Orotettix andeanus

Pocco, Martina E., Minutolo, Carolina, Dinghi, Pablo A., Lange, Carlos E., Confalonieri, Viviana A. & Cigliano, María Marta, 2015, Species delimitation in the Andean grasshopper genus Orotettix Ronderos & Carbonell (Orthoptera: Melanoplinae): an integrative approach combining morphological, molecular and biogeographical data, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174 (4), pp. 733-759 : 750

OROTETTIX ANDEANUS ( BRUNER, 1913)

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( FIGS 1 , 6A , 7A, B , 9A–C )

Paradichroplus andeanus Bruner, L. 1913: 185 [Holotype, male, Cusco, Peru, National Museum of Natural History , Washington D.C. (USNM)];

Pedies andeanus: Hebard, 1917: 253 ; 1931: 274; Liebermann, 1963: 65.

Orotettix andeanus: Ronderos & Carbonell, 1994: 88 ; Eades et al., 2015.

Diagnosis Male cerci strongly curved over the epiproct, with compressed apex ( Fig. 7B ); apical valves of aedeagus straight, with distal portion slightly curved inwards, overlapping at apex ( Fig. 9B ); sheath of aedeagus with prominent lateral lobes, and middorsal apical lobes with truncated edges ( Fig. 9B ). Lophi of epiphallus with rounded dorsal edges not extend- ed towards the posterior process of the lateral plates (dorsal view) ( Fig. 9C ). Tegmina foliaceous, not touching dorsally. Body colour green, tegmina usually burgundy, hind tibiae orange ( Fig. 6A ).

Measurements (in mm) Body length: males 13.88 (13– 15.5), females 18.75 (16–24); femur III: males 8.38 (7.5– 9), females 11.8 (11–13); tegmina length: males 2.52 (2–3), females 3.87 (3–4.8).

Distribution Peru, Cusco ( Fig. 1 ).

Material examined Peru: 15 males, 21 females, Cusco, Urubamba , 2800 m, 15/05/1976, Carbonell, C.S., MLPA ; 6 males, 3 females, 1 nymph, Cusco, Kaira , 23/08/ 1976, Carrasco, F., MLPA ; 2 males, 3 females, Cusco, Urubamba , 01/07/1984, Ceballos B. I., MLPA ; 2 males, 5 females, Cusco, San Jerónimo , 12/05/1985, Ceballos I., MLPA ; 1 male, 5 females, Cusco, Lucre , 13/04/ 1985, Ceballos, B. I., MLPA ; 4 males, 2 females, Cusco, Perayoc , 25/12/1958, Ceballos, I., MLPA ; 1 male, Cusco, San Jerónimo , 11/05/1972, Bulla, MLPA ; 1 male, Cusco, Urcos , 3120 m, 22/07/1962, Carrasco, F., MLPA ; 6 males, 9 females, Cusco, Pisac , 35 km Cuzco, 2900, 22/04/ 2007, Cigliano & Lange, MLPA ; 5 males, 3 females, Cusco, Cusco, between Coya and Lamay , 13°22′55.3″S, 71°54′49.4″W, 2950, 22/04/2007, Cigliano & Lange, MLPA ; 7 males, 9 females, Cusco, Yanahuara , 13°16′ 25.3″S, 72°10′28.0″W, 2981, 22/04/2007, Cigliano & Lange, MLPA ; 2 males, 6 females, 1 nymph, Cusco, detour Tamillopata , 13°19′25.8″S, 72°04′4″W, 3223, 22/ 04/2007, Cigliano & Lange, MLPA ; 6 males, 5 females, 1 nymph, Cusco, Tipon , 13°05′12.6″S, 71°48′08.6″W, 3184, 23/04/2007, Cigliano & Lange, MLPA ; 9 males, 11 females, Cusco, Lucre , 13°37′39.8″S, 71°43′35.2″W, 3112, 23/04/2007, Cigliano & Lange, MLPA ; 7 males, 12 females, Cusco, Cachimayo, outskirts of Poroy , 13°29′21.4″S, 72°03′41.1″W, 24/04/2007, Cigliano & Lange, MLPA ; 11 males, 13 females, Cusco, Maras , 13°20′20.1″S, 72°06′40.3″W, 3407, 24/04/2007, Cigliano & Lange, MLPA ; 3 males, 3 females, Cusco, to Urcos, Ruinas Pikillaqta , 13°37′14.9″S, 71°42′28.1″W, 3191, 17/05/2008, Cigliano & Lange, MLPA ; 4 males, 6 females, Cusco, Pisac (2 km from Pisac in road from Cusco), 13°25′44.3″S, 71°50′45.4″W, 3078, 13/01/2013, Cigliano & Lange, MLPA ; 8 males, 6 females, Cusco, Chinchero , 13°23′22.37″S, 72°02′49.67″W, 14/01/2013, Cigliano & Lange, MLPA .

Figures

Figure 1 Geographical distribution of Orotettix species (except for O. laevis), considering all specimens examined in this study. The map was produced with QGIS 2.4 Chugiak.

Figure 6 Orotettix males, species as indicated. A–J, habitus. Scale bars: 5 mm. Numbers indicate characters and states used in the phylogenetic analyses.

Figure 7 Orotettix males, species as indicated. A, C, E, G, I, distal abdominal segments, lateral view; B, D, F, H, J, distal abdominal segments, dorsal view. Numbers indicate characters and states used in the phylogenetic analyses.

Figure 9 Orotettix males. Phallic complex, species as indicated. A, D, G, J, M, distal portion of aedeagal valves, lateral view; B, E, H, K, N, distal portion of aedeagal valves, dorsal view; C, F, I, L, O, epiphallus, dorsal view. Numbers indicate characters and states used in the phylogenetic analyses.