Capnogryllacris (Dictyogryllacris) reticulata uzeliana ( Griffini, 1915a )

Ingrisch, Sigfrid, 2018, New taxa and records of Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera, Stenopelmatoidea) from South East Asia and New Guinea with a key to the genera, Zootaxa 4510 (1), pp. 1-278 : 155

Capnogryllacris (Dictyogryllacris) reticulata uzeliana ( Griffini, 1915a)

Fig. 52L

Material examined. Sri Lanka: Peradeniya, leg. Dr. Uzel— 1 female (type) (Wien NHMW) .

Additional Description. Medium sized species. Head: Face ovoid; forehead nearly smooth with scattered impressed dots and fine riffles; fastigium verticis wider than scapus.

Wings surpassing stretched hind tibia. Tegmen ( Fig. 52L ): Radius with two branches, both forked near tip; media anterior free from base, single-branched; cubitus anterior at base with a single branch that forks into two veins, the anterior branch makes a curvature and receives an oblique connection vein from MA and shortly after divides again into two parallel branches, MP and CuA1, while the posterior branch, CuA2, does not divide further; cubitus posterior undivided, free throughout; with 4 anal veins, the last two with common base.

Coloration. General color medium reddish brown; head and pronotum black. Face black. Tegmen semitransparent whitish, in basal area and along R yellow, behind that spot in central area faintly infumate; main veins yellow or brown, in central area of almost same color as infumation; cross veins in anterior area to about R dark brown to black and bordered by black or dark brown infumation, same pattern also between anal veins but less distinct and not within yellow spot; in central area veinlets light brown; hind wing semi-transparent whitish, first main veins (to R or M) yellow, others light brown; cross veins light to dark brown, in anterior area bordered by narrow dark bands, pattern fading towards tip.

Female. Seventh abdominal sternite somewhat distorted in specimen; sclerotised part wider than long; separated from subgenital plate by a membranous zone. Subgenital plate roughly semi-circular but apical margin in middle very faintly concave; base depressed. Ovipositor elongate, curved; tip subacute.

Measurements after Griffini (1915a) (1 female).—body w/o wings: 29; pronotum: 5.4; tegmen: 43.7; hind femur: 16.6; ovipositor: 19.6 mm.

Figures

FIGURE 52. A–H, Celebogryllacris brevitegmina sp. nov. male holotype: A, habitus dorsal view; B, face; C, stridulatory pegs on second and third abdominal tergites (front is left); D–H, male abdominal apex in dorso-apical (D), lateral (E) and ventroapical view (F), focus on end of ninth tergite in higher magnification (G, H).—I, Capnogryllacris (Dictyogryllacris) signatifrons (Serville, 1838) male abdominal apex; J–K, C. (D.) raapi (Griffini, 1908) face (J) and habitus lateral view (K); L, C. (D.) reticulata uzeliana (Griffini, 1915) female holotype head, pronotum and tegmen dorsal view (L).