Short-winged Ringfoot Katydid

This short-winged katydid is potentially a new species and belongs most probably to its own new genus, related to Brachyteleutias.

It lives in an elevation of 1800 to 2200 m and its presence can easily be verified by its characteristic calling song. But only with an ultrasound detector, because the frequency range is fairly high (20-30 kHz), like in many katydids.

Scientific Classification

subfamiliy Pseudophyllinae, probably tribe Teleutiini

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 20 mm

Finder

Holger Braun, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign