Gryllotalpella tindalei, Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., 2015

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., 2015, The phylogeny of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea: Gryllotalpidae), Zootaxa 3985 (4), pp. 451-490 : 474

Gryllotalpella tindalei n. sp.

(figs. 60–63)

Diagnosis. Similar to G. rehni n. sp., but smaller sized, pronotal disc brown (fig. 61), apex of the dactyls soft and blunt (fig. 62). Tegmina with an additional cell in the base between the forking of Anal 2 (fig. 63).

Holotype. ♀. Colombia, Caquetá, Araracuara. 2005. Peláez leg. (MUD).

Description. Circular ocelli, apex of the labial and maxillar palpi not dilated (fig. 60). Pronotum completely brown (fig. 61). Tympani sub circular, not elongated, occupying about 65% in the base of the tibia (fig. 62). Tegmina with an additional cell in the base of the forking of the A2, regions anal 1 and 2 with numerous crossveins, anal region with 12 cross-veins, anal region 1 with 6 or 7 cross-veins, first cubital area with five or six crossveins (fig. 63). Wings surpassing the length of the abdomen. Abdomen typical of the genus.

Etymology. In honor to the memory and as an acknowledgement to the work of Norman Barnett Tindale, who with his contribution to the study of Australian mole crickets in 1928, publishing the genus Triamescaptor .

Measurements (mm). Tl: 31, P: 5, Teg: 5.7, Hf: 4.5, Ht: 3.2.