Studies in Guatemalan Ensifera: New Glaphyrosoma species (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) and additional data for other described species
Author
Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
Author
Monzón-Sierra, José
text
Zootaxa
2017
4242
3
548
564
journal article
36292
10.11646/zootaxa.4242.3.7
b5964523-7b88-4cf5-8400-4d08f276e32e
1175-5326
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Glaphyrosoma karnyi
Cadena-Castañeda & Gorochov, 2016
(
Figs. 42–43
)
New
material.
One
female labeled “
Guatemala
,
Baja Verapáz
,
Purulhá
,
Hotel Posada Montaña
del Quetzal.
1646 m
.
22 May 2016
.
Longitude
: 15.195844.
Latitude
: -90.207667.
J. Monzón
”; one male and two females labeled “
Baja Verapáz
,
Purulhá
,
Hotel Ranchitos
del
Quetzal
.
1656 m
.
4 May 2016
. Latitude: 15.215747, Longitude: - 90.219087. J. Monzón”.
FIGURES 29–37.
Glaphyrosoma hectorcentenoi
n. sp.
(Male—Holotype). 29–30.
Habitus in dorsal and lateral view.
31.
Frons.
32–33.
Head and pronotum in lateral and dorsal view.
34–37.
Terminalia in dorsal, lateral, ventral and axial view.
FIGURES 38–39.
Glaphyrosoma franciscoasturiasi
n. sp.
and
G. tamaulipas
Gorochov & Cadena-Castañeda, 2016
in live condition.
38.
From Firmeza, Izabal, Guatemala.
39.
From Gomez Farias,
Tamaulipas
, Mexico.
FIGURES 40–41.
Glaphyrosoma anderi
Cadena-Castañeda & Gorochov, 2016
in live condition, male and female from “Montaña Quetzal” and “Ranchitos del Quetzal” respectively.
FIGURES 42–43.
Glaphyrosoma karnyi
Cadena-Castañeda & Gorochov, 2016
in live condition, male and female from “Ranchitos del Quetzal”.
Comments.
This species is geographically and altitudinally widely distributed in
Guatemala
with records from the departments of
Alta Verapáz
,
Baja Verapáz
,
Suchitepéquez
,
Escuintla
,
Zacapa
and
Guatemala
between
1000 and
2100
m. It is very similar to
G. dentatum
having similar color and habitus but with different hooks, paraproctum and subgenital plate in the male genitalia. Females of the two species are very similar and difficult to separate from one another with the ovipositor barely longer and with distinctly less denticles on dorsal edge of distal portion; subgenital plate wider than long and with short spine in
G. karnyi
(
Gorochov & Cadena-Castañeda, 2016
)
.