Phlugiola longipedes, Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello, Oliveira, Jomara Cavalcante De, Alves-Oliveira, João Rafael & Rafael, José Albertino, 2017

Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello, Oliveira, Jomara Cavalcante De, Alves-Oliveira, João Rafael & Rafael, José Albertino, 2017, New species and new behavioral data of Phlugiola Karny, 1907 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from the Brazilian Amazonian Rainforest, Zootaxa 4243 (3), pp. 503-520 : 505-510

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6049749
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scientific name	Phlugiola longipedes
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Phlugiola longipedes View in CoL sp. nov.

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Diagnosis. Eyes in life with a C-shaped dark red spot, interleaved medially and posteriorly by two white stripes ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 A). Wings undeveloped. Cerci with numerous small black socket setae, apex inward curved, acuminate in dorsal view ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 H–I). Subgenital plate ending at level of cercal apex. Styli straight, parallel-sided, with external margin of the apex slightly expanded, rounded in dorsal view ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 H–I). Internal male genitalia without sclerites on titillator ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A–D). Lower folds in ventral lobe with numerous small bristles. ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A–B).

Type material. Holotype ♂: BRASIL, Amazonas, Tefé, Estrada da EMADE, km 21, Comunidade Bom Jesus , 06°07’29”S / 68°02’41”W, 29–30.vii.2016, coleta manual, D.M.M. Mendes & J.C. Oliveira leg. ( INPA) GoogleMaps ; Paratypes: same data of holotype (1♂ e 1♀ - INPA) GoogleMaps ; idem, 24.ix.2016 (1♂ - MZUSP); idem, 29–30.ix.2016 (9♂ e 5♀ - INPA).

Distribution. Brazil: Amazonas ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 ).

Etymology. From Latin longus (=long) and pedes (=foot) and refers to their long hind legs.

Description. Male. Head. Compound eyes rounded in life with a C-shaped dark red spot, interleaved dorsally, medially and ventrally by white stripes. ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 A, 4A–B); dark brown to black in dead specimens. Vertex straight without projections ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 B). Frons, clypeus and labrum smooth. Frons mid-longitudinally 2X higher than clypeus ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 B).

Thorax. Pronotum dorsally straight without carinae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A). Lateral lobes smooth, antero-lateral ventral margin concave, posteriorly almost straight ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A). Pronotum dorsal length about 2.7X longer than pronotum depth. Mesobasisternum trapezoidal, posteriorly with triangular concavity; metabasisternum hexagonal, with posterior margin bilobated, having small apical triangular concavity ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 E).

Wings. Wings undeveloped, very short ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 G).

Legs. Fore femur with straight dorsal and ventral margins; with four small antero-ventral and one posteroventral spines. ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 C). Fore tibia with open tympanum; tympanic region about 4.5 times shorter than the fore tibia ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 C); with five antero-ventral spines slightly curved apically, being the first three spines longer than remaining ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 C). Mid femur clavate, without spines, with basal third 2X wider than apical third ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 D). Mid tibia with median portion slightly wider ventrally, the wider area 1.5X wider than the apex width; two ventral spines placed at median third ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 D). Hind femur inversely clavated; base about five times wider than apex, without spines. Hind tibia nearly straight and parallel sided; ventral margin without spines; dorsal margin with short spines from base to apex ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 F). All legs covered with small black bristles ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 C, 2D, 2F).

Abdomen. Cercus and subgenital plate covered with bristles, those at the base and median region of the cercus longer ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 H–J). Cercus curved inwards in dorsal view, slightly decurved in lateral view ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 J), with numerous black, rounded small socket- bristles, apex acuminate. Subgenital plate antero-medially slightly rounded, posteriorly narrowing abruptly to apex, in such way that the subgenital plate resembles a tennis racquet in ventral view ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 I). Subgenital plate straight in lateral view ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 J). Styli long, almost straight, parallel sided, articulated at base, slightly curved upwards in lateral view, with apex broadened and blunt in dorsal view ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 H– J). Stylus as long as cercus.

Internal male genitalia: Ejaculatory vesicles sub-ovalated ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A–D). Upper folds of ventral lobe triangular, not connected to each other and shorter than ejaculatory vesicle median width ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A–B). Lower folds of ventral lobe trilobate, posteriorly rounded, surpassing the posterior margin of dorsal lobe, with several short bristles ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A–B). Dorsal lobes short and asymmetrical ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A–D), asymmetrical, wrinkled, with numerous small protuberances throughout its length ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 C–D).

Coloration. Coloration description based on photos of live specimens ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 A–B). Body light green alternated with dark green tone areas. Antenna black with some white segments. Eyes with a C-shaped dark red spot, interleaved medially and posteriorly by two white stripes. Dorsal region of body with longitudinal medial dark brown stripe from vertex to last abdominal segment; this stripe wider at posterior margin of pronotum. Pronotum with latero-longitudinal brown stripe, somewhat inconspicuous, anteriorly dimmed. The space between dorsal and lateral stripes of pronotum anteriorly dark green and posteriorly yellowish brown. Femur light green from base to median portion, gradually turning brown towards apex. All tibiae brown, with spines with apex black. Abdominal segments light green with the longitudinal medial stripe widened posteriorly in each segment. Cercus, subgenital plate and stylus light green. Apex of cercus and stylus blackened.

Female. General. Morphology essentially equal to male ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 A–G), except for the following characteristics:

Wings. Tegmen reduced, posteriorly rounded, with venation undeveloped ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 C). Tegmen coloration whitish-brown, posterior margin with a black falsiform spot.

Abdomen. Cercus conical, slightly curved inwards with acuminate apex, with numerous bristles, those at base larger; slightly longer than ovipositor basal expansion ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 E). Subgenital plate triangular with rounded blunt apex ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 F). Ovipositor curved, with base expanded and moderately narrowing to beginning of the distal region, where it ends in acuminated tip ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 G). Ovipositor 3X longer than subgenital plate. Dorsal and ventral valves with slightly serrated margins in apical portion ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 G).

Coloration. Essentially equal to male ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 C).

Nymph. Very similar to adult, with differences only in coloration and in terminalia morphology ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ). General color reddish brown with black dorsal spot at posterior margin of pronotal disk. Borders of wing buds black. Base of hind femur with two black spots separated by light brown spot. Base of abdomen with two white dorsal spots. Eye coloration equal to that of adults.

Measurements (mm). Holotype: TL: 12,4; WF: 2; PL: 4,9; FF: 4,1; LF: 4,5; MF: 3,8; MT: 4,3; HF: 11,5; HT: 12; Lsp: 3,3; LC: 2,2. Paratypes: TL: 12–12,8 / female 13,3; WF: 2–2,3 / female; PL: 4,5–4,9 / female 5–5,2; FF: 3,6–4 / female 3,9–4,1; LF: 4,5–5 / female 4,4–4,8; MF: 3,9–4,9 / female 4–4,7; MT: 4,2–4,4 / female 4,3–4,5; HF: 11–11,6 / female 11,4–11,6; HT: 11,6–11,9 / female; Lsp: 3–3,3 / female 2,3–2,5; LC: 2,3–2,4 / female 2–2,6; OL: 3–4,3.