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Vol. 47 No. 4, 2008
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Review of the Canarian Sphingonotini with Description of a New Species
from Fuerteventura (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae)
Axel Hochkirch1,* and Martin Husemann2
1University of Trier, Department VI, Biogeography Group, Am Wissenschaftspark 25-27, Trier, D-54296, Germany
2University of Osnabrück, Department of Biology/Chemistry, Division of Ecology, Barbarastr 11, Osnabrück, D-49076, Germany
Axel Hochkirch and Martin Husemann (2008) The Canarian representatives of the tribe Sphingonotini
(Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) are revised, and a molecular
phylogeny based on mitochondrial (mt)DNA sequences (ND5) is
presented. The genera Wernerella, Pseudosphingonotus, and Neosphingonotus are synonymized with Sphingonotus. A new grasshopper species from Fuerteventura, Sphingonotus fuerteventurae
sp. nov., is described and compared with the Canarian Sphingonotini and
some closely related West-Mediterranean species. Some information
on the distribution and ecology of the new species is given, and a key
to the Canarian species of Sphingonotus is presented.
Key words: Taxonomy, Canary Is., Cryptic species, Sphingonotini, Sphingonotus.
*Correspondence: Tel: 49-651-2014692. Fax: 49-651-2013851. E-mail:hochkirch@uni-trier.de
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