Desutterella n. gen., a new genus of Luzarinae (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) and the first report of the Aracambiae group Souza-Dias & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2014 in the Amazon
Author
Souza-Dias, Pedro G. B.
Author
Campos, Lucas Denadai De
Author
Mello, Francisco De Assis Ganeo De
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-16
4350
1
journal volume
31467
10.11646/zootaxa.4350.1.8
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1175-5326
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Desutterella
Souza-Dias, Campos & de Mello
n. gen.
Etymology
. Taxon named after the French Orthopterist Laure Desutter-Grandcolas, for her work on Neotropical Grylloidea.
Type species.
Desutterella manauara
Souza-Dias, Campos & de Mello
n. sp.
Species included.
Desutterella manauara
Souza-Dias, Campos & de Mello
n. sp.
,
Desutterella colombiana
Souza-Dias
,
n. sp
.
Distribution.
Amazon Forest, in
Brazil
(
Amazonas
State), and
Colombia
(
Amazonas
Department
).
Diagnosis.
Size small, slender, as the other genera from Aracambiae group. General coloration light to medium brown. Head, pronotum and legs I and II with sparse, thick setae. Fastigium with double row of thick setae. Three ocelli, large, circular. Maxillary palpi elongated, joints 3–5 whitish, pilose. Legs elongated, not annulated; tympanum on inner face of TI.
Male
. Metanotum with two projections rounded, whitish, glandular. Male FWs short, rounded, membranous; right FW medium brown, apex light brown, pilose; stridulatory file very reduced; veins and areas for sound propagation absent.
Male genitalia
. Male genitalia bearing a pair of genital glands within pseudepiphallic sclerite, connected to tubular pseudepiphallic arms. Pseudepiphallic arms curved outwards. Pseudepiphallic parameres highly sclerotized; PsP2 with two pairs of distinct projections.
Female
. Almost same size as males. Females FWs yellowish brown, transparent, small, reaching first abdominal tergite.
Description.
Occiput and vertex with thick setae (
Figs. 2 A–D
,
5 A–C
). Fastigium wider than long, with double row of thick setae, below vertex level and not separated from it by line or furrow (
Figs. 2 A–D, G
,
5 A–C, F
). Three ocelli, large, circular (
Figs. 2G
,
5F
). Antennal scape longer than wide (
Figs. 2 A–D
,
5 A–C
). Maxillary palpi elongated, joints 3–5 elongated, whitish, pilose, joint 4 longest (
Figs. 2J
,
5E
); joint 5 curved, apex rounded (
Figs. 2J
,
5E
). Pronotum DD longer than wide, with thick setae, mainly on cephalic margin (
Figs. 2 A–F
,
5A, B
). Tergites slightly pubescent, without apparent tergal glands (
Figs. 2A, B, D
,
5A
). Legs I and II not annulated, with thick setae. Tympanum on inner face of TI. TIII not annulated. Subapical spurs 4/4, with serrulation between and above them; inner distal subapical spur near upper apical; apical spurs 3/3, more developed on inner face; inner apical spurs: dorsal longest (iad), median slightly shorter (iam), ventral smaller (iav) (iad>iam>iav); outer apical spurs: median longest (oam), dorsal slightly shorter (oad), ventral smaller (oav) (oam>oad>oav). Basitarsus III with double row of spines.
Male
. Metanotum with two glandular projections whitish, rounded (
Figs. 2D, E
,
3 A–B
,
5D
). Male FWs short, reaching half of abdomen (
Figs. 1A
,
2A
,
5A
); right FW medium brown, pilose (
Figs. 2A, C
,
5 A–C
); without specialized veins or areas for sound production and propagation; left FW membranous, transparent, lateral field medium brown (
Fig. 5D
). Supra anal plate not constricted medially (
Figs. 2H
,
5H
); distal margin without extended angles (
Figs. 2H
,
5H
). Subgenital plate elongated, pubescent (
Figs.
2I
,
5G
).
Male genitalia
. Male genitalia bearing a pair of genital glands within pseudepiphallic sclerite, connected to tubular pseudepiphallic arms (
Figs. 4 A–C
,
6 A–C
). Pseudepiphallus: pseudepiphallic sclerite transverse, (
Figs. 4 A–C
,
6 A–C
); pseudepiphallic arms curved outwards (
Figs. 4A, B
,
6A, B
); apex with opening duct, rounded. Rami elongated, connected to pseudepiphallic sclerite, reaching apex of ectophallic apodemes (
Figs. 4A
,
6A
). Pseudepiphallic parameres (PsP) highly sclerotized (
Figs. 4 A–C
,
6 A–C
); PsP2 with two pairs of distinct projections: one elongated, upcurved, lateral; second small, medial, semicircular, visible in dorsal view (
Figs. 4A
,
6A
); PsP1 elongated (
Figs. 4B
,
6B
). Ectophallic invagination. Ectophallic apodemes elongated, thin (
Figs. 4A
,
6A
). Ectophallic fold sclerotized, surrounding apex of medio-posterior projection of endophallic sclerite (
Figs. 4B
,
6B
). Endophallus. Endophallic sclerite large, flat (
Figs. 4B
,
6B
); latero-posterior projections short; medio-posterior projection elongated (
Figs. 4B
,
6B
). Endophallic apodeme paired, curved outwards, apex pointed (
Figs. 4B
,
6B
).
Female
. In comparison with other
Luzarinae
crickets, females of
Desutterella
Souza-Dias, Campos & de Mello
n. gen.
are almost same-sized as males—in the Aracambiae genera, frequently the females are larger than males. Head, pronotum, abdomen and legs with thick setae (
Figs. 1B
,
2B
). Females FWs small, translucent, reaching half of first tergite (
Figs. 2B, F
). Supra anal plate pubescent, slightly constricted medially (
Figs. 2K
). Subgenital plate pubescent, small (
Figs. 2L
).
Female genitalia
: copulatory papilla small, basis rounded, apex pointed centrally (
Figs. 3 D–F
).