Zebragryllus Desutter-Grandcolas & Cadena-Casteñada, n. gen. a new Gryllinae genus from Eastern and Western Amazonia, South America (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Gryllidae)
Author
Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure
Author
Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
Author
Jaiswara, Ranjana
Author
Anso, Jeremy
text
Zootaxa
2014
3768
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3768.1.1
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Zebragryllus intermedius
Desutter-Grandcolas
,
n. sp.
(
Figs 2
K, 3G,
4I
, J, 5D, 7E–I, 8D)
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Type
locality.
Peru
, Loreto, Iquitos.
Type
material.
Holotype
:
Peru
, Loreto, Iquitos, Route de
Nauta
, km 9,
1 male
,
29.viii.1985
, jour, L. Desutter (MNHN-EO-ENSIF3187).
Allotype:
same data as the
holotype
,
1 female
, jour (MNHN-EO-ENSIF3188).
Paratypes
.
2 males
,
2 females
:
Same data as the
holotype
,
1 male
,
1 female
(MNHN-EO-ENSIF3189, 3190); same locality as the
holotype
,
1 female
,
30.viii.1985
, jour, L. Desutter (MNHN-EO-ENSIF3191).
Peru
, Route de
Nauta
, km 5,
1 male
,
30.viii.1985
, jour, L. Desutter (MNHN-EO-ENSIF3281).
Additional specimens examined.
Same data as the
holotype
,
1 juvenile
female,
27.viii.1985
, jour, L. Desutter.
MNHN
.
Distribution.
Western Amazonia,
Peru
(dept. Loreto).
Etymology.
Species named after its pattern of coloration, intermediate between dark species and ”zebra” species.
Diagnosis.
Species very close to
Z. fuscus
Desutter-Grandcolas
,
n. sp.
, from which it can be separated by its bigger size and its white pattern of FIII outer side (
Fig. 3
G). It can be separated from other ”zebra” species by the lack of transverse white band on FIII, and white tergite in females (
Fig. 5
D). Male genitalia only slightly different from
Z. fuscus
Desutter-Grandcolas
,
n. sp.
Female copulatory papilla short, its distal margin distinctly concave and distal angles acute (
Fig. 7
E, F).
Description.
In addition to the characters of the genus. Base of antennae (30–36 antennomeres, mean
33 in
males and females) and the scape dark brown, before a short white white ring (14–16 antennomeres). Basitarsomeres III with 4–5 inner, and
5–7 in
males (mean 6.2) and
5–6 in
females (mean 5.8) outer dorsal spines, in addition to apical ones. Head and body coloration shining black; maxillary palpi black brown; cerci black, somewhat lighter at base, but without a distinct clear basal ring; FI and FII black, with sometimes an indistinct lighter area on outer side; TI and TII somewhat reddish; FIII with a whitish band along outer margin, and an oblique one near outer basis; TIII dark reddish brown, with lighter spurs.
Male:
FW not covering the tip of subgenital plate; mirror as in
Z. fuscus
Desutter-Grandcolas
n. sp.
; stridulatory file with about 106 teeth (n=1). Subgenital plate as on
Fig. 2
K.
Male genitalia:
Very close to that of
Z. fuscus
Desutter-Grandcolas
,
n. sp.
(compare
Fig. 4
G, H and
3I
, J), but distal margin of pseudepiphallic parameres more straight, and median lophi slightly longer and less curved dorsally.
Female:
Apterous. Abdomen shining black without white pattern (
Fig. 5
D). Subgenital plate wider than long, deeply concave distally; with acute and protruding lateral angles (
Fig. 7
E, F).
Female genitalia.
Copulatory papilla short, subquadrangular, and somewhat thick; apex slightly concave (
Fig. 7
G–I).
Measurements (in mm).
Lpron |
wpron |
LFW |
wFW |
LFIII |
wFIII |
LTIII |
File |
Holotype |
2.1 |
3.2 |
6.8 |
5 |
7.3 |
2,9 |
4,9 |
Paratypes |
2,1 |
3,2–3.3 |
7.4 |
4,8–5 |
7,5–7.6 |
2.7–2.8 |
4.9 |
116 (n=1) |
mean (n=3) |
2,1 |
3,2 |
7.2 |
4,9 |
7,5 |
2,8 |
4,9 |
Lpron |
wpron |
LFIII |
wFIII |
LTIII |
Lovip |
Allotype |
2.3 |
2.9 |
7.4 |
2.8 |
4.9 |
5.2 |
Paratypes |
2–2.2 |
2.9–3.1 |
7.4–7.7 |
2.8 |
4.8–4.9 |
4.6–4.9 |
mean (n=3) |
2.2 |
3 |
7.5 |
2.8 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
Calling song.
One male has been recorded in the field at 27°C (MNHN-EO-ENSIF3187). The calling song (
Fig. 8
D) is comprised of series of short echemes. Echeme duration is 0.05 ms, echeme period is 0.12±0.01 ms and duty cycle is 41%. Each echeme is composed of 3 syllables each with the duration of 0.01 ms, period 0.02 and the duty cycle is 50%; the dominant frequency of the calling song is 6.1 kHz.