Stenopelmatus guatemalae Brunner von Wattenwyl

Weissman, David B., Vandergast, Amy G., Song, Hojun, Shin, Seunggwan, Mckenna, Duane D. & Ueshima, Norihiro, 2021, Generic relationships of New World Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Stenopelmatinae), including all known species of Stenopelmatus, Zootaxa 4917 (1), pp. 1-122 : 44-45

Stenopelmatus guatemalae Brunner von Wattenwyl

Guatemala Jerusalem Cricket

Figs 55–57

1888. Stenopelmatus guatemalae . Monographie der Stenopelmatiden und Gryllacriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 38: 262. Original description included only one female deposit in MHNG Geneva, with body length 24 mm and hind femur length 8.5 mm. These measurements agree with Fig. 55 , the only specimen so labeled in Geneva, that we now designate her as lectotype. She has the following labels: (1) 2 14, Guatemala, Mr H. d. Sauss. (2) St. scaptericus ♀. (3) 18. (4) 18 (5) Stenoplematus guatemalae Brun. (6) Syntypus printed on red paper. This specimen has 4 inner and 3 outer spines ( Fig. 56 ) on rear leg tibia. She is probably an adult but we cannot be certain. Face ( Fig. 56 ) without furrow. The original measurements do not agree with a smaller “ syntype ” ( Hollier & Maehr 2012) specimen ( Fig. 57 ) located in NHMW Vienna, with the following label data, and probably 3 or 4 molts from adult: (1) Guatemala. --Candize (?) coll. Br. v. W. (2) red label “type” (3) 7312 (4) Stenopelmatus guatemalae Br. W. (4) Coll Nat Mus Wien. Right rear leg tibia with 4 inner and 4 outer spines, left rear leg tibia with 3 outer and 4 inner spines. Hind femur length 7 mm, hind femur width 2.5 mm. There are not multiple primary types, as claimed on OSF; only the lectotype in Geneva, even if that specimen is not properly marked. New status: Nomen dubium

Discussion. This is one of two new JCs described in 1888 from Guatemala, by Brunner von Wattenwyl. We are making both this species and his S. vicinus nomen dubium, because we know that biodiversity of JCs in Guatemala is underappreciated and these names can’t be properly assigned.

Figures

FIGURE 55. Lectotype female (left photo) S. guatemalae, Geneva. Ovipositor (right photo) of same lectotype (J. Hollier).

FIGURE 56. Lectotype female S. guatemalae. Right hind tibia (left) showing 4 inner and 3 outer spines. Face (right photo) showing no furrow (Photos J. Hollier).

FIGURE 57. “Syntype” of S. guatemalae located in Wien. We believe that this specimen has no official type status, because it is not listed in the original description.