Melaneremus pupulus ( Bolívar, 1900 )

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 : 214

Melaneremus pupulus ( Bolívar, 1900)

Figs. 75 L–O

Material examined. Indes orientalis, coll. P. Castets— 1 male (syntype) (Paris MNHN).

Diagnosis. Pronotum short; tegmen lobate ( Fig. 75N ). Male ninth abdominal tergite apically truncate, little curved down, with a short medial flap ( Figs. 75L, O ). Tenth abdominal tergite forming a pair of large plates covering abdomen from behind ( Figs. 75 L–M). Male subgenital plate wider than long, apical margin faintly bilobate; styli inserted laterally, little curved and largely surpassing tip of subgenital plate ( Fig. 75M ). The female was redescribed by Griffini (1913b).

Measurements after Bolívar (1900) (1 male).—body w/o wings: 14; pronotum: 3; hind femur: 6.5 mm.

Figures

FIGURE 75. Genus Melaneremus: A–E, M. fruhstorferi (Griffini, 1914) male (A–B), male holotype (C), female freshly molted (D–E); F–I, M. sikkimensis sp. nov. holotype; J–K, M. atrotectus (Brunner, 1888) holotype; L–O, M. pupulus (Bolivar, 1900) type; P–Q, M. harmandi (Griffini, 1912) type?.—Male abdominal apex in apical (A, C distorted, F, K, L), ventral (B, G, J, M) and dorsal view (H, O), female seventh abdominal sternite, subgenital plate and base of ovipositor in ventral view (D), female abdomen with ovipositor (E, P), female subgenital plate (Q), stridulatory pegs on second and third abdominal tergites, front is right (I).