-8b74-0660de543308, ANSP type no. 5,222: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1524007; a8ea9d6a-7b36-4c13-8b74-0660de543308, ANSP type no. 5,222: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567235; 2b697d51-04cd-44aa-bde0-5bc02fe17ba7: female, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567235; 2b697d51-04cd-44aa-bde0-5bc02fe17ba7: female, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
FieldOccurrence 3640; 2cdb024c-bc44-4d2e-8f21-1733fbd46d5c; Buenos Aires E of Arana, 2024/02/04: (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 3640; 2cdb024c-bc44-4d2e-8f21-1733fbd46d5c; Buenos Aires E of Arana, 2024/02/04: (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 3640; 2cdb024c-bc44-4d2e-8f21-1733fbd46d5c; Buenos Aires E of Arana, 2024/02/04: (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 3641; 36ef1092-83ae-41dc-81b9-5471ee93a83c; Buenos Aires E of Arana, 2024/04/02: pair (April 2024). (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 3643; 8f78ded7-d931-4bf8-b56d-162835943e7d; Argentina W of Achiras, 2026/03/03: (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 3644; 9a2eb5ac-eab8-41f5-a927-84d8612242bd; Argentina: Córdoba: San Alberto Ruta Provincial 34, Sendero de Brochero, 2026/03/04: (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (25)

  • Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913: 348.

    Holotype; male; ANSP type no. 5,222; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Misiones

  • Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913 in Liebermann, 1939: 213.
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  • Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913 in Terra, Gatti, Carneiro & Matiotti da Costa, 2017: 11.
  • Leiotettix pulcher Rehn, 1913 in Greco-Spíngola, Jorge & Lorier, 2020: 602.

Nomenclature references (22)

  • Carbonell, C.S., Cigliano, M.M. & Lange, C.E. (2006) Especies de acridomorfos (Orthoptera) de Argentina y Uruguay / Acridomorph (Orthoptera) species of Argentina and Uruguay. The Orthopterists' Society.
  • Cigliano, M.M. & Ronderos, R.A. (1994) Revision of the South American grasshopper genera Leiotettix Bruner and Scotussa Giglio-Tos (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 120(2), 145–180.
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  • Cigliano, M.M., de Wysiecki, M.L. & Lange, C.E. (2000) Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) species diversity in the Pampas, Argentina. Diversity and Distributions, 6, 81–91. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00077.x
  • Cigliano, M.M., Ronderos, R.A. & Kemp, W.P. (1996) Phylogenetic relationships of Scotussa and Leiotettix (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Cladistics, 12(2), 125–138.
  • Cigliano, M.M., Torrusio, S. & de Wysiecki, M.L. (2002) Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) community composition and temporal variation in the Pampas, Argentina. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 11(2), 215–221. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282002%29011%5B0215%3AGOACCA%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Colombo, P.C., Cigliano, M.M., Sequeira, A.S., Lange, C.E., Vilardi, J.C. & Confalonieri, V.A. (2005) Phylogenetic relationships in Dichroplus Stål (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) inferred from molecular and morphological data: testing karyotype diversification. Cladistics, 21, 375–389.
  • de Wysiecki, M.L., Torrusio, S. & Cigliano, M.M. (2004) Caracterización de las comunidades de acridios (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) del partido de Benito Juárez, sudeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 63(3-4), 87–96. Available at http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0373-56802004000200014&lng=en&nrm=iso
  • Greco-Spíngola, S., Jorge, C. & Lorier, E. (2020) Acridomorpha (Orthoptera) species associated with the protected wetlands of Santa Lucía, Montevideo, Uruguay. Check List, 16(3), 597–610. Available at http://checklist.pensoft.net/article/46632/
  • Lange, C.E. (1996) Primer registro de Melameba locustae (Protista: Rhizopoda) en acridios sudamericanos (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Neotropica, 42, 107–109.
  • Liebermann, J. (1939) Catálogo sistemático y biogeográfico de acridoideos argentinos. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 10, 125–230. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/58220
  • Liebermann, J. (1944) Sobre las expecies argentino-paraguayas del género Leiotettix Bruner, con la descripción de L. eduardgaldosi especie nueva (Orth., Acrid., Cyrtacanth.). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, 138(4), 162–168. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/192676#page/198/mode/1up
  • Liebermann, J. (1957) Materiales típicos de acridios en las colecciones entomológicas de la Argentina. IDIA, 116, 17–20.
  • Liebermann, J. (1958) Los acridios de Formosa (Orth. Caelifera, Acrididea). Publicaciones del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, 5, 3–24.
  • Liebermann, J. (1965) Nuevos materiales homotípicos en la colección de acridios del Instituto de Patología Vegetal, Instituto Nacional de Technología Agropecuaria, INTA (Orthoptera). Physis. Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales, 25, 213–222.
  • Liebermann, J. (1967) Lista alfabética preliminar de las tucuras de la tribu Dichroplini de la región neotropical (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 30(1-4), 27–36. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/42296
  • Mariottini, Y., de Wysiecki, M.L. & Lange, C.E. (2011) Seasonal occurrence of life stages of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) in the southern Pampas, Argentina. Zoological Studies, 50(6), 737–744. Available at http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/50.6/737.pdf
  • Mesa, A. & de Zolessi, L.C. (1968) Descripción y observaciones bioecológicas sobre una nueva especie de Scotussa (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Revista de La Sociedad Uruguaya de Entomologia, 77, 4–19.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1913) A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Argentina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 65, 273–379. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30014#page/291/mode/1up
  • Ronderos, R.A., Arriaga, M.O. & Sánchez, N.E. (1981) Estudio preliminar sobre la selectividad alimentaria en especies de acridios de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 40(1-4), 73–82. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/40647
  • Sánchez, N.E. (1981) Variaciones estacionales de la fauna de acrididos en un pastizal sucesional de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 39, 227–234. [1980] Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/40834
  • Terra, B.R., Gatti, F.D.G., Carneiro, M.A.A. & Matiotti da Costa, M.K. (2017) The grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of the grasslands in the southern portion of the Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Check List, 13(1), 1–16. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/cl/article/view/13.1.2052
  • Torrusio, S., Cigliano, M.M. & de Wysiecki, M.L. (2002) Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and plant community relationships in the Argentine pampas. Journal of Biogeography, 29, 221–229.

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Latin for beautiful.

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