Biology:Mimetica
Mimetica is a genus of leaf-mimic katydids of the family Tettigoniidae, found in northern Latin America.
Distribution
There are fifteen Mimetica species found in nine countries. Several species have not been studied beyond a few specimens, and are therefore known from very few locations. The northernmost species is Mimetica stigmatica, described from near Guadalajara in central Mexico;[1] the southernmost is Mimetica imperatrix, described from Bucay, Ecuador.[2] No species apart from M. stigmatica are known from Mexico; the next-northernmost species, Mimetica angulosa and Mimetica mortuifolia, have been found in Guatemala.[3][4] The citizen science project iNaturalist has recorded M. mortuifolia and Mimetica incisa from Belize.[5] Further down the isthmus of Central America, M. incisa can also be found in Nicaragua, as well as in Costa Rica,[6] which is home to six species, five of which were originally described from there (the exception being M. mortulifolia).[4][6][7][8][9][10] Three species are known from Panama,[6][10][11] four from Colombia[12][13][14][15] and one, Mimetica simoni, from Venezuela.[16]
| Country | Species | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | Mimetica stigmatica | ||
| Guatemala | Mimetica angulosa | Mimetica mortuifolia | |
| Belize[lower-alpha 1] | Mimetica incisa | ||
| Nicaragua | N/A | N/A | |
| Costa Rica | Mimetica tuberata | Mimetica mortuifolia | |
| Mimetica aridifolia | Mimetica crenulata | ||
| Mimetica viridifolia | N/A | ||
| Panama | Mimetica siccifolia | ||
| Colombia | Mimetica castanea | Mimetica pehlkei | |
| Mimetica semialata | Mimetica subintegra | ||
| Venezuela | Mimetica simoni | ||
| Ecuador | Mimetica imperatrix | ||
Notes
- ↑ Based only on iNaturalist observations
References
- ↑ "Mimetica stigmatica Karny, 1914". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850310/overview.
- ↑ "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica imperatrix Hebard, 1924". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850322/overview.
- ↑ "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica angulosa Vignon, 1924". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850323/overview.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica mortuifolia Pictet, 1888". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850314/overview.
- ↑ "Genus Mimetica" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/247413-Mimetica.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica incisa (Stål, 1875)". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850325/overview.
- ↑ "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica crenulata Rehn, 1906". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850319/overview.
- ↑ "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica tuberata Vignon, 1924". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850318/overview.
- ↑ "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica aridifolia Saussure & Pictet, 1898". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850324/overview.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica viridifolia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850328/overview.
- ↑ "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica siccifolia Saussure & Pictet, 1898". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850312/overview.
- ↑ "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica castanea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850327/overview.
- ↑ "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica pehlkei Enderlein, 1917". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850309/overview.
- ↑ "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica semialata Beier, 1960". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850321/overview.
- ↑ "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica subintegra Saussure & Pictet, 1898". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850311/overview.
- ↑ "Orthoptera Species File - Mimetica simoni Bolívar, 1890". https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/850320/overview.
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