Review of the Neotropical genus Paraphidnia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae)
The genus Paraphidnia Giglio-Tos, 1898 belonging to the tribe Dysoniini is divided into two subgenera: Paraphidnia s. str. and Anaphidna subgen. nov. The nominotypical subgenus contains only P. gallina Giglio-Tos, 1898. Paraphidnia verrucosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)
and P. lankester Rehn, 1918 are included in the new subgenus together with twelve new species: P. mexicana sp. nov. (type species of Anaphidna), P. peruana sp. nov., P. svetlanae sp. nov., P. bezverkhovo sp. nov., P. polestshuki sp. nov, P. graciela sp. nov., P. queiroz sp. nov., P. silvae sp. nov., P. osae sp. nov., P. hernandez sp. nov., P. rubricorpus sp. nov., and P. rhinoceros sp. nov. The new subgenus and all the new species are described and illustrated.
Key words: katydids, taxonomy, Neotropics, Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae,
Dysoniini, Paraphidnia, new taxa
Journal name: Zoosystematica Rossica
Author (s): Oscar j. Cadena-Castaneda, A.V. Gorochov