Species info
Classification > Family Tettigoniidae > Subfamily Phaneropterinae > Tribe Scudderiini > Genus Ligocatinus
Ligocatinus spinatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)
male (Buenos Aires, Atalaya, February 2020)
male (Buenos Aires, Atalaya, February 2020)
male (Buenos Aires, Atalaya, February 2020)
male (Buenos Aires, Atalaya, February 2020)
male (Buenos Aires, Atalaya, February 2020)
female (Buenos Aires, Ensenada, March 2019)
female (Buenos Aires, Ensenada, March 2019)
female, note unconcealed tympanum on fore tibia typical of Phaneropterinae (Buenos Aires, Ensenada, March 2019)
female, note unconcealed tympanum on fore tibia typical of Phaneropterinae (Buenos Aires, Ensenada, March 2019)
subadult female, at night (Chaco, El Impenetrable National Park, December 2019)
subadult female, at night (Chaco, El Impenetrable National Park, December 2019)
early-instar nymph, at night (Chaco, El Impenetrable National Park, December 2019)
early-instar nymph, at night (Chaco, El Impenetrable National Park, December 2019)
early-instar nymph (Buenos Aires, Berisso, Palo Blanco, December 2020)
early-instar nymph (Buenos Aires, Berisso, Palo Blanco, December 2020)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Chaco
    • Entre Ríos
    • Formosa
    • Salta
    • Santa Fe
    • Tucumán
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
 
Observations
Locally common in open woodland with herbaceous vegetation. Relatively large eyes, lateral lobes of pronotum perpendicular to flat disk, lateral edges of ptonotum and ear region on fore tibiae dark orange. Active day and night. 30-35 mm.
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References
  • PIRÁN, A.A. 1942. Catálogo sistemático y zoogeográfico de Tettigonioideos argentinos (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 11(3):240-287:279.
  • ROMERO SUELDO DE ESCAÑO, M. 2006. Espermatóforo de Ligocatinus spinatus (Brunner) (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae). Acta Zoológica Lilloana 50(1-1):129-130
  • RUIZ DE BIGLIARDO, G.E., CARO, M.S., ROMERO SUELDO DE ESCAÑO, M. & FRÍAS DE FERNÁNDEZ, A.M. 2007. Analisis citogenético, genitales externos y distribución de Ligocatinus spinatus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Acta Zoológica Lilloana 51(2):127-136
  • 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, 148.
  • GRECO-SPÍNGOLA, S. 2025. Taxonomía, diversidad y distribución geográfica de saltamontes (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) del Uruguay. Facultad de Ciencias, UdelaR, 1-187:136.
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