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<mods:titleid="5799563EB9474D4B0EC38CF26D954861">The story of the Malagasy devils (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae): Holocerus lucifer in the north and H. devriesei sp. nov. in the south?</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="93D305ACF1C040BDC89D0922705E2235">University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Evolution Lab, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR- 10000, Zagreb, Croatia & SIGTET - Special Interest Group Tetrigidae, Croatia & Institute of Molecular Evolution, Heinrich - Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="C0011AA34E524565D72D5E174D077C74">University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Evolution Lab, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR- 10000, Zagreb, Croatia</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="80AF3CFDF32AC5E9D1A53F51CCA1F228">University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Evolution Lab, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR- 10000, Zagreb, Croatia</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="CE628C54C5436B5987F9CBE87F5837E6">University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Evolution Lab, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR- 10000, Zagreb, Croatia</mods:affiliation>
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<figureCitationid="5D99D41D8CACF785A899A857FC4899BD"captionStart="Figure 3"captionStartId="F3"captionText="Figure 3. Holocerus devriesei sp. nov. in natural habitat. A Nymph from Andasibe (photo P. Bertner) B nymph from Vohimana (photo F. Vassen) C adult ♀ from Andasibe in c in dorsal view and D in dorsal view (photo P. Bertner)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.957.52565.figure3"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/440890"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">Figs 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="091EE28BFFC388EFE4DCE61DCC2FF0A7"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Holocerus devriesei sp. nov. and its habitat. A ♂ from Ranomafana in natural habitat (photo M. Hoffmann) B-E adult ♂ from Analamazaotra F-G natural habitat in Analamazaotra G Ravenala madagascariensis, the Traveler's Palm (B-G photo J. Skejo)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.957.52565.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/440891"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">
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<figureCitationid="51A47010198372817135043D0365D107"captionStart="Figure 2"captionStartId="F2"captionText="Figure 2. Variability of Holocerus lucifer. A living specimen in Marojejy NP (photo R. Becky) B-E variability of pronotal projection morphology (B holotype of Holocerus lucifer C Maroantsentra, Antongil Bay D holotype of H. taurus E Tamatave)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.957.52565.figure2"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/440889"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">2a, b</figureCitation>
genera. He has hitherto introduced the terminology of pronotal carinae with an emphasis on Malagasy taxa, described five new genera, 12 new species, and one new subspecies, and many more are awaiting description, especially those from Madagascar. The specific epithet is a genitive case second Latin declension noun, derived from the Latin version of the surname
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The holotype male is a wet preserved specimen, kept in 80% ethyl alcohol, deposited in MNCN Madrid. One hind leg of the holotype was isolated for future molecular studies. The paratypes are ten dry-mounted specimens. Four paratypes are deposited in the
collection within the Entomological collections of the Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, while six paratypes are deposited in the Entomological collections of the
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sp. nov. has more robust (less elongated) femora of fore and mid legs; (ii) dorsal spines (elevated lateral carinae) are short and projected as acute triangular plates in
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Body length, pronotum length, pronotum width between the lateral lobes, maximum pronotum width (between the tips of the dorsal spines), and hind femur length are shown (Table
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Analamazaotra, rainforests around Lakato, Vohimana and Andasibe-Mantadia, all the way to the Antongil Bay, where it has an overlap in distribution with
. The natural habitat of the species are primary and secondary rainforests, but on account of forest depletion and habitat degradation, population decline is expected, as well as extinction of its subpopulations in certain territories where the rainforest is undergoing degradation.
