Lebinthus sanchezi Bolívar, 1889

Baroga-Barbecho, Jessica B., Tan, Ming Kai, Yap, Sheryl A. & Robillard, Tony, 2020, Taxonomic study of Lebinthus Stål, 1877 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae) with description of six new species in the Philippines, Zootaxa 4816 (4), pp. 401-438 : 407-412

Lebinthus sanchezi Bolívar, 1889

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Lebinthus sanchezi Bolívar, 1889: 425 (original description); Casto de Elera, 1895: 219; Kirby, 1906: 88; Bruner, 1915: 263; Chopard, 1968: 354; Robillard et al., 2013: 52 (redescription); Baroga et al., 2016: 94 (taxonomic key).

Type material. Neotype male. Philippines. Luzon: Paete [Pakil], University of the Philippines Laguna Land Grant , secondary forest at 500 m from station, 14°23’56.9”N 121°32’47.2”E, 376 m (GPS LG2), 4.vii.2011, day, leaf litter, coll. T. Robillard (UPLBMNH) [examined]. Paraneotypes. 2♂, 1♀ (UPLBMNH), 3♂, 1♀ ( MNHN) [examined], same information as NT.

Other material examined. Philippines. [Luzon]: Nueva Ecija, CLSU, 1♀ ( JBB314 ), 16.xi.1985, coll. T.M. Aganon (UPLBMNH ORT-01157); Bataan, Orani, Singtala, Mt.Natib , 1♀ ( JBB162 ), 29.i–11.ii.2015, coll. J.B. Baro- ga & P.A.C. Buenavente ( PNM); Laguna: Puting Lupa , 1♂ ( JBB320 ), 8.iii.1986, coll. E. Oratai (UPLBMNH ORT- 01163); Cavinti , 1♂ ( JBB182 ), 26.v.2014, coll. N.M. Barbecho (UPLBMNH ORT-00875); UPLB, Mt. Makiling : 1500 ft, 1♂ ( JBB338 ), 26.iv.1958, coll. D.A. Galvez (UPLBMNH ORT-01181); 1♂ ( JBB017 ), 15–16.ii.2014, coll. N.M. Barbecho (UPLBMNH) .

Type locality. Philippines. Luzon: Paete [Pakil], University of the Philippines Laguna Land Grant , secondary forest at 500 m from station .

Distribution. ( Fig. 1 ) Philippines: Bataan, Mt. Natib (new record); Nueva Ecija, CLSU (new record); Laguna: Paete, UPLB Land Grant, Puting Lupa, Cavinti (new record), Mt. Makiling.

Diagnosis. This species is close to L. puyos from which it differs by having a black face and male genitalia with little differentiated triangular pseudephiphallic lophi and F-shaped pseudepiphallic parameres (Robillard et al., 2013).

Habitat. This species lives underneath leaf litter of secondary forested areas and sometimes on top of leaves of small bushes or plants (Robillard et al., 2013). A specimen from Mt. Natib in Orani, Bataan was also collected in a dry, slightly concrete path near residential houses.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution of Lebinthus in the Philippines. Triangular symbols refer to species of the bitaeniatus species group; round symbols to species of the sanchezi species group.

FIGURE 4. Lebinthus sanchezi male adult (A) and male and female adults mating (B) in their natural environment in Paete (Luzon).

FIGURE 5. Lebinthus sanchezi nymphs in their natural environment in Paete (Luzon).