Melanonotus powellorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Pseudophyllinae
Genus: Melanonotus
Species:
M. powellorum
Binomial name
Melanonotus powellorum
Rentz, 1975

Melanonotus powellorum is a species of katydid in the subfamily Pseudophyllinae.[1] It was described in 1975 from Monteverde, Costa Rica.[2][3]

Description

Malanonotus powellorum is yellowish brown, with a large, rounded head and long antennae. It is sluggish, flightless, and nocturnal, emerging to feed at night among the leaves of the forest understory.

Range

This species is known from Monteverde, where it is common, and also elsewhere in Costa Rica.[1]

Habitat

Ecology

Etymology

The specific epithet honors George and Harriett Powell,[2] researchers who helped establish the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve[4] and preserve the habitat of this species.

Taxonomy

References

  1. 1 2 Citizen science observations for Melanonotus powellorum at iNaturalist
  2. 1 2 Rentz, David C. (1975). Two new katydids of the genus Melanonotus from Costa Rica with comments on their life history strategies. Vol. 86. American Entomological Society. pp. 129โ€“140. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. โ†‘ "species Melanonotus powellorum Rentz, 1975: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  4. โ†‘ "George Powell". BOSQUETERNO S.A. Retrieved 2021-12-19.


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