Systematics of the american katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 6
ABSTRACT
The genera Topana Walker, 1869, Pelecynotum Piza, 1967, Grammadera Brunner-Wattenwyl, 1878, Ceraia Brunner-
Wattenwyl, 1891 and Anisophya Karabag, 1960 (Phaneropterinae) are considered. Topana, as a part of the subtribe
Pycnopalpina Cadena-Castañeda, 2014, is tentatively included in the tribe Dysoniini. Pelecynotum is put in the
subtribe Viadanina Cadena-Castañeda, 2012 (Phaneropterini) which is synonymized with the former subtribal
name Pelecynotina Cadena-Castañeda, 2015, syn. nov. Eleven new taxa of this subfamily are described: Protopana
subgen. nov., T. primitiva sp. nov., T. angulata sp. nov., T. truncata sp. nov.; T. media convoluta subsp. nov., P. comicum
sp. nov., G. tricaudata sp. nov., G. hastata peruana subsp. nov., C. legitima divulsa subsp. nov.; C. amboro sp. nov.,
A. bolivia sp. nov. For G. steinbachi Bruner, 1915 and A. melanochloris (Rehn, 1911), some new data are given.
Key words: America, Anisophya, Ceraia, Grammadera, new taxa, Pelecynotum, Phaneropterinae, Tettigoniidae, Topana
Journal name: Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS
Author (s): A.V. Gorochov