Diacanthodis sp.

This beautiful katydid with the spiny crest is potentially new to science. \

It might be Diacanthodis formidabilis, described in 1838 from a female from Brazil, of which the unique type specimen seems to be lost. But some details in the original description are slightly different compared to the also collected female of the Ecuadorian species.

Scientific Name and Classification

Diacanthodis sp.
subfamily Pseudophyllinae, tribe Pleminiini

Where

On a RAP survey, Tepuyes of the Upper Nangaritza River and Cordillera del Cóndor, Provincia de Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador, South America.

When

April 2009

Field Notes

Male, body length (including wings) 30-35 mm

Finder

Holger Braun, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign