Classification > Family
Tettigoniidae
> Subfamily
Phaneropterinae
> Tribe
Dysoniini
> Genus
Lichenomorphus
Lichenomorphus pirani (Costa Lima & Guitton, 1961)
male (Misiones, General Manuel Belgrano, January 2014) © Marco Vicariotto
Geographic distribution
Distribution
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- Argentina
- Chaco
- Córdoba
- Formosa
- Jujuy
- Misiones
- Salta
- Santa Fe
Other distribution
south of Brazil, Paraguay
- Dysonia pirani Costa Lima & Guitton, 1961
Argentine records have formerly been identified as the very similar species L. punctifrons. Probably a nocturnal canopy katydid which comes sometimes to the light. Belonging to a mostly tropical group of lichen mimics. About 35 mm.
- PIRAN, A.A. 1942. Catálogo sistemático y zoogeográfico de Tettigonioideos argentinos (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 11(3):240-287:259 [Dysonia punctifrons].
- PIRÁN, A.A. 1943. Miscelaneas sobre Tettigoniodeos argentinos (Orth. Tettig.). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 11(5):444-449:448 [Dysonia punctifrons].
- COSTA LIMA, A.M. & GUITTON, N. 1960. Gênero Dysonia (Orth. Tettig. Phaneropteridae) Parte I. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 32:399-418:404.
- COSTA LIMA, A.M. & GUITTON, N. 1961. Gênero Dysonia (Orth. Tettig. Phaneropteridae) Parte II - Conclusão. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 33:69-89 :69.
- CADENA-CASTAÑEDA, O.J., BRAUN, H. & GARCÍA GARCÍA, A. 2022. The tribe Dysoniini part VI: Phylogeny, biogeography and evolutionary trends of the lichen katydid genera (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Eleventh contribution to the suprageneric organization of Neotropical phaneropterines. Zootaxa 5166(1):1–93:61.
- FIANCO, M., SZINWELSKI, N. & FARIA, L.R.R. 2022. Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil. Zootaxa 5136(1):1–72 :29.
