Phalangopsidae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) from the Mitaraka biological survey, French Guiana
Author
Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure
Institut de Systématique, Évolution et Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS UPMC EPHE UA, case postale 50, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 05 (France) desutter @ mnhn. fr (corresponding author)
desutter@mnhn.fr
Author
Faberon, Léo
Gagny, Le Raincy, 93340 (France) faberonl @ gmail. com
faberonl@gmail.com
text
Zoosystema
2020
2020-12-22
42
32
739
797
journal article
9154
10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a32
7753c3e4-2c97-40e8-9098-4d1b2fa88b2a
1638-9387
4399795
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4B5EE94B-F254-4B4D-BED1-746AE71A5FDC
Luzarida grandis
Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992
(
Fig. 12
;
Table 7
)
Luzarida grandis
Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992a
: 102
.
TYPE LOCALITY. —
French Guiana
, Arataye, Affl. Approuague,
8 km
NE pied du Saut Pararé.
TYPE MATERIAL. —
Holotype
by original designation
.
French Guiana
•
1♂
;
Arataye
, afflt.
Approuague
,
8 km
NE du saut Pararé
, station des Nouragues;
19.V.1988
;
L. Desutter
leg.;
MNHN-EO-ENSIF3035
.
Allotype
.
French Guiana
•
1 ♀
; same locality and collector as the
holotype
;
11.V.1988
; MNHN-EO-ENSIF3032
.
Paratypes
:
1 male
,
6 females
.
French Guiana
•
1 ♂
6 ♀
; same locality as the holotype;
VI.1988
;
L. Desutter
&
P. Grandcolas
leg.; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5942-5948
.
MATERIAL FROM THE MITARAKA. —
French Guiana
•
1 ♂
;
Monts Tumuc-Humac
,
Massif du Mitaraka
,
Layon A
; entre
54.4509 O
2.2357 N
et 54.4547 O 2.2405 N; alt. entre
280 m
et
365 m
;
23.II.-10.III.2015
;
F. Legendre
&
S. Hugel
leg.; fn. SH308, de nuit;
MNHN
.
COMPLEMENT OF DESCRIPTION
In addition to the characters given by Desutter-Grandcolas (1992a).
Coloration
Mouthparts dark brown with whitish specks. Four brown specks on posterior margin of pronotum. FIII outer side and base of inner side striped with brown.TIII light brown. Spurs yellowish, with dark base and apex. Cerci whitish dorsally; ventrally black on basal third, with a black ring at second third, and black at apex.
Male genitalia
As on
Fig. 12
D-F.
Measurements (in mm)
See
Table 7
.
Variation
Mirror crossed by two or three veins.
TABLE 8. — Measurements of
Lerneca mitarakensis
n. sp.
(in millimetres)
iod
|
pron L
|
pron w
|
FIII L
|
FIII w
|
TIII L
|
FW L
|
FW w
|
ovip L
|
Male holotype |
1.6 |
2.2 |
4 |
9.2 |
2.8 |
7.9 |
10.2 |
5.2 |
– |
Male paratypes (n = 3) |
1.5-1.7 |
2.2 |
3.6-4 |
8.7-9.2 |
2.7-3.3 |
7.4-7.9 |
10.1-10.4 |
5.2-5.6 |
– |
Mean (n =4) |
1.6 |
2.2 |
3.8 |
9 |
2.9 |
7.7 |
10.3 |
5.3 |
– |
Female allotype |
1.7 |
2.5 |
3.7 |
8.8 |
3.1 |
6.9 |
– |
– |
7.6 |
Female paratypes (n =4) |
1.6-1.7 |
2.3-2.5 |
3.7-3.9 |
8.7-9.5 |
3-3.1 |
6.8-7.7 |
– |
– |
7.3-7.7 |
Mean (n =5) |
1.7 |
2.4 |
3.8 |
9 |
3 |
7 |
– |
– |
7.4 |
REMARK
Two specimens of
L. grandis
have been photographed in the field: both were found active (
Fig. 12A, B
), even singing (
Fig. 12C
), in the leaf litter. The photos show a large variation in coloration, especially for head, pronotum and cerci, which can be almost whitish.