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White-faced Gnome Katydid
Only two females have been found of this tiny species.
It is a species potentially new to science, and probably also belongs to a new genus, closely related to Parangara with one species from Peru.
It lives at 1200 – 1800 m.
Scientific Classification
subfamily Phaneropterinae
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
Female, body length 12-13 mm
Finder
Holger Braun, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign