Orotettix laevis, RONDEROS & CARBONELL, 1994

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 : 751-752

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OROTETTIX LAEVIS RONDEROS & CARBONELL, 1994 View in CoL

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( FIGS 6I View Figure 6 , 8G, H View Figure 8 , 10J–L View Figure 10 )

Orotettix laevis Ronderos & Carbonell, 1994: 95 View in CoL (Holotype, male, Peru, Cusco, Ruta Abancay, FCMU, Montevideo); Donato, 2000: 70; Eades et al., 2015.

Diagnosis Male cerci short, parallel to epiproct, not surpassing the tip of epiproct ( Fig. 8G View Figure 8 ), with basal half broad and distal half slender, apex acute ( Fig. 8G View Figure 8 ). Apical valves of aedeagus slender, curved inwards, overlapping at apex ( Fig. 10K View Figure 10 ). Sheath of aedeagus with welldeveloped mid-dorsal lobes ( Fig. 10K View Figure 10 ), covering most of the apical valves ( Fig. 10J View Figure 10 ); dorsal hump prominent ( Fig. 10J View Figure 10 ), lateral lobes well developed ( Fig. 10K View Figure 10 ); lophi of epiphallus rectangular and widely expanded towards the posterior process of the lateral plates (dorsal view) ( Fig. 10L View Figure 10 ).

Measurements (in mm) Body length: males 14.25 (13.5– 15), female 17; femur III: males 8.5 (8–9); female 11; tegmina length: males 2.75 (2.5–3), female 4.

Distribution Peru, Cusco.

Material examined Peru: 2 males, 1 female, Cusco, Ruta Abancay , 17/03/1962, Mesa, A., MLPA (paratypes) .

References

Donato M. 2000. Los ejemplares tipo de Orthoptera depositados en la coleccion del Museo de La Plata. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 59: 61 - 84.

Eades DC, Otte D, Cigliano MM, Braun H. 2015. Orthoptera Species File Online. Version 2.0 / 4.0 [WWW document]. Available at: http: // Orthoptera. SpeciesFile. org [accessed January 2015].

Ronderos RA, Carbonell CS. 1994. Sobre el genero mexicano Pedies Saussure, y las especies sudamericanas atribuidas al mismo (Orthopera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 53: 83 - 99.

Figures

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 8 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 10 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.