Parametrypa fortipes spiculata Saussure, 1878

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 : 74

Parametrypa fortipes spiculata Saussure, 1878 , stat. nov.

( Figs 32–34 )

Material examined. South Africa: 1 female, “Natal, Umtentweni”, 14–17.X.1969, A. Capener ( SANC) .

Remarks. This subspecies, described as a new species from a wide area without precise locality and later synonymised with P. fortipes (see remarks to Parametrypa above), differs from it insignificantly and probably insufficiently for species status (see the key below). These differences apparently correspond to a subspecies rank.

Figures

Figs 29–46. Parametrypa, female (29–34, 37, 40–46) and male (35, 36, 38, 39): 29–31, P. fortipes fortipes; 32–34, P. fortipes spiculata, stat. nov.; 35–40, P. pubescens sp. nov.; 41–43, P. longispinosa sp. nov.; 44–46, P. dentata sp. nov. Head with pronotum, dorsolateral and slightly anterior view (29, 32, 35, 41, 44); proximal half of hind tibia (30, 33, 37, 42, 45), dorsal and slightly inner view (left) as well as dorsal and slightly outer view (right); genital plate from below (31, 34, 40, 43, 46); hind femur, outer view (36); abdominal apex from above (38) and from below (39).