Unicorniella hatueyi, Yong, 2019

Yong, Sheyla, 2019, Three new genera and four new species of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Cuba and Hispaniola, Greater Antilles, Ecologica Montenegrina 20 (2019), pp. 222-256 : 235-238

Unicorniella hatueyi new genus, new species

Figures 7–10 , 17 , 21 , 24 . Table III

"Especie indeterminada, presumiblemente de..." [ Neoconocephalus ]: Zayas, 1976: 64. Misidentification "Genus unknown 5": Yong & Perez-Gelabert, 2014: 427.

Types. CUBA : Santiago de Cuba Province: Santiago de Cuba Municipality: Cordillera de La Gran Piedra: La Gran Piedra (20º00'35''N - 75º37'42''W, 1,200 m a.s.l.); on the vegetation; 11–16/July/2018; S. Yong, R. Teruel; 1♂ adult holotype ( SY, green phase, in ethanol 80%), 1♂ adult (brown phase), 4♂♂ juveniles (green phase), 4♀♀ juveniles (green phase), all paratypes ( SY, in ethanol 80%). Same locality; 4–6/October/2015; S. Yong, R. Teruel; 1♂ juvenile, 1♀ juvenile, both paratypes ( SY, green phase, in ethanol 80%). Same locality; 11/March/2016; R. Teruel, J. L. Reyes; 1♀ adult paratype ( SY, green phase, in ethanol 80%). Same locality; 23/July/2017; S. Yong, R. Teruel; 1♂ juvenile paratype ( SY, green phase, in ethanol 80%) .

Additional material examined. CUBA : Artemisa Province: San Cristóbal Municipality: Sierra de Rangel (22°44'11"N - 83°11'29"W, 600 m a.s.l.); 12–15/January/1934; J. Acuña, A. R. Otero; 1♀ adult (brown phase, FZ, dry pinned). Cienfuegos Province: Cumanayagua Municipality: Guamuhaya Massif: Pico San Juan (21°59'23"N - 80°08'51"W, 1,140 m a.s.l.); 7–14/August/2015; S. Yong, E. Fonseca, T. M. Rodríguez-Cabrera; 3♂♂, 9♀♀ adults (both green and brown phases, now lost). Guantánamo Province: Baracoa Municipality: Nibujón (20°30'26"N - 74°39'13"W, 10 m a.s.l.); 6/March/1979; L. B. Zayas; 1♂ adult (green phase, IES, dry pinned). DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Santo Domingo Province: San Felipe de Villa Mella Municipality: Sierra Prieta (18°38'56"N - 69°58'22"W, 150 m a.s.l.); 12/September/2016; R. Teruel; 1 ♂ juvenile (green phase, SY, in ethanol 80%). Note. The complete sample from Pico San Juan was destroyed shortly after being collected, by an ant attack in the field. Fortunately, the specimens were photographed in situ when found, so the evidence remains (see figs. 17b, d herein) .

Diagnosis. See genus diagnosis above.

Etymology. This species is named after Hatuey (birth date unknown, murdered by fire at stake in 1512), the well-known Taino cacique. He was the first rebel native to America and coincidently, he lived in the same two islands where this species occurs: Cuba and Hispaniola.

Figures

Figure 7. Adult male holotype of Unicorniella hatueyi n. gen., n. sp., full-body views: a) dorsal; b) lateral; c) ventral. Scale bar in millimeters.

Figure 8. Adult male holotype (a–i) and adult female paratopotype (j) of Unicorniella hatueyi n. gen., n. sp., close-up views: a) head and pronotum, dorsal; b) head and pronotum, lateral; c) head, frontal; d) stridulatory area, dorsal; e) stridulatory areas, left and right sides, dorsal; f) sternites; g) apex of abdomen, dorsal; h) apex of abdomen, ventral; i) apex of abdomen, posterior; j) apex of abdomen and ovipositor, lateral.

Figure 9. Juvenile males of Unicorniella n. gen., full-body lateral view: a) paratopotype; b) specimen from Sierra Prieta (Dominican Republic). Scale bar in millimeters.

Figure 10. Adults of Unicorniella hatueyi n. gen., n. sp., from other collections: a) IES male from Nibujón; b) FZ female from Rangel.

Figure 17. Live habitus of Unicorniella hatueyi n. gen., n. sp.: a) adult male holotype, green phase, in captivity; b) adult male from Pico San Juan, green phase, in natural habitat (low grass); c) adult female paratopotype, green phase, in natural habitat (fern frond); d) adult female from Pico San Juan, brown phase, in natural habitat (low grass), see anomalous fastigium; e) juvenile male paratopotype, green phase, in natural habitat (bush twig); f) subadult male paratopotype, brown phase, in natural habitat (thin liana). Photos b–d courtesy of Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera.

Figure 21. Habitat of Unicorniella hatueyi n. gen., n. sp.: a) Sierra de Rangel; b) Pico San Juan; c) La Gran Piedra; d) Sierra Prieta. Photos a, d courtesy of Rolando Teruel.

Figure 24. Geographical distribution of the genus Unicorniella n. gen. and its single species Unicorniella hatueyi n. gen., n. sp.: type locality (red symbol), additional localities (yellow symbols). Image frame = 500 x 220 km, inset = 20 x 13 km.