Uvarovia gracilipes Bolívar, 1931

Tan, Ming Kai, Japir, Razy & Chung, Arthur Y. C., 2022, Contribution to the taxonomy of Uvarovia (Orthoptera: Chorotypidae: Mnesicleinae) from Borneo and Malay Peninsula, Zootaxa 5093 (5), pp. 533-546 : 540-544

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Uvarovia gracilipes Bolívar, 1931 View in CoL

( Figs. 5–7 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 View FIGURE 7 )

Uvarovia gracilipes Bolívar, 1931: 391 View in CoL

New material examined. 1 male and 1 female, EAST MALAYSIA, Sabah, Sandakan : 1 female (SDK.19.4), Sepilok, Rainforest Discovery Centre, N5.87387, E117.94453, 35.5± 5.2 m.a.s.l., M. K. Tan & S. T. Toh leg., 8 January 2019 2027 h ( FRC) GoogleMaps ; 1 male (SDK.19.57), Kebun Cina, N5.84891, E118.06110, 58.0± 7.1 m.a.s.l., M. K. Tan & A. Y. C. Chung, R. Japir, J. L. Yukang leg., 11 January 2019 2045 h ( FRC) GoogleMaps .

Type locality. EAST MALAYSIA: Sarawak: Kuching

Distribution. Borneo (states of Sarawak, Sabah)

Male description. Habitus as shown in Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 . Vertex with faint middle keel ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ). Dorsally, fastigium narrow and more elongated, 2.1 times as long as wide, faintly enlarged at the apex; separated from vertex by a very faint transverse keel, apex rounded ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ). Frons narrow between antennal scapes with lateral keels straight ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ). Frontal costa with lateral keels barely visible ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ). Scapus elongated, antenna with 11 segments; segment flattened, tend to widen apically ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ). Pronotal dorsal disc with anterior margin strongly concave and posterior margin obtuse, rounded; with transverse furrow continuing to lateral lobe. Pronotal lateral lobe with anterior margin convex; ventral margin straight to faintly sinuous throughout; ventro-posterior angle 90°; posterior margin straight. Tegmina and hind wings surpassing beyond abdominal apex but not apex of hind femora. Tegmina with fine veining and delimiting fairly large areoles; faintly curved back at apical part, at the apex rounded. Hind tibia armed with 22–23 external and 17–18 internal spines.

Abdomen enlarged apically ( Figs. 7A, 7B View FIGURE 7 ). 8 th tergite normal, with lateral portion extending slightly posteriorly ( Fig. 7A View FIGURE 7 ). Central portion of 9 th tergite elongated, narrow posteriorly until apical third; apical third widens, apex bilobed with apices of lobes broadly round ( Fig. 7B View FIGURE 7 ). Lateral portion of 9 th tergite large, extend and narrowing posteriorly into a triangular lobe with obtuse apex ( Fig. 7A View FIGURE 7 ). 10 th tergite in dorsal view tongue-shaped, longitudinally furrowed in the middle ( Fig. 7B View FIGURE 7 ). 12 th tergite forming lanceolate supra-anal plate with acute apex ( Fig. 7B View FIGURE 7 ). Cercus bent 90° at apical third; basal part typical of genus; the apical part pointing inwards, lamellate and chitinised, lanceolate with acute apex ( Fig. 7B View FIGURE 7 ). Subgenital plate with posterior end bilobed, U-excised between the lobes: middle of excision with a small stout lobule, apical lobe of subgenital plate triangular with rounded apex.

Colouration. Generally green and yellow when alive ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 ), green colouration lost when dry-preserved. Head more yellow than green, with vertex mottled dark and lateral keel yellow; fastigium yellow (when alive) ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 ). Eyes yellow; with numerous vertical dark stripes ( Figs. 5A View FIGURE 5 , 6A–C View FIGURE 6 ). Scapus yellow green, antennal segments red brown ( Figs. 5A View FIGURE 5 , 6B, 6C View FIGURE 6 ). Labrum green in dorsal half and mottled dark in ventral half. Maxillary palps grey green with brown rings. Pronotal dorsal disc generally green with tint of blue grey (dark when dry-preserved) with anterior margin yellow green ( Figs. 5A View FIGURE 5 , 6C View FIGURE 6 ). Tegmina with dark brown veins; cells completely hyaline, apex with very faint trace of brown. Anterior and middle legs generally green, femora with tint of brown. Hind femora generally yellow green, basal parts more green, apical part more grey, knees with black stripes ( Figs. 5A View FIGURE 5 ). Hind tibia and tarsus grey. Thoracic tergites green with tint of blue, abdominal tergites pale green dorsally, pale yellow laterally ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ). Central and lateral portions of 9 th tergite and 12 th tergite with apices of lobes black. Cercus apical half pale yellow green with black apex ( Figs. 5A View FIGURE 5 , 7B View FIGURE 7 ).

Measurements (in mm). BL = 13.2, PL = 2.1, FWL = 10.3, HFL = 10.0, HFW = 2.3, HTL = 9.4, HTaL = 3.9.

Female ( Figs. 5B View FIGURE 5 , 6E, 6F View FIGURE 6 , 7C–E View FIGURE 7 ). Newly acquired specimens agree with the original description: Tegmina not surpassing apex of hind femur and rounded at apex ( Fig. 6E View FIGURE 6 ). Wings being 1.9–2.0 times as long as wide ( Fig. 6E View FIGURE 6 ). Hind femur as shown in Fig. 6F View FIGURE 6 . Subgenital plate smooth, apex with two notches, medial sharp triangle lobule and on each side a rounded lobe, equally prominent but much wider. ( Fig. 7E View FIGURE 7 ). Ovipositor as shown in Fig. 7D View FIGURE 7 .