Ubiquepuella telytokous Fernandes

Fernandes, Maria Luiza, Zacaro, Adilson Ariza & Serrão, José Eduardo, 2015, First report of a parthenogenetic Grylloidea and new genus of Neoaclini (Insecta: Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae: Phalangopsinae), Zootaxa 4032 (4), pp. 407-416 : 409

Ubiquepuella Fernandes , n. gen.

( Figs. 1–21 )

" Ectecous sp. A" in Sperber 1999, pg 156.

" Ectecous " in Sperber et al. 2007, pg 3.

" Ectecous sp.1" in Szinwelski et al. 2013, pg 759. " Ectecous sp.1" in Szinwelski 2013: chapter 4, pg 53. Type Species. Ubiquepuella telytokous Fernandes , n. sp.

Etymology. The Ubiquepuella name is a combination of the Latin words "ubique" (everywhere, everyplace) and "puella" (girl, lady), because the type species is usually found in abundance along its distribution and has only females.

Diagnosis. Head with triangular shape in frontal view ( Fig. 8 ); fastigium and vertex separated by transversal groove forming one marked step ( Fig. 6 ); pronotum transverse, with anterior and posterior margins straight ( Figs. 1, 5 ); posterior tibia with seven dorsal spurs, being four outer and three inner ( Fig. 10 ); ovipositor smooth ( Figs. 14, 15 ); copulatory papilla dorsoventrally flattened with lateral border sclerotized ( Fig. 4 a, b, c); sclerotized area of papilla longer than wide, with internal concave surface and apex narrower than the base ( Fig. 4 a, b, c).

Description. Size medium. Head as wide as pronotum ( Figs. 1, 5 ), with triangular shape on frontal view ( Figs. 8 ); transverse groove between vertex and fastigium forming one marked step ( Fig. 6 ); fastigium wider than long with distal border sub-straight, on dorsal view ( Figs. 1, 5 ); long semi-erected bristles in the central portion of fastigium; occiput and vertex covered with short and fine dark brown bristles; prominent black eyes ( Figs. 5 , 6 ); three ocelli with different sizes ( Fig. 8 ); maxillary palps with fourth palpomere greater than first and second, but smaller than third and fifth ( Fig. 7 ); last palpomere with rounded apex. Transverse pronotum, covered with short and fine dark brown bristles; anterior and posterior margins with row of long semi-erected bristles ( Figs. 1, 5 , 6 ); lateral lobes shorter posteriorly with antero-ventral angle of nearly 90 degrees and postero-ventral angle greater than 90 degrees ( Fig. 7 ); forewings not reaching the third abdominal tergite, without specialized veins ( Figs. 1, 2 ); hindwings absent; fore tibia with two apical spurs and one tympanum on the inner surface, which is absent in the outer surface; middle tibia with three apical spurs; hind tibia with seven dorsal spurs, being four outer and three inner ( Fig. 10 ), two row of spines in the dorsal surface, three apical inner and outer spurs, being the median spurs the largest on both sides; basitarsus with two rows of spines on dorsal surface ( Fig. 11 ). Abdominal tergites with many spots in shades of brown and yellow ( Fig. 1 ). Laterally flattened ovipositor, apex smooth ( Fig. 15 ). Reproductive system following the general insect pattern, with two ovaries opening to lateral oviducts that connect to a common oviduct, which opens to the spermatheca duct ( Fig. 14 ); copulatory papilla flattened dorsoventrally, with sclerotized lateral margins and concave inner surface ( Fig. 4 a,b,c); membranous spermatheca ( Fig. 3 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Ubiquepuella telytokous Fernandes n. sp. 1 and 5: holotype; 2, 3 and 4 abc: paratypes; 1 — holotype habitus, dorsal view; 2 — right forewing, dorsal view; 3 — spermatheca; 4 — copulatory papilla (4 a: ventral view, 4 b: dorsal view and 4 c lateral view); 5 — head and pronotum, dorsal view.

FIGURES 6 – 17. Ubiquepuella telytokous Fernandes n. sp. 6 — 13: holotype; 14 — 17: paratype; 6 — detail of the head, superolateral view (arrow pointing transverse groove); 7 — detail of the head and pronotum, lateral view; 8 — detail of head, frontal view; 9 — posterior femur; 10 — posterior tibia, dorsal view (arrows pointing dorsal spurs); 11 — tarsomeres of posterior tibia (arrows pointing rows of spines on basitarsus); 12 — supraanal plate; 13 — subgenital plate; 14 — reproductive system (O: ovaries, S. p.: spermatheca, L. O.: lateral oviduct, Ovi: ovipositor); 15 — ovipositor, lateral view; 16 and 17: Scanning electron micrographs of eggs.

FIGURE 21. Occurrence map of Ubiquepuella telytokous Fernandes n. sp.