Luzarida grandis Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure & Faberon, Léo, 2020, Phalangopsidae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) from the Mitaraka biological survey, French Guiana, Zoosystema 42 (32), pp. 739-797 : 760-761

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a32

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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4B5EE94B-F254-4B4D-BED1-746AE71A5FDC

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4404642

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DE87FC-FFF2-352F-FCC9-FD6FFE3CBBEE

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scientific name

Luzarida grandis Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992
status

 

Luzarida grandis Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992

( Fig. 12 View FIG ; Table 7 View TABLE )

Luzarida grandis Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992a: 102 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — French Guiana, Arataye, Affl. Approuague, 8 km NE pied du Saut Pararé.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype by original designation. French Guiana • 1♂; Arataye, afflt. Approuague , 8 km NE du saut Pararé, station des Nouragues; 19.V.1988; L. Desutter leg.; MNHN-EO-ENSIF3035 .

Allotype. French Guiana • 1 ♀; same locality and collector as the holotype; 11.V.1988; MNHN-EO-ENSIF3032 .

Paratypes: 1 male, 6 females. French Guiana 1 ♂ 6 ♀; same locality as the holotype; VI.1988; L. Desutter & P. Grandcolas leg.; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5942-5948 .

MATERIAL FROM THE MITARAKA. — French Guiana • 1 ♂; Monts Tumuc-Humac, Massif du Mitaraka, Layon A; entre 54.4509 O 2.2357 N et 54.4547 O 2.2405 N; alt. entre 280 m et 365 m; 23.II.-10.III.2015; F. Legendre & S. Hugel leg.; fn. SH308, de nuit; MNHN GoogleMaps .

COMPLEMENT OF DESCRIPTION

In addition to the characters given by Desutter-Grandcolas (1992a).

Coloration

Mouthparts dark brown with whitish specks. Four brown specks on posterior margin of pronotum. FIII outer side and base of inner side striped with brown.TIII light brown. Spurs yellowish, with dark base and apex. Cerci whitish dorsally; ventrally black on basal third, with a black ring at second third, and black at apex.

Male genitalia

As on Fig. 12 View FIG D-F.

Measurements (in mm)

See Table 7 View TABLE .

Variation

Mirror crossed by two or three veins.

REMARK

Two specimens of L. grandis have been photographed in the field: both were found active ( Fig. 12A, B View FIG ), even singing ( Fig. 12C View FIG ), in the leaf litter. The photos show a large variation in coloration, especially for head, pronotum and cerci, which can be almost whitish.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Haglotettigoniidae

Genus

Luzarida

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Luzarida grandis Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure & Faberon, Léo 2020
2020
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Luzarida grandis

Luzarida grandis Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992a : 102 .
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