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; the southernmost is Mimetica imperatrix, described from Bucay, Ecuador. No species apart from M. stigmatica are known from Mexico; the next-northernmost species, Mimetica angulosa and Mimetica mortuifolia, have been found in Guatemala. The citizen science project iNaturalist has recorded M. mortuifolia and Mimetica incisa from Belize. Further down the isthmus of Central America, M. incisa can also be found in Nicaragua, as well as in Costa Rica, which is home to six species, five of which were originally described from there (the exception being M. mortulifolia). Three species are known from Panama, four from Colombia and one, Mimetica simoni, from Venezuela.

Distribution of Mimetica species

Country	Species
Mexico	Mimetica stigmatica
Guatemala	Mimetica angulosa	Mimetica mortuifolia
Belize	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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10585507 entry