Paprides is a genus of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Paprides, found in New Zealand.[1][2] Both species were moved to the genus Sigaus in 2023[3]

Paprides
Paprides nitidus, New Zealand
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Catantopinae
Genus: Paprides
Hutton, 1898

Species

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These species use to belong to the genus Paprides:

  • Sigaus dugdali (Bigelow, 1967). A grasshopper species found in tussock above 400 m above sea level in the southern half of South Island New Zealand.[3]
  • Sigaus nitidus (Hutton, 1898) An alpine grasshopper species restricted to the northern two thirds of South Island New Zealand. Females are larger than males.[4] This species is sister to three species that were previously in the genus Brachaspis (Sigaus collinus; S. nivalis and S. robustus).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Paprides". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  2. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2020). "genus Paprides Hutton, 1898". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  3. ^ a b c Trewick, Steven A.; Koot, Emily M.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2023). "Māwhitiwhiti Aotearoa: Phylogeny and synonymy of the silent alpine grasshopper radiation of New Zealand (Orthoptera: Acrididae)". Zootaxa. 5383 (2): 225–241. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5383.2.7. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. ^ Nakano, Mari; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Clavijo-McCormick, Andrea; Trewick, Steven (2023). "Abundance and distribution of antennal sensilla on males and females of three sympatric species of alpine grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae) in Aotearoa New Zealand". Zoomorphology. 142 (1): 51–62. doi:10.1007/s00435-022-00579-z. ISSN 1432-234X.
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