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Staleochlora curupira Roberts & Carbonell, 1992

Staleochlora curupira Roberts & Carbonell, 1992: Fig. 28. male habitus. (Otu).
Staleochlora curupira Roberts & Carbonell, 1992: Fig. 28. male habitus. (Otu).
Staleochlora curupira Roberts & Carbonell, 1992: Fig. 21A. head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Staleochlora curupira Roberts & Carbonell, 1992: Fig. 21B. pronotum, lateral view. (Otu).
Staleochlora curupira Roberts & Carbonell, 1992: Fig. 21C. tegmen. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1527341; efe68482-a33a-4443-8c02-2bda856b958d: Image Carbonell, C.S. male (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Staleochlora curupira Roberts & Carbonell, 1992: 96.

    Holotype; male; efe68482-a33a-4443-8c02-2bda856b958d; deposited at: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ); Brazil: Goiás: Minacu

  • Staleochlora curupira Roberts & Carbonell, 1992 in Monné, 2018: 94.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Monné, M.Á. (2018) An updated list of the type specimens of Caelifera (Orthoptera) in the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. Zootaxa, 4462(1), 73–99.
  • Roberts, H.R. & Carbonell, C.S. (1992) Revision of the genera Agriacris Walker 1870 and Staleochlora nov. (Orthoptera, Romaleidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 1, 75–106.

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Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Curupira (Tupi-Guarani language) is a mythological being in many of the Amerindian cultures in Brazil, protector of the woods and animals, who, in the figure of a dwarf, frightens and misleads hunters by making strange or terrifying noises.

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