Ellipes eisneri Deyrup 2005

Figs. 13F–H, 14B, 15, 17

Type locality. USA: Florida: Citrus County: near Inverness, Withlacoochee Forest, Citrus Area, Forest Road 13, 1.3 mi. south State Road 44; 03 April 1995; sandhill habitat with bare sand, M. Deyrup leg.

Holotype repository. FSCA

Etymology. Named after Thomas Eisner (1929–2011).

Description of male characters. Male stridulatory file (Fig. 9C) 0.42 mm in length, with about 51 teeth. Male epiproct (Fig. 9A) slightly wider than long; shallowly indented basally, convex apically, with apical bristle about 1/2 its length. Paraproct hooks strongly sclerotized, rounded apically and widened at middle.

Distribution. Previously known from the Brooksville Ridge in Levy, Marion, and Citrus Counties, Florida (Woo 2021). The records below extend its Brooksville Ridge distribution southward into Hernando County and newly document its occurrence on the Cotton Plant and Lakeland Ridges as well as the isolated Cedar Key scrub.

Material examined (n=92). USA, Florida • 2 ♂, 3 ♀, 1 nymph, Citrus County: Citrus WMA—Oak Park North Trailhead: 28.719, -82.493; 27 June 2022; B. Woo leg.; open sandhill (TAMUIC) • 5 ♂, 7 ♀, Hernando County: Weeki Wachee Springs SP; 28.527, -82.590; 07 June 2022; B. Woo leg.; open Ceratiola scrub with sandhill close by (TAMUIC) • 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 4 nymphs, Hernando County: Suncoast Trail (Chassahowitzka WMA); 28.689, -82.501; 07 July 2022; B. Woo leg.; open sandhill (TAMUIC) • 5 ♂, 9 ♀, Levy County: Cedar Key Scrub: 29.213, -83.018; 13 July 2022; B. Woo, L. Chen leg.; open scrub with Ceratiola (TAMUIC) • 16 ♀, 3 nymphs, Levy County: Goethe SF —rosemary bald area on Co Rd 337; 29.357, -82.602; 02 July 2022; B. Woo leg.; open sandhill with Ceratiola (TAMUIC) • 1 ♀, Marion County: Cross-Florida Greenway Triangle; 29.062, -82.181; 01 July 2022; B. Woo leg.; overgrown scrub (TAMUIC) • 2 ♂, 3 ♀, 2 nymphs, same locality and collector as previous; 09 July 2022 (TAMUIC) • 6 ♂, 4 ♀, 2 nymphs, Marion County: Indian Hill Dr., Dunnellon: 29.169, -82.531; 08 July 2022; B. Woo leg.; open sandhill (TAMUIC) • 8 ♂, 7 ♀, Polk County: Lakeland Highlands Scrub: 27.930, -81.930; 18 June 2022; B. Woo leg; open scrub (TAMUIC) .