Typophyllum morrisi, Braun, Holger, 2015

Braun, Holger, 2015, Little walking leaves from southeast Ecuador: biology and taxonomy of Typophyllum species (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Pterochrozinae), Zootaxa 4012 (1), pp. 1-32 : 14-15

Typophyllum sp.

( Fig. 11 D–F)

Examined specimen. Male cbt003s08, Maralí 980 m, 12 January 2009, leg, H. Braun, found as nymph and raised to adult [originally identified as T. morrisi sp. nov., species code cbt003].

Notes. Belonging like the previous three species to the first section of Vignon (1925). The only specimen, a male raised from a tiny nymph ( Fig. 11 D,E,F), is very different from all known males in this group, and the shape of the tegmina does not correspond to any known Typophyllum male. However, there will be left nine valid species of Typophyllum from Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil and Bolivia in this first section, which are known only from females. Since this single male could be conspecific with any of those, it is not described as new species at this point.

Coloration. Only specimen light green with brown tarsi.

Measurements. Male: tegmen length 15 mm, hind femora 13 mm.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Typophyllum onkiosternum sp. nov. (A – C): A. female (paratype, tegmen length 24 mm), B. male (holotype, tegmen length 14.5 mm), C. female nymph (cbt 002 s 12); Typophyllum sp., unknown male of species described from females only or new species (D – F, cbt 003 s 08): D. nymph, E, F. adult; G. Typophyllum bolivari, nymph; photos of live individuals staged during day and approximately to scale.