Leptophyes intermedia, Ingrisch, Sigfrid & Pavićević, Dragan, 2010

Ingrisch, Sigfrid & Pavićević, Dragan, 2010, Seven new Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) and a new Blattellidae (Blattodea) from the Durmitor area of Montenegro with notes on previously known taxa, Zootaxa 2565, pp. 1-41 : 3-5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.197230
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6204474
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D4825-F641-FFE7-FF12-FB3FFA93FC77
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leptophyes intermedia
status	sp. nov.

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Leptophyes intermedia sp. n.

Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – E F–M, Tab. 1 View TABLE 1 .

Holotype (male): Montenegro: Durmitor, Komarnica, Krivača, 1050m, 8.VIII.1989, leg. D. Pavićević in coll. Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Bonn ( ZFMK).

Paratypes: 1 Ƥ (allotype), same locality as holotype, 9.VIII.1990, leg. S. Ingrisch ( ZFMK); 2 3, 1 Ƥ, do., 3.VIII.1991, leg. D. Pavićević ( CDPV); 2 3, 2 Ƥ, do., 20.VIII.1995, leg. D. Pavićević ( CDPV); 1 3, Komarnica, entrance of the Canyon, Nevidio, 1000m, 20.VIII.1995, leg. D. Pavićević ( CDPV).

Type locality. Dry forest meadows on stony slopes in the upper Komarnica valley (Durmitor, Montenegro).

Diagnosis. Intermediate between L. punctatissima Bosc, 1892 and L. laticauda (Frivaldsky, 1867) . The differences to these closely related species are summarised in a tabular key ( Tab. 1 View TABLE 1 ).

Description. Male. Pronotum ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – E F) short, anterior margin slightly, posterior margin distinctly raised. Tegmina ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – E F) short, rounded, not reaching posterior margin of first abdominal tergite. Stridulatory file ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – E H–I) with over 70 very small and faint teeth. Cerci ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – E K) stout, slightly constricted in circa middle of length, curved before apex and suddenly narrowed into apical tooth. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – E J) broad at base, with distinct narrow apical part; apex slightly excised.

Female. Pronotum ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – E G) short, anterior and posterior margins faintly raised. Tegmina ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – E G) rounded, reaching about middle of first abdominal tergite. Cerci short, stout, constricted before apex, interior margin substraight, exterior margin convex. Subgenital plate ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – E M) small, transverse-triangular with apex rounded. Ovipositor ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – E L) sickle-shaped, apex finely dentate.

Coloration. Green with reddish black dots. Two yellowish white dorso-lateral bands on vertex, discus of pronotum and lateral field of tegmina. Abdomen with a reddish brown dorso-median band and a small black spot on both sides of the median band at the base of some tergites.

L. punctatissima L. intermedia L. laticauda ( Figs. 1A–E View FIGURE 1. A – E ) ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – E F–M) ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1. A – E N–S) Measurements. Body male 14.0–20.5, female 17.0–22.0; pronotum male 2.8–3.0, female 3.0–3.2; tegmen male 2.1–3.0, female 1.6; postfemur male 16, female 16; ovipositor 6.5–8.3 mm.

Etymology. Named for its intermediate appearance between L. punctatissima and L. laticauda .

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TABLE 1. Tabular key for the separation of Leptophyes punctatissima Bosc, 1892, L. intermedia n. sp. and L. laticauda (Frivaldsky, 1867).

male pronotum	shorter than tegmen	longer than tegmen	subequal with tegmen length
male and female tegmen with black stripe	yes	no	no
male stridulatory teeth	rather large	extremely fine	fine
female tegmen with discus	flat	slightly elevated	elevated
male and female cerci	narrow	stout	stout
apical tooth of male cercus	narrow	broad	rim-shaped
male subgenital plate with narrow apical part	yes	yes	no
female subgenital plate	triangular, apex pointed	transverse-triangular	triangular
male and female tibiae	green	green	mostly reddish, rarely green