Tela neumanni, Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J. & Monzón-Sierra, José, 2014

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J. & Monzón-Sierra, José, 2014, Studies in Guatemalan Caelifera: New grasshoppers and monkey grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acridoidea & Eumastacoidea) and an updated checklist, Zootaxa 3857 (3), pp. 379-411 : 396

Tela neumanni n. sp.

(figs. 59–65)

Diagnosis. Antennae with 23 segments. Tegmina extending to fifth abdominal segment. Male cerci bifurcated, inferior branch longer than inferior one and triangular. Epiphallus reduced and lophi tubercle shaped, ectophallic projections divergent close to apex of ectophallic valvae.

Holotype. ♂. Guatemala, Baja Verapáz, Cerca Purulha. Hotel Ranchitos del Quetzal 1656 m. 2 February 2014. Latitude: 15.215747, longitude -90.219087. Monzón y Camposeco leg (MUD).

Description. Male: Antenna with 23 segments. Vertex projecting in the middle of antennae without extending past scape. Eyes circular and prominent. Pronotum rectangular in lateral view, pronotal disc with pro- and mesozone black, posterior margin of metazone smoothly prolongated and with numerous pores, humeral sinus not developed. Legs: all femora unarmed, posterior tibiae with six spines in dorso-external margin and eight in dorsointernal margin. Tegmina ovoid, extending up to the base of fifth abdominal terguite, venation reticulated. Abdomen fusiform, timpani exposed on first abdominal segment. Tenth terguite constricted and divided in dorsal margin, epicproctum conical, with lateral borders undulated, apex sharp, borders black and sclerotized. Cerci in lateral view rectangular, bifurcated, superior branch as long as inferior one, both branches with apex blunt, ventral branch not undulated at base. Subgenital plate dome shaped with apex smoothly divided. Phallic complex: ectophallic valves narrow and subrectangular, ectophallic projections originating at the ectophallic valve base, flattened diverging sideways, slender and with a meso-dorsal undulation. Endophallus belt shaped in lateral view, slightly thickened and constricted distally. Epiphallus rectangular and with a reduced disc, lophi reduced to a small finger shaped tubercle.

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. This species is named for Christoph Neumann in recognition for his great support in our effort to document the Guatemalan insect fauna.

Measurements (mm). Tl: 17, P: 3, Hf: 14, Ht: 14, Sp: 2.5.