Studies on Pygmy Grasshoppers: Bogotatettix Cadena‐Castañeda, García‐García & Tavares, gen. nov. (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), a New Genus From the High Andean Forests and Páramos
Oscar J. Cadena‐Castañeda, Alexander García‐García, Ronald Fernando Quintana‐Arias, Juan Pablo Prias‐Sarmiento, Gustavo Costa TavaresABSTRACT
In this contribution to the study of pygmy grasshoppers, a new genus is described, which inhabits the high Andean forests and páramos surrounding the Bogotá Savannah, Colombia. Bogotattetix Cadena‐Castañeda, García‐García & Tavares, gen. nov. includes a new species, Bogotattetix chingazaensis Cadena‐Castañeda, García‐García & Tavares, sp. nov. and Bogotattetix colombiae (Günther) comb. nov. , which was originally included in the genus Metrodora Bolívar, 1887. The taxonomic placement of the taxa studied here is discussed, a key for species identification is provided, and a lectotype and paralectotype are designated for B. colombiae comb. nov.