isophya_dochia
Citation
Iorgu I (2021). isophya_dochia. Version 1.4. ZooKeys. Metadata dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/rkg8ok accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-19.Description
One of the largest and most enigmatic phaneropterid genera, Isophya comprises 90 species. In Isophya dochia, males have fastigium verticis narrower than scapus, tegminae widened, slightly longer than pronotum. Stridulatory file contains 82–89 pegs. Cerci are slender, slightly curved in distal 1/4. Ovipositor is short, upcurved, 8.32–8.96 mm in length. Male song distinct, consisting of groups of 5–18 syllables, each syllable formed of 9–29 impulses and lasting for 30–70 ms. The last syllable in a group is followed by 1–4 after–clicks, all sounds being produced when male closes the tegminae. The species is endemic for Romania.Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Isophya dochia inhabits mesophytic subalpine meadows at about 1600–1900 m, in Ceahlău Mountains, Eastern Carpathians, Romania. The specimens were observed on leaves of Urtica, Rubus, Veratrum, Rumex, Aconitum, Vaccinium, Hypericum, Stachys, Junniperus etc.
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Contacts
Ionut Iorguoriginator
position: curator I
"Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History
Kiseleff blvd. 1
Bucharest
011341
Bucharest
RO
Telephone: 0040751077617
email: nusi81@yahoo.com
homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/orthopteraromania/
Ionut Iorgu
metadata author
position: curator I
"Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History
Kiseleff blvd. 1
Bucharest
011341
Bucharest
RO
Telephone: 0040751077617
email: nusi81@yahoo.com
homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/orthopteraromania/
Ionut Iorgu
administrative point of contact
position: curator I
"Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History
Kiseleff blvd. 1
Bucharest
011341
Bucharest
RO
Telephone: 0040751077617
email: nusi81@yahoo.com
homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/orthopteraromania/