Species info
Classification > Family Tettigoniidae > Subfamily Phaneropterinae > Tribe Scudderiini > Genus Theudoria
Theudoria melanocnemis (Stål, 1861)
male (Buenos Aires, Magdalena, near Atalaya, March 2016)
male (Buenos Aires, Magdalena, near Atalaya, March 2016)
male (Buenos Aires, Magdalena, near Atalaya, March 2016)
male (Buenos Aires, Magdalena, Arroyo Zapata, March 2018)
male (Buenos Aires, Magdalena, Arroyo Zapata, March 2018)
male (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, January 2020) © Dalma Raymundi
male (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, January 2020) © Dalma Raymundi
late-instar nymph (Buenos Aires, Berisso, January 2019) © Martín Arregui
late-instar nymph (Buenos Aires, Berisso, January 2019) © Martín Arregui
early-instar nymph (Buenos Aires, Berisso, Palo Blanco, December 2020)
early-instar nymph (Buenos Aires, Berisso, Palo Blanco, December 2020)
female, green morph (Buenos Aires, Berisso, near Palo Blanco, January 2021)
female, green morph (Buenos Aires, Berisso, near Palo Blanco, January 2021)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Entre Ríos
    • Misiones
    • Santa Fe
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
E Paraguay, SE Brazil
 
Synonyms
  • Theudoria nigrolineata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
  • Herbardius rubrovittatus Piza, 1980
Observations
Open woodland with herbaceous vegetation, usually in humid environment or close to water bodies. Active at day. 27-30 mm.
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References
  • REHN, J.A.G. 1915. A further contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Argentina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67:270-292:287.
  • PIRÁN, A.A. 1942. Catálogo sistemático y zoogeográfico de Tettigonioideos argentinos (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 11(3):240-287:266.
  • FIANCO, M., SZINWELSKI, N. & FARIA, L.R.R. 2022. Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil. Zootaxa 5136(1):1–72 :50.
  • BRAUN, H. 2023. Tettigoniidae. In Claps, L.E., Roig-Juñent, S.A. & Morrone, J.J. (Eds.). Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos Volumen 6. Editorial INSUE UNT, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. 128–149:138, 140, 148.
  • GRECO-SPÍNGOLA, S. 2025. Taxonomía, diversidad y distribución geográfica de saltamontes (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) del Uruguay. Facultad de Ciencias, UdelaR, 1-187:139.
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