Kilimagryllus bilobulatus limpopo, Gorochov, 2021

Gorochov, A. V., 2021, Taxonomy of Podoscirtinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Part 13: new taxa of the subtribe Podoscirtina from Africa, Zoosystematica Rossica (Zoosyst. Rossica) 30 (1), pp. 64-77 : 73

Kilimagryllus bilobulatus limpopo subsp. nov.

( Figs 7–9 , 22–25 )

Holotype. Male ; South Africa, Limpopo Prov., XII.2011, V. Anikin ( ZIN).

Description. Male (holotype). Size, coloration and structure of body very similar to those of nominotypical subspecies but with following differences ( Figs 7–9 ): eyes and large dorsal area of head clearly lighter, light greyish brown with a pair of brown longitudinal stripes between lateral ocelli and posteriorly, as well as with numerous dense yellowish dots in median part of head dorsum; pronotum with a pair of light brown longitudinal bands on yellowish disc; tegminal veins light brown to almost transparent on dorsal field but yellowish on lateral field; humeral stripes on tegmina light brown; darkened lines on hind femur and dots at bases of spines of hind tibia less distinct and less numerous, respectively; abdominal tergites yellowish with very numerous darkish dots; abdominal sternites with darkened parts lighter (light greyish brown); genital plate light brown to yellowish, without darkened parts; light flat area on anal plate slightly wider, barely transverse (virtually round in nominotypical subspecies).

Tegminal mirror with rounded (not nearly angular) distomedial corner. Genitalia with anterior part of epiphallus wider and possessing dorsal semisclerotised area angularly projected in lateral parts (not gradually narrowing backwards), with proximal part of rachis wider, with its distal (thin) part shorter (almost equal to proximal rachial part in length) and having apical portion clearly narrower in profile and slightly bilobed at apex ( Figs 23–25 ). Spermatophore ( Fig. 22 ) virtually indistinguishable from that of nominotypical subspecies.

Female unknown.

Length (in mm). Body 14.8; pronotum 2.7; tegmina 7.5; hind femora 9.5.

Comparison. All differences of K. bilobulatus limpopo subsp. nov. from the nominotypical subspecies of K. bilobulatus sp. nov. are given in the description. From all other congeners, the new subspecies differs in the same characters as the nominotypical subspecies, but the difference in the lengths of the distal and proximal parts of the rachis between K. bilobulatus limpopo subsp.nov. and K. gyldenstolpei is less significant.

Etymology. The new subspecies is named after the Limpopo Province, where it was collected. The subspecies name is a noun.

Figures

Figs 1–9. Malawitrella gen. nov. and Kilimagryllus, male: 1–3, M. sotshivkoi sp. nov.; 4–6, K. bilobulatus sp. nov. (holotype); 7–9, K. bilobulatus limpopo subsp.nov. Head in front (1, 4, 7); body from above with tegmina directed upwards and aside (2) and with tegmina in rest position (5, 8); right tegmen (3); abdominal apex from above and slightly from behind (6, 9).

Figs 18–28. Kilimagryllus and Parametrypa, male: 18–21, K. bilobulatus sp. nov. (18–20, holotype; 21, paratype); 22–25, K. bilobulatus limpopo subsp. nov.; 26–28, P. pubescens sp. nov. Genitalia from above (18, 23, 26), from below (19, 24, 27) and from side (20, 25, 28); apical part of epiphallus from above (21); spermatophore from side (22).