Acropsis tectiformis ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 )

Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello & Rafael, José Albertino, 2020, RedescriptionofAcropsisGrant, 1958 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae Microcentrini) and description of new species from Brazilian and Colombian Amazon Rainforest, Zootaxa 4779 (2), pp. 230-244 : 232

Acropsis tectiformis ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)

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Acra tectiformis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: 353 ; Kirby, 1906: 486; Bruner, 1915: 297; Grant Jr., 1958: 51.

Acropsis tectiformis Uvarov, 1939: 457 ; Cadena-Castañeda, 2014: 22; Cigliano et al., 2020.

Diagnosis. Tegmina with an hexagonal cell present between veins MP and CuA ( Fig. 2 ). Cercus apex acute, with slightly curved triangular distal spine ( Fig. 1K ). Lateral lobes of mesosternum with margins inward curved, with apex acute ( Fig. 1E ).

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FIGURE 1. Acropsis tectiformis, male. A: habitus, dorsal view; B: head, frontal view; C: head and pronotum, dorsal view; D: head and pronotum, lateral view; E: Thoracic sternites, ventral view; F: foreleg, lateral view; G: midleg, lateral view; H: hindleg, lateral view; I–J: Terminalia in ventral and dorsal view respectively; K: Apex of cerci, dorsal view. Abbreviations: Mes: mesobasisternum; Met: metabasisternum; Cer: cerci; Sty: styli; Pl: subgenital plate.

FIGURE 2. Acropsis tectiformis, left tegmina of male in dorsal view. Abbreviations: AP: Posterior anal vein; AA: anterior anal vein; CuA: anterior cubital vein; CuP: posterior cubital vein; MA: anterior median vein; MP: posterior median vein; R: radial vein; Sc: subcostal vein.

FIGURE 3. Acropsis tectiformis, stridulatory file of male. A: left file; B: right file.

FIGURE 4. Acropsis tectiformis, male internal genitalia.A–B: phallus, ventral view; C–D: phallus, dorsal view. Abbreviations: DF: dorsal fold; DL: dorsal lobe(s); EV: ejaculatory vesicles; TI: titillator process; Lw. vl.: lower folds of ventral lobe; Up. vl.: upper folds of ventral lobe.

FIGURE 5. Acropsis tectiformis, female.A: habitus, dorsal view; B: head, frontal view; C: head and pronotum, dorsal view; D: head and pronotum, lateral view; E: Thoracic sternites, ventral view; F–G: Terminalia in ventral and dorsal view respectively; H: ovipositor, lateral view. Abbreviations: Mes: mesobasisternum; Met: metabasisternum; Cer: cerci; Ovp: ovipositor; Pl: subgenital plate.

FIGURE 6. Acropsis tectiformis, male specimen alive. A–B: habitus, lateral view; C: head, frontal view.

FIGURE 13. Map of Acropsis species geographical records.