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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Tropicophyllum (Prorossophyllum) maculosum (Bowen-Jones, 2000)

Tropicophyllum (Prorossophyllum) maculosum (Bowen-Jones, 2000): male. (Otu).
Tropicophyllum (Prorossophyllum) maculosum (Bowen-Jones, 2000): male. (Otu).
Tropicophyllum (Prorossophyllum) maculosum (Bowen-Jones, 2000): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Tropicophyllum (Prorossophyllum) maculosum (Bowen-Jones, 2000): male (Costa Rica, La Selva). (Otu).
Tropicophyllum (Prorossophyllum) maculosum (Bowen-Jones, 2000): male. (Otu).
Tropicophyllum (Prorossophyllum) maculosum (Bowen-Jones, 2000): male being eaten by Choeradodis rhombicollis (Costa Rica, La Selva). (Otu).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Rossophyllum maculosum Bowen-Jones, 2000: 21.

    Holotype; male; 14ecac47-1f34-4589-828b-92f4338d1b74; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR); Costa Rica: Puntarenas: Golfito: Osa Peninsula, Sirena Research Station, Corcorvado National Park

  • Tropicophyllum maculosum (Bowen-Jones, 2000) in Koçak & Kemal, 2008: 5.
  • Tropicophyllum maculosum (Bowen-Jones, 2000) in Mendes & Rafael, 2025: 124.
  • Tropicophyllum (Prorossophyllum) maculosum (Bowen-Jones, 2000) in Gorochov, 2026: 28.

References (7)

  • Barranco, P. (2010) Ortópteros de la Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes (San Ramón, Costa Rica). I. Anostostomatidae y Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 46, 509–517.
  • Bowen-Jones, E. (2000) Description of two new species of Tettigoniidae from Corcorvado National Park, Costa Rica: Rossophyllum maculosum (Phaneropterinae) and Idiarthron cerosum (Pseudophyllinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 9, 21–25.
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2014) Las tribus Microcentrini, stat. nov. y Amblycoryphini, stat. nov. (Orthoptera: Tettiginioidea: Phaneropterinae): cuarto aporte a la organización supragenérica de los faneropterinos neotropicales. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 55, 19–39.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2026) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 13: the subtribes Microcentrina and Stilpnochlorina subtrib.n. Russian Entomological Journal, 35(1), 1–67. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.35.1.01
  • Koçak, A.Ö. & Kemal, M. (2008) Replacement names among the genus and family group taxa in Orthoptera. Centre for Entomological Studies, Miscellaneous Papers, 141, 1–5. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/CentreForEntomologicalStudiesAnkaraMiscellaneousPapers141
  • Mendes, D.M.de M. & Rafael, J.A. (2025) Review of Anapolisia Piza, 1980 and Tropicophyllum Koçak & Kemal, 2008 stat. rev. (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Microcentrini). Zootaxa, 5564(1), 1–184. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5564.1.1
  • Naskrecki, P. (2017) Hidden Kingdom. Cornell University Press, 207 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for spotted, pertaining to the sharply defined white spots on the forewings, particulary on the caudal, ventral margin, where they are highlighted by a band of darker pigmentation.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034