Ellipes deyrupi Woo 2021

Woo, Brandon, 2025, The pygmy mole crickets (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae) of Florida, USA, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 5717 (4), pp. 451-487 : 477

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)

Figures

FIGURE 10. Live images and habitat of Ellipes ceratiola sp. nov. A) Dorsal view of adult from Watermelon Pond. B) Lateral view of adult from Goethe SF. C) Lateral view of adult from Steinhatchee. D) Habitat at Goethe SF. E) Habitat at Watermelon Pond. F) Raised feeding burrows.

FIGURE 13. Live images of other Florida Ellipes spp. A–B) E. minuta from Jonathan Dickinson SP. C–E) E. gurneyi from Whitewater Lakes (C), Chuluota (D), and Merrit Island (nymph; E). F–H) E. eisneri from Weeki Wachee (F–G) and Lakeland Highlands (nymph; H). I) E. deyrupi from Catfish Creek.

FIGURE 14. Specimen habitus images of other Florida Ellipes spp. A) Ellipes minuta. B) E. eisneri. C) E. gurneyi. D) E. deyrupi.

FIGURE 16. Ellipes deyrupi. A) Male epiproct (broken down the middle) and paraproct hooks. B) Male scraper on abdominal tergite 4. C) Male stridulatory file on underside of tegmen.

FIGURE 17. Distribution maps of Florida Ellipes species, overlaid on the major Florida sand ridges.A) Florida endemic Ellipes spp. Blue diamonds=E. ceratiola sp. nov.; green triangles=E. eisneri; yellow squares=E. deyrupi; red stars=E. ignis sp. nov. B) Non-Florida endemic Ellipes spp. Blue squares=E. minuta; orange stars=E. gurneyi.