Erioloides santiago, 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 : 223-225

Erioloides santiago new species

Figures 1–3 , 15 , 19 , 22 . Table I

"Genus unknown 6": Yong & Perez-Gelabert, 2014: 427.

Types. CUBA : Santiago de Cuba Province: Santiago de Cuba Municipality: Baconao: Playa Verraco (19°53'34"N - 75°34'32"W, 10 m a.s.l.); 18/April/2017; at night, on bushes; S. Yong, R. Teruel, E. Fonseca, J. L. Reyes; molted to adult on 20/May/2017; 1♀ holotype ( SY, in ethanol 80%). Same data as holotype, but molted to adult on 5/June/2017; 1♀ paratype ( SY, in ethanol 80%). Siboney (19°57'56"N - 75°42'38"W, 125 m a.s.l.); diurnal net-sweeping of vegetation; 25/October/2017; B. Lauranzón, J. L. Reyes; 1♀ juvenile paratype ( SY, in ethanol 80%). Suburbs of Santiago de Cuba City; no more data; 1♀ paratype ( SY, dry pinned). Palma Soriano Municipality: Presa Charco Mono (20°04'54"N - 76°00'31"W, 300 m a.s.l.); 8/December/ 2017; S. Yong, R. Teruel; 1 ♀ juvenile paratype ( SY, in ethanol 80%) .

Additional material examined. CUBA : Camagüey Province: Santa Cruz del Sur Municipality: Archipiélago de los Jardines de la Reina : Cayo Anclitas (20°46'54"N - 78°54'42"W, 2 m a.s.l.); 2/May/1971; L. F. de Armas; 1♂ ( IES, dry pinned). Las Tunas: Manatí Municipality: Puerto Manatí (21°21'41"N - 76°49'34"W, 2 m a.s.l.); December /1988; L. R. Hernández; 1♂ (MNHNCu, dry pinned). Province Santiago de Cuba Province: Santiago de Cuba Municipality: Santiago de Cuba City; February /1930; P. Alayo; 1♂ ( FZ, dry pinned). Cuabitas (20°03'59"N - 75°48'20"W, 120 m a.s.l.); January /1952; 1♀ ( FZ, dry pinned). Versalles (20°03'59"N - 75°48'20"W, 100 m a.s.l.); June / 1971; I. García; 1♀ ( IES, dry pinned). Note. See additional discussion on these specimens below, in Remarks section .

Diagnosis (Based mostly on females). Body slender and medium-sized for the genus (18–19 mm). Both sexes macropterous, tegmina lanceolate, over 4.0 times the length of abdomen. Head with tegument coarsely and densely punctate, lacking any keels. Fastigium moderately short (slightly shorter than scapus length), shaped as an equilateral triangle in lateral view and with tip acute. Eyes small and spherical. Pronotum almost as long as wide, coarsely punctate; longitudinal sulcus inconspicuous. Legs moderately slender, ventrally armed with minute spines. Supra-anal plate basically paraboloid, much wider than long; posterior margin trilobed. Female cerci unmodified, conical. Subgenital plate wider than long; posterior margin apically with two lateral digitiform projections and a median notch. Ovipositor broad and slightly curved upwards, slightly longer than abdomen; dorsal and ventral edges entirely smooth; tip blunt and truncate. Upper valves with a file of stretches along its dorsal edge.

Etymology. The selected epithet is a noun in apposition, taken from the toponym of both the province and municipality where the type-locality of this species is enclaved.

Figures

Figure 1. Adult female holotype of Erioloides santiago n. sp., full-body views: a) dorsal; b) lateral; c) ventral. Scale bar in millimeters.

Figure 2. Adult female holotype of Erioloides santiago n. sp., close-up views: a) head and pronotum, dorsal; b) head and pronotum, lateral; c) head, frontal; d) apex of abdomen, dorsal; e) apex of abdomen, ventral; f) Sternites; g) apex of abdomen and ovipositor, lateral.

Figure 3. Additional adults of Erioloides santiago n. sp., from other collections: a) IES male from Cayo Anclitas; b) MNHNCu male from Puerto Manatí; c) FZ male from Santiago de Cuba; d) FZ female from Cuabitas.

Figure 15. Live habitus of Erioloides santiago n. sp.: a–b) adult female holotype, in captivity; c) female holotype still subadult before last ecdysis, in captivity; d) juvenile female paratopotype, in captivity

Figure 19. Habitat of Erioloides santiago n. sp.: a) Puerto Manatí; b) Charco Mono; c) Siboney; d) Playa Verraco. Photo a courtesy of Rolando Teruel.

Figure 22. Geographical distribution of Erioloides santiago n. sp.: type locality (red symbol), additional localities (yellow symbols). Image frame = 500 x 220 km, inset = 20 x 13 km.