Neometrypus mendoncae, Campos & Souza-Dias, 2021

Campos, Lucas Denadai De & Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B., 2021, Hidden in the bushes: uncovering the diversity of the genus Neometrypus Desutter 1988 n. status (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Paroecanthini: Tafaliscina) in Neotropical forests, Zootaxa 5060 (4), pp. 451-488 : 478-480

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:ADA500AF-598A-480D-841A-2362701A3029
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5637910
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038687F2-5214-FF93-FF0D-FE12B92CE4ED
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Neometrypus mendoncae
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Neometrypus mendoncae View in CoL n. sp.

( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 , 19 View FIGURE 19 , 20 View FIGURE 20 , 23 View FIGURE 23 ; Table 9)

Etymology. Species named after Maria Cleide de Mendonça, specialist in Collembola, and professor at the Departamento de Entomologia (Entomology Department) of the Museu Nacional – UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro).

Type locality. Brazil, Bahia, Itamarajú .

Type material. Holotype male. BR[azil], BA[hia], Itamaraju/ Par[que]Na[cional] Monte Pascoal/ 08– 11.III.2012 / Dias, P.G.B.S. et al. col.; MZSP . Allotype female. Same data as for holotype | PSD102; MZSP . Paratype females. (1) Same data as for holotype | PSD103; MZSP. (1) Same data as for holotype; MZSP. (2) Same data as for holotype; MNRJ. (1) BR[azil], BA[hia], Una ; R[eserva]P[articular]P[atrimônio]N[atural] EcoParque; 10.III.2012; Dias, P.G.B.S. col.; MZSP. (1) Same data as for previous paratype; MNRJ .

Diagnosis. This species is separated from the other species of Neometrypus by the following characters: general coloration medium brown to reddish-brown, abdominal tergites without median band, sternites medium brown. First abdominal sternite prominent, apex rounded. Male genitalia: anterior margin of pseudepiphallic sclerite Vshaped on median region, posterior margin of LLophi rounded. Female genitalia: copulatory papilla posterior margin somewhat prominent, anterior margin on dorsal face sub-triangular.

Description. General morphology. Head. Fastigium as long as wide, pubescent ( Fig. 19A, F View FIGURE 19 ). Three ocelli, the median reduced, slightly under lateral ones in frontal view ( Fig. 19C View FIGURE 19 ); lateral ocelli rounded. Frons smooth ( Fig. 19C View FIGURE 19 ). Antennal scape longer than wide, inner margin with bristles. Maxillary palpi articles 4 and 5 almost samesized, article 3 slightly shorter; article 5 slightly upcurved ( Fig. 19B View FIGURE 19 ).

Thorax. DD longer than wide, covered by bristles. DD cephalic margin sub-straight, caudal margin slightly convex ( Fig. 19A, F View FIGURE 19 ). LL ventro-cephalic angle rounded; ventro-caudal angle gradually ascendant in lateral view ( Fig. 19B, G View FIGURE 19 ). FWs not surpassing posterior margin of metanotum ( Fig. 19A, F View FIGURE 19 ).

Legs. TI with three apical spurs, two ventral, one dorsal. TII with four apical spurs, two ventral and two dorsal. TIII subapical spurs with two spines between each spur, ten or more spines above subapical spurs on inner and outer sides. TIII inner apical spurs: iad>iam>iav; outer apical spurs: oam>oav>oad, oav and oad almost same-sized ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ). Basitarsus dorsal spines 2/1; outer and inner apical spurs same-sized.

Abdomen. Tergites and sternites pubescent ( Fig. 19A, B, E View FIGURE 19 ); first abdominal sternite prominent, apex rounded ( Fig. 19J, K View FIGURE 19 ; red arrow). Supra anal plate posterior margin rounded ( Fig. 19D View FIGURE 19 ).

Male. Anterior margin of median projection of metanotum slightly rounded, posterior margin wider than anterior margin in dorsal view ( Fig. 19A View FIGURE 19 ). Subgenital plate wider than long, posterior margin convex ( Fig. 19E View FIGURE 19 ).

Male genitalia ( Fig. 20A–D View FIGURE 20 ). Pseudepiphallus: pseudepiphallic sclerite almost straight in lateral view, anterior margin V-shaped on median region, lateral region upcurved in lateral view ( Fig. 20A–C View FIGURE 20 ). LLophi curved inwards, posterior margin rounded in dorsal and ventral views ( Fig. 20A, B View FIGURE 20 ); inner margin membranous, outer margin sclerotized, thin. PsP almost same-sized as LLophi, posterior margin divided into two lobes, not surpassing posterior margin of pseudepiphallic sclerite in dorsal and ventral views ( Fig. 20B View FIGURE 20 ); apex of dorsal lobe finger-shaped, slightly curved inwards; apex of ventral lobe pointed, directed inwards ( Fig. 20B View FIGURE 20 ). r elongate, slightly longer than pseudepiphallic sclerite, flattened laterally ( Fig. 20A–C View FIGURE 20 ). Ectophallic invagination: EctAp longer than LLophi, straight, inclined to outwards in dorsal and ventral views ( Fig. 20A, B View FIGURE 20 ); arc not complete, curved posteriorly; ventral projections of ectophallic invagination very short, shorter than arc ( Fig. 20B View FIGURE 20 ).

Female. Body larger than male ( Fig. 19F, G View FIGURE 19 ). Subgenital plate wider than long, posterior margin concave on the middle ( Fig. 19I View FIGURE 19 ). Ovipositor as in fig. 19H, I.

Female genitalia. Copulatory papilla ( Fig. 20E–G View FIGURE 20 ), as long as wide, somewhat triangular, slightly curved downwards in lateral view; posterior margin somewhat prominent; anterior margin on dorsal face sub-triangular, anterior margin o ventral face straight. Median region on dorsal and ventral faces depigmented.

Coloration. Male and female with similar coloration. Occiput, vertex, pronotum, and abdominal tergites medium brown to reddish-brown ( Fig. 19A, B, F, G View FIGURE 19 ). Face medium to light brown with stripes grey forming a triangle centrally ( Fig. 19C View FIGURE 19 ); antennal scape and antennomeres light brown. FWs somewhat translucent, yellowish; median projection of metanotum reddish-brown ( Fig. 19A View FIGURE 19 ); abdominal tergites sometimes with a dark brown spot on median region of anterior margin, sometimes without spots; sternites medium brown to brownish-orange, supra anal ( Fig. 19D, H View FIGURE 19 ) and subgenital ( Fig. 19E View FIGURE 19 ) plates dark brown; female subgenital plate light brown ( Fig. 19I View FIGURE 19 ); cerci anterior half medium brown, posterior half light brown; ovipositor apex dark brown ( Fig. 19A, F View FIGURE 19 ). FI and FII yellowish-brown, TI and TII medium brown; FIII yellowish brown to light brown, distal apex medium to dark brown; TIII medium to dark brown, spurs yellowish with basis medium to dark brown; tarsomeres yellowish-brown.