species

Lethus nicaraguae Descamps, 1974

Lethus nicaraguae Descamps, 1974: from Honduras (ex UC Riverside). female, lateral view. (Otu).

Lethus nicaraguae Descamps, 1974: habitus. (Otu).

Lethus nicaraguae Descamps, 1974: Fig. 1. male habitus (body length 16.5-17.8 mm, pronotum 9.6-9.9 mm, hind femur 2.1-2.2 mm). (Otu).

Lethus nicaraguae Descamps, 1974: Figs. 11-12, 14. male abdomen tip, lateral and apical view, and female subgential plate. (Otu).

Lethus nicaraguae Descamps, 1974: Fig. 13. male cercus, dorsal view. (Otu).

Lethus nicaraguae Descamps, 1974: Figs. 22-23. endophallus and phallic complex, both lateral view. (Otu).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; 7d127471-dc52-4922-b1a2-cbcace641432; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Nicaragua: Matagalpa: Matagalpa

Nomenclature (4)

Lethus nicaraguae Descamps, 1974: 556.
Holotype; male; 7d127471-dc52-4922-b1a2-cbcace641432; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Nicaragua: Matagalpa: Matagalpa
Lethus nicaraguae Descamps, 1974 in Maes, 1998: 113.

Lethus nicaraguae Descamps, 1974 in Rowell & Perez-Gelabert, 2006: 192. 209, 236.
Lethus nicaraguae Descamps, 1974 in Rowell & Behrstock, 2012: 236.

Nomenclature references (4)

Descamps, M. (1974) Quelques nouveaux Episactinae des genres Lethus et Gymnotettis (Orth. Eumastacoidea Episactidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 10(3), 553–559. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6127723k/f66.item
Maes, J.-M. (1998) In Insectos de Nicaragua. Museo Entomológico de León. Vol. 1, 500 pp.

Rowell, C.H.F. & Behrstock, R.A. (2012) Additions to the acridoid grasshopper fauna of El Salvador. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 21(2), 235–243. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1665/034.021.0208
Rowell, C.H.F. & Perez-Gelabert, D.E. (2006) The status of the Espagnolinae (Rehn 1948) and other subfamilies of the Episactidae (Descamps 1973) (Eumastacoidea, Caelifera, Orthoptera), with description of two new genera, Paralethus and Neibamastax. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(2), 191–240. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282006%2915%5B191%3ATSOTER%5D2.0.CO%3B2