Traulia flavoannulata ( Stål, 1861 )

Storozhenko, Sergey Yu., 2018, A new species of the genus Mesambria Stål, 1878 with notes on the tribe Mesambriini (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Catantopinae), Zootaxa 4418 (1), pp. 55-65 : 62-63

Traulia flavoannulata ( Stål, 1861)

Figs 22–24

Acridium flavo-annulatum Stål, 1861: 321 (holotype—male, Java; deposited in Naturhistoriska riksmusset, Entomology, Stockholm).

Traulia flavoanulata: Stål, 1873: 58 ; Kirby, 1910: 475; Bolivar, 1917: 630; Willemse, 1957: 393; Otte, 1995: 262.

Material examined. Indonesia: Java, 20–25 km SE of Bogor, env. of Cemande, Pangango Mt. , 1000 m, 27 November–7 December 1999, 2 males, 1 female, coll. A.V. Gorochov ( ZISP).

Notes. Studied specimens agree with the original description of male given by Stål (1861) and re-description of males and females provided by Willemse (1957).

Description of male genitalia. Epiphallus bridge-shaped; bridge broad and completely divided; ancorae relatively short, strongly curved; anterior and posterior projections broadly triangular; lophi of epiphallus great, eXtending, with enlarged outer and distinct inner lophi; oval sclerites elongated ( Fig. 22 ). Cingulum sclerotised, consisting of very broad apodemes, Zygoma, and rami; Zygoma broadly rounded apically, covering the arch of cingulum ( Fig. 23 ). Valves of cingulum divided ( Fig. 23 ), apically short with blunt apeX ( Fig. 24 ). Apical valves of penis with blunt apeX, almost as long as cingular valves; basal and apical penis valves connected by a strongly curved, unbroken fleXure ( Fig. 24 ).

Distribution. Indonesia (Java Island).

Figures

FIGURES 22–24. Traulia flavoannulata, male genitalia. 22. epiphallus, dorsal vieW; 23. phallic complex (epiphallus removed), dorsal vieW; 24. the same, lateral vieW.