Mm. Cigliano et Ce. Lange, Phylogenetic relationships of Eremopachys Brancsik (Orthoptera : Tristiridae : Tropidostethini), T AM ENT S, 126(3-4), 2000, pp. 327-335
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
The Tropidostethini are the only tristirids found in the Nothofagus forest,
at the southern part of the South American continent along the Andes. With
in this tribe, Eremopachys bergi Brancsik, the only known species of Eremop
achys, occurs in the chilean patagonia mostly in the open steppe areas with
Mulinum spinosum. Males of this species were unknown until recently, when
specimens of this sex were found in the vecinity of the "Torres del Paine"
National Park. The description of the male characteristics of this species
is provided and the phylogenetic relationships for the genus Eremopachys ar
e proposed based on a cladistic analysis performed for the subfamily Tristi
rinae.