Tergoceracris guajataca, Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. & Otte, Daniel, 2003

Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. & Otte, Daniel, 2003, Tergoceracris, a new genus and six new species of montane grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Ommatolampinae) from Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, Zootaxa 155, pp. 1-31 : 6-7

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.156978

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5678335

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scientific name

Tergoceracris guajataca
status

sp. nov.

Tergoceracris guajataca n. sp.

Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3 , 5 View FIGURE 5 C, 6A, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15

Diagnosis.— Similar in coloration and morphology to T. cerropunta and T. cayey while differentiated by the wing color from T. luquillensis . Differs from T. cerropunta and T. cayey as follows: Endophallic plate relatively shorter (about 1.3X as long as ventral valve of aedeagus) ( Fig. 15 View FIGURE 15 D); epiproct lateral ridges unilobed and off­center mounds elongate ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 A) (epiproct lateral ridges bilobed in T. cayey and off­center mounds short in T. cerropunta ); lophi of epiphallus more robust in dorsal view ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 D).

Description.— Male. Coloration very similar to that of T. cerropunta , both brightly adorned. Pronotum: annular area light greenish brown in center surrounded by black and cream yellow bands. Wide band at pronotal side green and light brown, followed below by arched cream yellow band that delimits smaller portion of green on lower margin. Wings: Tegmina short, pink reddish with some black on posterior edge, with surface markedly reticular. Abdomen: dorsal midline marked by interrupted black streak. Furculae vertically elevated, slightly longer and thinner than in the other Puerto Rican species, ascending jointly, narrowing, then separating and widening only slightly on upper portion. Internal genitalia: As illustrated in Figs. 14 View FIGURE 14 , 15 View FIGURE 15 .

Etymology.— The name is derived from the type locality.

Type material.— Holotype: Male. PUERTO RICO, Guajataca St. Forest, 7 miles SE Isabela, 600 ft. (200 m), 20.vi.1969, T. J. Cohn ( ANSP). Allotype: female. Same data as holotype ( ANSP). Paratypes: One male, 2 females, same data as holotype ( ANSP).

Habitat.—Specimens were collected at about 600 ft.(­ 200 m) of elevation in the Guajataca State forest, near Isabela, Puerto Rico. This area is substantially lower than for the three other species. Vegetation there is mostly wet tropical forest. In a visit to this reserve­ and search around several trails by the senior author and Santo Navarro in October 2001, this forest was found to be rather dry and no specimens of these grasshoppers were encountered.

ANSP

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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