New lineages of Lebinthini from Australia (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae)
Author
Robillard, Tony
Author
Su, You Ning
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-03-09
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4392.2.2
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Salmanites miripara
(
Otte & Alexander, 1983
)
n. comb.
(
Figs 1
,
2
)
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:
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Lebinthus miripara
Otte & Alexander, 1983
: 308
. Robillard & Desutter-Grandcolas 2004: 291.
Cigliano
et al.
2017
(
Orthoptera
Species File Online)
Type
material.
Male
holotype
.
Australia
, A-
694, 85 miles
N of
Geraldton
, WA,
10.v.1969
,
Alexander
&
Otte
(
ANIC
) [examined]
.
Paratypes
(
1♀
):
Australia
. Same information as HT (
ANIC
) [examined].
Additional material examined.
Australia
,
50 mi
ENE of
Meekatharra
, WA
,
29.iv.1963
,
1♀
,
L.J. Chinnick
(
ANIC
).
FIGURE 1.
Salmanites miripara
(Otte & Alexander, 1983)
n. comb.
: male holotype in dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views; female paratype in dorsal (C) and lateral (D) views; head in dorsal (E), facial (F) and lateral (F) views. Scale bar: A-D, 5 mm.
Discussion.
Close examination of the
type
series revealed that the species belongs to the tribe
Eurepini
, based on the definition of the eneopterine tribes and the key of
Robillard (2006)
. The following characters were examined to support this transfer: inner tympanum absent, membrane of outer tympanum smooth, male FW venation with CuP extending posteriorly beyond file level, male subgenital plate without swellings on dorsal margin, male genitalia with ramal plates, lateral arms of endophallic sclerite directly prolonged by sclerotization of ectophallic fold.
The attribution of the species to one of the five genera currently included in the tribe
Eurepini
is more speculative. Based on head morphology with fastigium three times as wide as scape, it could belong to either
Salmanites
or
Eurepella
and differs from
Eurepa
and
Myara
.
The general shape of male genitalia excludes
Myara
and
Eurepa
, but could correspond to
Salmanites
,
Arilpa
and
Eurepella
. Finally, there are strong setae oriented anteriorly on dorso-lateral margins of pseudepiphallus, which is a characteristic of
Salmanites
and
Arilpa
(Robillard & Desutter-Grandcolas 2004)
. Male FW venation reveals that mirror is entirely absent, which is the only recorded case in
Eurepini
(even the short winged species in
Arilpa
and
Salmanites
possess a mirror cell) (
Otte & Alexander 1983
). Female ovipositor as long as FIII points toward
Eurepa
,
Myara
or
Salmanites
. In conclusion, the species could either correspond to a new genus, given the original combination of characters, or to a very diverging species of
Salmanites
. In a conservative way, we consider it as
Salmanites miripara
n. comb.
, but this hypothesis will have to be tested in forthcoming revisions of the
Eurepini
genera and with molecular evidence.