Caetitus porteri ( Bolivar, 1903 ), 2018

Antunes, André Fonseca, Takiya, Daniela Maeda & Chamorro-Rengifo, Juliana, 2018, Caetitus gen. nov.: a new genus of Neotropical Copiphorini (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae: Copiphorini) to include C. porteri (Bolivar, 1903), Zootaxa 4375 (4), pp. 578-586 : 579-581

Caetitus porteri ( Bolivar, 1903) comb. nov.

( Figs. 1–19 )

Daedaleus porteri Bolivar, 1903 [sic!]

Bolivar (1903): 142 [Description] Daedalus porteri Bolivar, 1903

Kirby (1906): 230 [Catalog/Distribution]

Karny (1907): 6 [Catalog]

Karny (1912): 11 [Catalog/Distribution]

Daedalellus porteri ( Bolivar, 1903)

Uvarov (1940): 173 [Homonymy]

Nickle (2001): 175–176 [Key]

Description. Head. Head conical in dorsal view. Three pairs of tubercules on sides of face. Fastigium elongated 2x than length of scapus, with two pairs of spines and acute apex; basal portion wider than width of scape; ventral tooth developed. Thorax. Pronotum weakly wrinkled, with small tubercles; anterior margin rounded; lateral margin mostly straight; posterior margin projected posteriorly, partially covering tegmina. Proesternal spines absent. Legs. All legs ventrally armed. Foreleg with precoxal spine present. Foreleg with femur with four spines on inner margin; tibia with five spines on inner and outer margin. Midleg with femur with four spines on outer margin; tibia with seven spines on inner and outer margin. Hindleg with femur with seven spines on outer margin. Tympanum partly covered by folds of the cuticle.

Description of male. Wings. Brachypterous. Tegmen reaching the third abdominal tergite ( Fig. 5 ); stridulatory file of left tegmen with 187 teeth and file of right tegmen with 111 teeth ( Figs. 9–14 ). Hindwing vestigial. Abdomen. Cercus bilobed with disto-lateral lobe developed and medial arm arising at apical half ( Figs. 15–16 ). Subgenital plate with a wide V-shaped emargination and two short styles ( Fig. 17 ). Phallus with dorsal lobe weakely sclerotized, a pair of titillators weakly upcurved, with basal portion touching at midline, and apical portion diverging outwardly; apical portion of each sclerite of titillator rounded ( Fig. 19 ).

Redescription of female. Tegmen reaching second abdominal tergite ( Fig. 6 ). Hindwing absent. Subgenital plate with apical emargination cutting of about one-quarter of the length of the plate ( Fig. 18 ). Ovipositor straight, longer than body.

Coloration. Head mostly black dorsally and brownish-yellow ventrally. Body mostly brownish-yellow with posterior portion of pronotum black. Foreleg and midleg mostly brownish-yellow with black mark in a posterior portion of articles. Hindleg mostly brownish-yellow with a black line on femur ventrally. Posterior area of abdominal tergites, black.

Measurements (mm). Two males: Total Lenght 29–30 mm; Pronotum length 12–13 mm; Tegmina 5– 5 mm; Forelegs 18–19 mm; Hindlegs 2 7–28 mm. One female: Total Lenght 35 mm; Tegmina 4 mm; Forelegs 24 mm; Hindlegs 37 mm; Ovipositor 47 mm.

Material Examined. Two males ( ORT 0015; ORT 0035) and one female ( ORT 0022); Brasil, BA, Caetité, Complexo Uranífero de Lagoa Real — Instituto Nuclear do Brasil; 8–16. I. 2000; Coll. Nessimian, J.L. & Baptista, D.F. ( DZRJ).

Additional Material (based on photographs). Female holotype, “ Brasil ”, “ Daedalus porteri Bol. ”, “ Holotipo ”, “ MNCN Cat. Tipos no. 830” ( MNCN). 1 female; Iaçú (Faz. Nova América) Bahia, Brasil; 12. I. 2000; Oliveira, F.F. de col. ( DZUP 365191 ). 1 female; Caatinga Arbórea, Milagres , Bahia, Brasil; 17. I. 2011; Ulyssea, M.A. col. ( MZSP).

Figures

FIGURES 1–2. Live specimens of Caetitus porteri comb. nov. (1) male photographed by Luiz Trinchão in Ituaçu, Bahia, Brazil; (2) female photographed by Arthur Anker in Brumado, Bahia, Brazil.

FIGURES 3–8. Caetitus porteri comb. nov.; (3–4)—frontal view of head; (3) female, (4) male; (5–6)—dorsal habitus; (5) male, (6) female; (7–8)—lateral habitus; (7) male, (8) female.

FIGURES 9–14. Caetitus porteri comb. nov. male wings.(9–10)—male wings; (9) left tegmen, (10) right tegmen; (11–12)— stridulatory file of tegmen; (11) stridulatory file of left tegmen with 187 teeth, (12) file of right tegmen with 111 teeth; (13– 14)—details of stridulatory file; (13) left tegmen, (14) right tegmen.

FIGURES 15–19. Caetitus porteri comb. nov. apex of abdomen and phallus; (15–16)—male cercus; (15) ventral view, (16) dorsal view; (17–18)—subgenital plate; (17) male, (18) female; (19) internal genitalia ventral view.