Paprides Explained

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. Both species were moved to the genus Sigaus in 2023^[1]

Species

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.
• Sigaus nitidus (Hutton, 1898) An alpine grasshopper species restricted to the northern two thirds of South Island New Zealand. Females are larger than males.^[2] This species is sister to three species that were previously in the genus Brachaspis (Sigaus collinus; S. nivalis and S. robustus).

Notes and References

1. 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 . en . 5383 . 2 . 225–241 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.2.7 . 1175-5334. free .
2. 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 . en . 142 . 1 . 51–62 . 10.1007/s00435-022-00579-z . 1432-234X. free .