A new cryptic Isophya from Romania
Isophya dochia. Photo Ionut Iorgu.
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The genus Isophya has revealed many surprising new insights in the last years. In a recent paper in Zookeys Ionut Iorgu describes yet another Isophya species from the Romanian Carpathians: Isophya dochia . This brings the total number of Isophya species of the Carpathians to the amazing number of 17. Morphologically the new species is identical to I. camptoxypha , but the song is clearly different.
Source: Iorgu, I.S. 2012. Acoustic analysis reveals a new cryptic bush–cricket in the Carpathian Mountains (Orthoptera, Phaneropteridae). Zookeys 254: 1-22.