Revision of the genus Pseudolebinthus (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Eneopterinae) with the description of a new species from Southeast Africa
Author
Jaiswara, Ranjana
Author
Dong, Jiajia
Author
Robillard, Tony
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-14
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Pseudolebinthus whellani
Robillard, 2006
(
Figs 2
D–F; 5B)
Pseudolebinthus whellani
Robillard, 2006
: 679
—Cigliano
et al.
(2018) (
Orthoptera
Species File Online).
Material examined.
Holotype
.
MALAWI
:
♂
,
Zomba
Mountain
,
28.ii.1964
,
Min. Agr. Rhod.
, ex-Nyas collection,
Salisbury, S.R.
, accession no. 11775 (Whellan), identified
Lebinthus whellani
by
L. Chopard
(NHMUK).
Type
locality.
Malawi
,
Zomba
Mountain
.
Distribution.
Southern
Malawi
.
Diagnosis.
Emended from
Robillard (2006)
. Brown coloration little contrasted; FIII uniformly brown. Dorsal margin of eyes with small ommatidia wide.
Male.
Basal edge of scutellum slightly raised. FW dorsal field with faint transverse veins. Mirror larger than in
P. africanus
, well differentiated and crossed by an incomplete accessory vein. c1 cell as long as c2. Vein Sc with four projections along its length (three in
P. africanus
, two in
P. gorochovi
).
Male genitalia.
Pseudepiphallic lophi (
Fig. 5B
) shorter and wider than in
P. africanus
, with two apical lobes well developed, the dorsal one oriented posteriorly, the ventral one oriented inward.