01716nas a2200169   4500008004100000245017000041210006900211520106600280653001701346653001701363653002101380653001301401653001901414653001601433100003101449856006601480       2020                        eng d00aTainacanthus ferox, a remarkable new genus and species of katydids from the high mountains of Hispaniola (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae: Polyancistrini)0 aTainacanthus ferox a remarkable new genus and species of katydid3 a<p>The new genus and species of Polyancistrini katydids Tainacanthus ferox gen. nov., sp. nov. is described from specimens collected in the highest mountains of the Dominican Republic, island of Hispaniola. This is the third genus of Polyancistrini known from Hispaniola and the seventh genus of the tribe. Tainacanthus is distinctive due to the unique architecture of its pronotum, which is a large and bulbous shield with an extended metazona that covers and protects the stridulatory apparatus surrounded by a relatively small number of large and sharp spines. Additionally, all legs are armed with larger and more robust spines than those of Polyancistrus Audinet-Serville, 1831, its most likely closest relative. Tainacanthus inhabits the highest mountains of the Dominican Cordillera Central at over 2,400 m above sea level, living among hard-leaf evergreen vegetation interspersed with pine forests. The type locality is included within the Armando Berm&uacute;dez National Park, one of the most important protected areas in the Dominican Republic.</p>
10abiodiversity10adistribution10aGreater Antilles10ataxonomy10aTettigonioidea10aWest Indies1 aPerez-Gelabert, Daniel, E.  uhttp://novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/issue/view/18