Dinomunda griseipennis ( Chopard, 1969 )

Tan, Ming Kai, 2022, The diversity and taxonomy of Aphonoidini (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Podoscirtinae) from Singapore, Zootaxa 5209 (4), pp. 441-454 : 444

Dinomunda griseipennis ( Chopard, 1969)

( Figs 1B , 2B , 3B , 4B , 6 )

Aphonoides griseipennis — Chopard, 1969: 386; Gorochov, 2003: 292

Aphonoides sp. — Tan, 2012: 19; Tan, 2017: 28

Dinomunda griseipennis — Gorochov, 2007 [2006]: 276; http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif6732

Specimen examined. SINGAPORE • 1♂; Thomson Nature Park; secondary forest after village; on foliage of Dracena fragans; 23 March 2022, nighttime; leg. M. K. Tan; genitalia dissected and leg preserved in ethanol

Other specimens examined (genitalia not examined). SINGAPORE • 1♂; Windsor Nature Park [Venus Trail]; secondary forest after village; 8 October 2010; leg. M. K. Tan & M. R. B. Ismail; ZRC.ORT.102 • 1♂; MacRitchie [Lornie Trail]; secondary/ primary forest; 2 November 2010; leg. M. K. Tan; ZRC.ORT.120

Type locality. PENINSULAR MALAYSIA, Perak, Sungei Lui

Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Perak, SINGAPORE [new locality]), Thai-Peninsula (Surat Thani)

Remarks. This species is the type species of this monotypic genus, distinguished by its male genitalia with characteristic thickened seta appearing as a spine directed upwards at the apex of the posterolateral epiphallic lobe.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Head and pronotum in dorsal view: Aphonoides?cinereus (A), Dinomunda griseipennis (B), Furcimunda furcilla (C), Mistshenkoana bilineata (D) and Mistshenkoana hulu (E). Scale bar: 2 mm.

FIGURE 2. Head in anterior view: Aphonoides?cinereus (A), Dinomunda griseipennis (B), Furcimunda furcilla (C), Mistshenkoana bilineata (D) and Mistshenkoana hulu (E). Scale bar: 2 mm.

FIGURE 3. Head, pronotum and anterior part of the lateral field of FW in lateral view: Aphonoides?cinereus (A), Dinomunda griseipennis (B), Furcimunda furcilla (C), Mistshenkoana bilineata (D) and Mistshenkoana hulu (E). Scale bar: 2 mm.

FIGURE 6. Male genitalia of Dinomunda griseipennis in dorsal (A), ventral (B) and lateral (C, D) views; after (A, C) and before (B, D) cleaning with KOH. Scale bar: 1 mm.

FIGURE4.FWsindorsal view:Aphonoides?cinereus (A),Dinomundagriseipennis(B), Furcimundafurcilla(C), Mistshenkoana bilineata (D) and Mistshenkoana hulu (E). Scale bar: 5 mm.