REVISION OF THE WEST-INDIAN GENUS AMPHIACUSTA SAUSSURE, 1874, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 20 NEW SPECIES (ORTHOPTERA, GRYLLOIDEA, PHALANGOPSIDAE)

Authors
DESUTTERGRANDCOLAS L OTTE D
Citation
L. Desuttergrandcolas et D. Otte, REVISION OF THE WEST-INDIAN GENUS AMPHIACUSTA SAUSSURE, 1874, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 20 NEW SPECIES (ORTHOPTERA, GRYLLOIDEA, PHALANGOPSIDAE), Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 33(1), 1997, pp. 101-128
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Annales de la Societe entomologique de France → ACNP
ISSN journal
00379271
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
101 - 128
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9271(1997)33:1<101:ROTWGA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The genus Amphiacusta (Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae, Amphiacustae), as d efined as a monophyletic entity by DESUTTER-GRANDCOLAS (1993), is revi sed. Amphiacusta annulipes, A. bahamensis and A. caraibea are redefine d. Two species are transferred to other genera : A. dispar to Aclodes, and A. spectrum to Nemoricantor, while Amphiacusta aranea is synonymi zed with A. annulipes. Twenty new species are described and seven spec ies groups defined. The distribution of the genus and of the species g roups are briefly documented.