Subria crassicerca Naskrecki and Morris

Piotr Naskrecki, 2000, Katydids of Costa Rica / Vol. 1, Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae sensu lato)., Philadelphia, PA: The Orthopterists Society at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, : 123

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.270035
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280462
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scientific name	Subria crassicerca Naskrecki and Morris
status	sp. nov.

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Subria crassicerca Naskrecki and Morris View in CoL , sp. n.

Common name: Greater subria

Figs. 33 View FIG. 33 D, 33F, 33H, 38F, 50H, Map 17 View MAPS 13 - 18

Type locality: Costa Rica: Puntarenas Prov., Albergue,

Cerro de Oro; type depository: Academy of

Natural Sciences, Philadelphia – holotype male

Diagnostic description.— General characteristics as described above; very similar to S. scutellaris but distinctly larger. Tegmina surpassing apices of hind femora by about 1/5 of their length. Male pronotum with metazona expanded, entirely or almost entirely covering stridulatory apparatus ( Figs. 33 View FIG. 33 D, 33F). Stridulatory file of male weakly curved, 2.14 mm long, with 202 (n=1) wide and thin teeth, maximum width of file 141 μm ( Fig. 50 View FIG. 50 H); teeth of file uniform in thickness, evenly spaced and smoothly narrowing towards proximal end. Male cercus weakly incurved, nearly as thick as long, with large apical spine ( Fig. 38 View FIG. 38 F); apices of titillators expanded and flattened, with several large teeth ( Fig. 33 View FIG. 33 G). Ovipositor distinctly curved upwards and clearly widened midlength, slightly longer than half of hind femur (ratio ovipositor/hind femur 0.64-0.75).

Coloration.— General coloration straw brown to chestnut brown, with wide, dark band extending across the top of the head, pronotum, and posterior edges of tegmina; tegmina with irregularly distributed, small, diffused darker spots; outer pagina of hind femur with distinct reticulate pattern. No green form is known for this species.

Measurements.— Table 25 View TABLE 25 .

Bioacoustics.— Song unknown.

Distribution — S. crassicerca most likely occurs only in the Pacific portion of Costa Rica ( Map 17 View MAPS 13 - 18 ).

Etymology.— The specific epithet reflects the shape of the male cercus, which is thicker and stouter than in other members of the genus.

Material examined (holotype and paratypes). — COSTA RICA: Alajuela Prov., Río Surubres, near San Mateo, elev. 250 m, (coll. P. Biolley) - 1 female ( ANSP); Puntarenas Prov., Albergue, Cerro de Oro, elev. 270 m, 14 - 19 March 1995 (coll. R. Villalobos) - 1 male (holotype) ( ANSP); Estac. Agujas, Río Agujas, Sendero Ajo, elev. 300 m, 1 - 3 June 1997 (coll. M. Lobo) - 1 male ( INBio); Estac. Quebrada Bonita, R.B. Carara, elev. 50 m, 15 April 1989 (coll. R. Zuniga) - 2 females ( INBio); Fila Guerra, Península de Osa, elev. 1 - 100 m, 15 March 1991 (coll. J. Quesada) - 1 female ( INBio); nr. Rincón, Osa Peninsula, 23 February 1966 (coll. H.R. Roberts) - 1 male ( ANSP); Península de Osa, Corcovado N. P. , elev. 10 - 100 m, 25 March 1977 (coll. D.H. Janzen) - 2 females ( INBio); same locality, elev. 10 - 100 m, 27 March 1982 (coll. D.H. Janzen and W. Hallwachs) - 2 males, 4 females ( INBio, PN collection); Rincón, Osa Peninsula, forest trail, 19 February 1965 (coll. H.R. Roberts) - 1 female ( ANSP); Rincón, Osa Peninsula, stream trail, S ride air strip II, 22 - 23 February 1966 (coll. H.R. Roberts) - 1 male ( INBio); Sirena, Corcovado N.P., elev. 0 - 100 m, 15 April 1989 (coll. R. Blanco and G. Fonseca) - 1 female ( INBio).