taxonID	type	description	language	source
03CDE129711AFFF0FAF7B1B5ECDBFC46.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Pediella colorata Roberts, by original designation	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE129711AFFF0FAF7B1B5ECDBFC46.taxon	description	Redescription. Small size, brightly colored ventrally, brachypterous insects. Head conical in dorsal view; face decidedly retreating; frontal costa without lateral margins, not sulcated; fastigium apex bluntly rounded, without lateral carinae, broader than long. Eyes ovoid, not prominent. Antennae short, without surpassing beyond the caudal margin of pronotum. Pronotum with lateral margins broadly rounded into lateral lobes; pronotal disk without lateral carinae; caudal margin broadly emarginated; transverse sulci weakly impressed; metazone impress-punctuate. Prosternal spine prominent directed caudally, apex unilobate. Tegmina short, lateral, with rounded apex and finely reticulate venation. Male cerci conical, short and slender, directed dorsally; epiproct triangular with median longitudinal sulcus; furculae wide; subgenital plate short conical, with apex extending beyond the tip of epiproct. Pallium coriaceous without internal lobes. Caudal femur with pinnae lightly colored, well indicated. Phallic complex: ectophallus with largely developed capsule like cingulum (Fig. 5 B, G, L, U); apodemes wide (Fig. 5 A, F, K, T); zygoma broad; rami projected caudally, embracing ventrally the apical valves of aedeagus. Sheath of aedeagus with two pairs of lobes widely developed covering dorsally the apex of the aedeagus (Figs. 5 B, G, L, Q, U). Endophallic plates wide in lateral view (Fig. 5 R), distal endophallic plates with apical valves stout, arch of cingulum highly developed forming an independent sclerotized structure (Fig. 5 R). Epiphallus with lophi largely developed. Female (Fig. 2 A – C): similar to males but larger and more robust. Head strongly conical in dorsal view with retreating face; fastigium rounded into the frontal costa; eyes not prominent, with the frontal edge straight; pronotum broadly trapezoidal with hind margin emarginated at the middle. Ovipositor valves strongly curved, with acute apex (Figs. 2 B – C). Relationship to other genera. Based on the shape of the male subgenital plate and characters of the phallic complex, Pediella could be considered to belong to the tribe Dichroplini. However it lacks one of the synapomorphies of the tribe, the development of a pair of internal lobes in the pallium.	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE1297119FFF0FAF7B108EDA8F841.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 A; 4 A, E; 5 A – E)	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE1297119FFF0FAF7B108EDA8F841.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype male 2, Venezuela, San Pablo, 3000 m. Upper Timber line, November 9, 1899, ANSP. The type is unique.	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE1297119FFF0FAF7B108EDA8F841.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to P. cajamarcaensis, from which it differs mainly in the shape of the male cerci wider with blunt apex and differences in the phallic complex (sheath of aedeagus narrower; broader rami).	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE1297119FFF0FAF7B108EDA8F841.taxon	description	Redescription. Body color dorsally dark brownish green, face and thorax ventrally greenish cream; epimeron cream; abdominal sternites and subgenital plate bright orange red; ventral area of first and second pair of legs red; ventral and inner of hind femora and hind tibiae bright red. Cerci slender, slightly flattened distally, apex blunt (Figs. 4 A, E). Phallic complex (Figs. 5 A – E): endophallic plates wide and short; distal portion of apical valves of aedeagus projected ventrally into a longitudinal keel; arch of cingulum highly developed. Female: unknown. Measurements. Body length 18.00 mm; femur III length 10.00 mm. Observations. The type locality is uncertain but, as mentioned by Roberts (1937) it is probably 50 km southwest of Mérida on the slopes of San Pablo.	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE1297119FFF0FAF7B108EDA8F841.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Venezuela, Merida, based by the registered altitude in the species inhabits in the Páramos. 1. http: // orthoptera. speciesfile. org / Common / key / KeyDriver. aspx? BlockID = 2189 2. http: // orthoptera. speciesfile. org / Common / basic / ShowImage. aspx? TaxonNameID = 42363 & ImageID = 68974	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE1297118FFF6FAF7B5D5ED13FD95.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 B; 3 A – E; 4 B, F; 5 F – J; 6)	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE1297118FFF6FAF7B5D5ED13FD95.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype male 1, allotype female, Perú: Depto. Ancash, 4 km. detour to Chiquián, 4062 m, S 10 0 06 ’ 32.1 ” / W 77 0 11 ’ 08.9 ”, 15 / 05 / 2004, (Cigliano & Lange), MLPA. Paratypes: 3 male, 1 female, Perú: Depto. Ancash, Callejón de Huaylas, Laguna Conococha, 4146 m, S 10 0 07 ’ 42.2 ” W 77 0 17 ’ 52.7 ”, 11 / 05 / 2004, (Cigliano & Lange), MLPA; 3 males, 3 females, Ancash, 4 km. detour to Chiquián, 4062 m, S 10 0 06 ’ 32.1 ” / W 77 0 11 ’ 08.9 ”, 15 / 05 / 2004, (Cigliano & Lange), MLPA, MNHN; 1 female, Ancash, Cordillera Huayhuash, 1 km E detour Chiquián, 4305 m., S 10 0 05´33.02 ´´ / W 77 0 10´57.4 ´´, 15 / 05 / 2004, (Cigliano & Lange), MLPA.	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE1297118FFF6FAF7B5D5ED13FD95.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished from the remaining species of Pediella by male cerci slender; tegmina with acute apex; and phallic complex with cingulum largely developed with elevated collar like zygoma, rami wide, extended ventrally mandible like shaped; apical valves of aedeagus ventrally concave.	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE1297118FFF6FAF7B5D5ED13FD95.taxon	description	Description. Body color dorsally olive green with tinges of brown, with a yellow mid-longitudinal stripe on dorsum of abdomen and epiproct; face, anterior edge of pronotum and thorax ventrally whitish green porcelaine; epimeron with a whitish porcelain stripe; abdominal sternites and subgenital plate brightly red; ventral area of first and second pair of legs red; hind femur with ventral and inner area orange red, dorsal area olive green, outer area red with tinges of yellow; hind tibia and tarsi orange red. Tegmina with acute apex 1. http: // orthoptera. speciesfile. org / Common / basic / ShowImage. aspx? TaxonNameID = 77279 & ImageID = 68997 (Fig. 1 B). Cerci slim, tapering at the distal end, apex acute (Figs. 4 B, F). Phallic complex (Figs. 5 F – J): cingulum largely developed with elevated collar like zygoma; rami wide, extended ventrally mandible like shaped; arch of the cingulum large; apical valves of aedeagus ventrally concave; epiphallus with largely developed lophi. Females: body color brown, with patches of cream areas; whitish mid-longitudinal stripe on dorsum of abdomen; face cream; abdomen ventrally yellow; hind femur ventral and inner area red. Measurements. Body length 18.4 mm (17 – 19) males, 22.6 mm (21 – 23) females; femur III length 10.2 mm (10 – 11) males, 12.6 mm (12 – 14) females.	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE1297118FFF6FAF7B5D5ED13FD95.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Perú, Ancash (Fig. 6), in puna grassland areas with bunchgrasses of Festuca and Poa forming tussocks. Spaces around the tussocks filled by numerous herbs, including non-tussock-forming grasses and sedges, prostrate or low-growing forbs. (See geographic distribution 1).	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE129711FFFF4FAF7B010ECC5FD92.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 C; 4 D, H; 5 T – X; 6)	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE129711FFFF4FAF7B010ECC5FD92.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype male 2, allotype female, Perú: Depto. Junín, 21 km from Tarma to Jauja, almost at the pass, 4100 m, S 11 º 02 ’ 36.5 ” / W 75 º 37 ’ 33.9 ”, 28 / 04 / 2008, (Cigliano & Lange), MLPA. Paratypes: 3 males, 2 females, Perú: Depto. Junín, 25 km. W La Oroya, 3900 m., 09 / 1978 (Herbe Haute) (Descamps), MNHN; 1 male, Depto. Junín, La Oroya, 4000 m., 08 / 1978, (Descamps), MNHN; 8 males, 6 females, Depto. Junín, btwn. Tarma & Jauja, 4000 m., 09 / 1978, (Descamps), MNHN, MLPA; 1 female, Depto. Junín, Tarma, La Oroya, 4000 m, 26 / 10 / 2001 (Amedegnato & Poulain), MNHN; 1 female, Depto. Junín, Huancayo, 26 Km to Tarma from La Oroya, 4145 m, S 11 º 23 ’ 55.2 ” / W 75 º 49 ’ 14.0 ”, 26 / 04 / 2008, (Cigliano & Lange), MLPA; 3 females, 2 males, 1 nymph, Depto. Junín, 21 km from Tarma to Jauja, at the pass, 4100 m, S 11 º 02 ’ 36.5 ” / W 75 º 37 ’ 33.9 ”, 28 / 04 / 2008, (Cigliano & Lange), MLPA	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE129711FFFF4FAF7B010ECC5FD92.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Distinguished from the remaining species of Pediella by the hind tibiae with the proximal two thirds yellow, distal third and tarsi orange red; male cerci wide and short not exceeding the tip of epiproct, compressed laterally.	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE129711FFFF4FAF7B010ECC5FD92.taxon	description	Description. Body color dorsally dark green (some specimens light green), with a yellow midlongitudinal stripe on dorsum of abdomen; face, anterior edge of pronotum and thorax ventrally whitish green porcelaine; epimeron with a whitish porcelain stripe; abdominal sternites and subgenital plate yellow, abdomen lateral with tinges of violet-blue (in alive specimens); ventral area of first and second pair of legs greenish cream with tinges of red; hind femur with ventral and inner orange red, dorsal area of olive green, outer area olive green except yellow pinnae; hind tibiae with the proximal two thirds yellow, distal third and tarsi orange red. Cerci (Fig. 4 D, H) wide and short not exceeding the tip of epiproct, compressed laterally. Phallic complex (Figs. 5 T – X): endophallic plates wide in lateral view; rami wide and short; cingulum with largely developed apodemes; arch of cingulum highly developed, bulky dorsally; distal portion of apical valves of aedeagus convex ventrally, hooked shaped at the apex; sheath of aedeagus largely developed; epiphallus with lophi largely developed horizontally. Tegmina with rounded apex (Fig. 1 C). Females: similar to male but more robust; body brown with yellow tinges, with a yellow mid-longitudinal stripe on dorsum of abdomen, of epiproct and of ovipositor valves; antennae red; body ventrally yellowish brown; first and second pair of legs brown with tinges of yellow; ventral area of hind femur orange red; inner area and outer area of hind femur brown with the yellow pinnae; hind tibiae with the proximal two thirds yellow, distal third and tarsi orange red. Sides of abdomen purple and of ovipositor valves with tinges of purple. Measurements. Body length 17.8 mm (17 – 19) males, 22.7 mm (21 – 24) females; femur III length 9.8 mm (9 – 11) males, 12.2 mm (11 – 13) females.	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE129711FFFF4FAF7B010ECC5FD92.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Perú, Junín (Fig. 6), at the mountain passes, in puna grassland areas with bunchgrasses and tussocks, with a number of herbs, including non-tussock-forming grasses and sedges, prostrate or lowgrowing forbs such as species of Werneria and Acaena, and cactacea species. (See geographic distribution 1).	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE129711DFFFAFAF7B027EC46F841.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 D; 2 A – C; 4 C, G; 5 K – S; 6)	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE129711DFFFAFAF7B027EC46F841.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype male and allotype female, Perú: Depto. Cajamarca, Cajamarca / Celendin, Encanada, Sierra Morena, 2950 m., 14 / 10 / 2001, (Amedegnato & Poulain), MNHN. Paratypes: 5 males 2, 18 females, Perú: Depto. Cajamarca, Cajamarca / Celendin, Encanada, Sierra Morena, 2950 m, 14 / 10 / 2001, (Amedegnato & Poulain), MNHN, MLPA; 5 males, 5 females, Depto. Cajamarca, Chota / Cajamarca, 3600 m., 10 / 10 / 2001, (Amedegnato & Poulain), MNHN, MLPA; 4 males, 7 females, Depto. Cajamarca, Cajamarca / Celendin, Encanada, 3030 m., 11 / 10 / 2001, (Amedegnato & Poulain), MNHN; 2 males, Depto. Cajamarca, Cajamarca / Celendin, Cumelea, 3530 m., 14 / 10 / 2001, (Amedegnato & Poulain) MNHN, MLPA; 3 males, 1 female, Cajamarca, Porcon, 3300 – 3500 m., 13 / 10 / 2001, (Amedegnato & Poulain), MNHN, MLPA; 2 males, 4 females, Huamachuco, 3200 m., 20 / 02 / 1949, (Weyrauch), MNHN, MLPA.	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE129711DFFFAFAF7B027EC46F841.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Male cerci slender, tapering towards the apex; distal portion of apical valves of aedeagus highly projected ventrally in a longitudinal keel; sheath of aedeagus largely developed, wide. 1. http: // orthoptera. speciesfile. org / Common / editTaxon / Distribution / SpecimensMap. aspx? TaxonNameID = 77278 2. http: // orthoptera. speciesfile. org / Common / basic / ShowImage. aspx? TaxonNameID = 77280 & ImageID = 69026	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE129711DFFFAFAF7B027EC46F841.taxon	description	Description. Body color dorsally olive green, anterior edge of pronotum whitish; face, thorax ventrally and mid-ventral portion of lateral lobes of pronotum varying from blue porcelain to green (in alive specimens); abdominal sternites and subgenital plate vermillion red; ventral area of first and second pair of legs greenish cream; hind femur with outer area red with yellow chevrons, ventral and inner area red, dorsal area olive green; hind tibiae red. Subgenital plate short (Fig. 4 C). Epiproct with a transverse ridge (Fig. 4 G). Cerci slender, tapering towards the acute apex (Figs. 4 C, G). Phallic complex (Figs. 5 K – S): endophallic plates narrow in lateral view; rami slender; arch of cingulum highly developed, bulky dorsally; distal portion of apical valves of aedeagus highly projected ventrally in a longitudinal keel; sheath of aedeagus largely developed, wide. Females: similar to male but more robust; body brownish olive, with a yellow mid-longitudinal stripe on dorsum of abdomen; body ventrally yellowish brown; first and second pair of legs brown with tinges of yellow; ventral area of hind femur and hind tibiae and tarsi orange red; inner area and outer area of hind femur brown with the yellow pinnae. Epiproct and ovipositor valves orange. Measurements. Body length 19.7 mm (19 – 21) males, 23.4 mm (22 – 26) females; femur III length 11.1 mm (11 – 12) males, 13.3 mm (13 – 15) females.	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
03CDE129711DFFFAFAF7B027EC46F841.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Perú, Cajamarca (Fig. 6), in puna grassland areas at the mountain passes, with hard grasses in isolated tufts among big stones and short grass or in continuous stand. (See geographic distribution 1). 1. http: // orthoptera. speciesfile. org / Common / editTaxon / Distribution / SpecimensMap. aspx? TaxonNameID = 77280	en	Cigliano, M. M., Amedegnato, C., Pocco, M. E., Lange, C. E. (2010): Revisionary study of Pediella Roberts (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Andes Highlands. Zootaxa 2431 (1): 51-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2431.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2431.1.3
