Rombophora sierramaestrae, 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 : 229-232

Rombophora sierramaestrae new species

Figures 4–6 , 16 , 20c–d , 23 . Table II

Pyrgocoripha? [sic] Zayas, 1976: 63, 64; fig. 53. Misidentification and Incorrect Subsequent Spelling (ISS).

Types: CUBA : Santiago de Cuba Province: Santiago de Cuba Municipality: Cordillera de La Gran Piedra: La Gran Piedra (20°00'42"N - 75°37'37"W, 1,000–1,230 m a.s.l.); on the vegetation; 14/April/2017; S. Yong, R. Teruel, E. Fonseca; 1♀ adult holotype ( SY, in ethanol 80%). Same locality; 4–6/October/2015; S. Yong, R. Teruel; 1♀ juvenile paratype ( SY, in ethanol 80%). Same locality; 23/May/2016; S. Yong, R. Teruel; 1♀ adult (dry pinned), 1♀ juvenile (ethanol 80%), both paratypes ( SY). Same locality; 5/July/2016; Y. Ricardo; 1♀ adult paratype ( SY, dry pinned). Same locality; 23/July/2017; S. Yong, R. Teruel; 1♂ juvenile, 1♀ juvenile paratypes ( SY, in ethanol 80%). Same locality; 11–16/July/2018; S. Yong, R. Teruel; 1♀ adult paratype ( SY, in ethanol 80%). Guamá Municipality: Cordillera del Turquino : Pico La Bayamesa (20°02'46"N - 76°35'19"W, 1,752 m a.s.l.); August/2017; J. R. Fuentes; 1♂ juvenile ( SY, in ethanol 80%) .

Aguada de Joaquín (20°00'47"N - 76°50'02"W, 1,663 m a.s.l.); 27/January–2/February/2018; A. A. Méndez, A. Rapado; 1♂ juvenile, 1♀ juvenile, both paratypes ( SY, in ethanol 80%) .

Additional material examined. CUBA : Santiago de Cuba Province: Santiago de Cuba Municipality: Cordillera de La Gran Piedra: La Gran Piedra (20°00'42"N - 75°37'37"W, 1,230 m a.s.l.); June/1964; F. de Zayas; 1♀ adult ( FZ, dry pinned). Guamá Municipality: Cordillera del Turquino: Alto del Cardero (19°58'31"N - 76°51'15"W, 1,238 m a.s.l.); F. de Zayas; 2♀♀ adults ( FZ, dry pinned).

Record from high-quality photograph. CUBA : Santiago de Cuba Province: Guamá Municipality: Sierra Maestra: Cordillera del Turquino: Aguada de Joaquín (20°00'47"N - 76°50'02"W, 1,663 m a.s.l.); 1♂ (see Navarro, 2010: 304).

Diagnosis. See genus diagnosis above.

Etymology. The specific epithet is a Latinized eponym, derived from the name of the mountain range that contains all localities known for the species (the Sierra Maestra).

Figures

Figure 4. Adult female holotype of Rombophora sierramaestrae n. gen., n. sp., full-body views: a) dorsal; b) lateral; c) ventral. Scale bar in millimeters.

Figure 5. Adult female holotype of Rombophora sierramaestrae n. gen., 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 6. Adult females of Rombophora sierramaestrae n. gen., n. sp., from FZ collection.

Figure 16. Live habitus of Rombophora sierramaestrae n. gen., n. sp., in natural habitat: a) adult male from Aguada de Joaquín; b–c) adult female paratopotypes; d) juvenile female paratopotype. Photo a credit Eladio Fernández, modified from Navarro (2010: 304).

Figure 20. Habitat of Anacaona bellatrix n. gen., n. sp. (a–b) and Rombophora sierramaestrae n. gen., n. sp. (c–d): a) Los Tres Charcos; b) road from Cabral to Polo; c) Aguada de Joaquín; d) La Gran Piedra. Photos a–c courtesy of Rolando Teruel.

Figure 23. Geographical distribution of the genus Rombophora n. gen. and its single species Rombophora sierramaestrae n. gen, n. sp.: type locality (red symbol), additional localities (yellow symbols). Image frame = 500 x 220 km, inset = 20 x 13 km.