Ellipes deyrupi Woo 2021

Figs. 13I, 14D, 16, 17

Type locality. USA: Florida: Polk County: Sarasota Court, east of Lake Marion; 28.084972, -81.514889; 07 Aug. 2019; B. Woo leg.

Holotype repository. CUIC

Etymology. Named after Mark Deyrup.

Description of male characters. Male stridulatory file (Fig. 10C) 0.4 mm in length, with about 56 teeth. Male epiproct (Fig. 10A) about as wide as 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. Known only from the north-central Lake Wales Ridge in Polk County, Florida. The records below add one additional locality to those listed in Woo (2021), which is about 4 km north of the type locality.

Material examined (n=22). USA, Florida • 5 ♂, 5 ♀, Polk County: Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve SP: 27.983, -81.495; 21 June 2022; B. Woo leg.; yellow sand scrub (TAMUIC) • 1 ♀, Polk County: Lake Marion Creek: 28.113, -81.550; 26 June 2023; B. Woo leg.; yellow sand scrub (TAMUIC) • 6 ♂, 5 ♀, Polk County: Tiger Ck. Preserve: 27.822, -81.477; 24 May 2025; B. Woo leg. (TAMUIC)