Oriental macropterous leaf-mimic pygmy grasshoppers-genera Oxyphyllum and Paraphyllum (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) and their taxonomic assignment
Author
Skejo, Josip
Author
Gupta, Sunil Kumar
Author
Chandra, Kailash
Author
Panhwar, Waheed Ali
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Franjević, Damjan
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-01
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journal article
26939
10.11646/zootaxa.4590.5.3
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Species
Oxyphyllum pennatum
Hancock, 1909
(
Figs. 1J
,
2
,
3
)
http://
orthoptera
.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1100591
Oxyphyllum pennatum
Hancock, 1909
: 393
(original description of female
holotype
from
India
),
Oxyphyllum pennatum:
Hancock 1915
:61
(listed in catalogue of Indian
Tetrigidae
),
Oxyphyllum pennatum:
Fletcher 1921
: 2
(listed in catalogue of Indian fauna),
Oxyphyllum pennatum:
Günther 1938
: 322
(included in the key, not reviewed),
Oxyphyllum pennatum:
Steinmann 1970
:85
(listed in catalogue of Oriental
Tetrigidae
),
Oxyphyllum pennatum:
Blackith 1992
: 130
(listed in catalogue of SE Asian
Tetrigidae
, with literature overview),
Oxyphyllum pennatum:
Shishodia 1993
: 182
(cited for
West Bengal
in catalogue),
Oxyphyllum pennatum
:
Yin
et al
. 1996
: 892
(listed in catalogue),
Oxyphyllum pennatum
:
Otte 1997
: 25
(listed in catalogue),
Oxyphyllum pennatum:
Mahmood
et al
. 2004
: 31
(new record, two females reported from Azad
Jammu and Kashmir
),
Oxyphyllum pennatum:
Shishodia
et al
. 2010
: 142
(listed in checklist of Indian
Orthoptera
).
Material examined
.
1♀
holotype
INDIA
:
West Bengal
:
Darjeeling
[approximately
27.026N
,
88.256E
]
Leg. Janson
(? or
Samson
?) 1864. wrongly labelled as ³ by collector, det.
J.L. Hancock
(
UMO
, published in
Hancock 1909
,
Fig. 2B, E
)
;
1♂
INDIA
:
Chhattisgarh
:
Korba District
:
Kudmura
range near
Dewan
stream (
22.324806N
,
83.000444E
),
400 m
a.s.l.
,
2.VI.2012
.
Leg. S. Kumar Gupta
,
Inventory Number
:
Reg.No.
13293/H5 (
Figs. 1J
,
2A, D
, G-I, 3) (
ZSI
)
;
1♀
PAKISTAN
:
Azad Jammu
and
Kashmir
[approximately
33.996N
,
73.774E
] about
1050 m
a.s.l.
,
10.X.2001
.
Leg. A. Maqsood
(
KMC
, published in
Mahmood
et al
., 2004
, other female destroyed as well,
Fig. 2C
)
;
1♂
PAKISTAN
:
Azad Jammu
and
Kashmir
[approximately
34.353N
,
73.468E
]
700-800 m
a.s.l.
18.VI.1953
.
Det. J. Tumbrinck
(
NMW
)
[link to record http://
orthoptera
.speciesfile.org/Common/specimen/ ShowSpecimen.aspx?SpecimenID=145024].
Addenda to Hancock's description
. Hancock's original description is accurate. Our measurements of the
holotype
are in accordance with Hancock's. Since description of
O. pennatum
is publicly available online (digitalized), we do not present full re-description of the species. Important is however to add certain characters to the description on which
Hancock (1909)
and other scholars did not pay attention at that time. Frontal costa short. Bifurcation of the frontal costa close to the fastigium, for about one diameter of lateral ocellus. Lateral ocelli between the eyes in the middle, below bifurcation of the frontal costa. Antennae 12-segmented. Antennae 1.8 times longer than fore femur, inserted between the lower margin of the compound eyes, mid segments ~2.5 times as long as wide. Facial carinae straight or slightly undulated, scutellum between them much wider than scapus. Dorsal margins of the antennal grooves between the lower fifth of the compound eyes width. Alae surpassing pronotal apex. Pulvilli of the hind tarsi with apical teeth. Ventral margin of hind tibiae with 8 outer and 6 inner spines.
FIGURE 3.
Alive male of
Oxyphyllum pennatum
Hancock, 1909
standing on a dicot leaf, from Korba (Chhattisgarh state, India). Photo Gupta & Chandra.
Colouration
. Body yellowish brown; tip of antennae dark brown to black; upper margin of pronotum (= median carina in lateral view) with 23 black dots; above the tegmina discus has five black spots in two rows, upper with two spots and lower with three spots; fore and mid tibiae with two pale brown rings, junction between tibiae and tarsi, as well as the apex of tarsi with dark bands; genicular teeth of hind femora dark brown; second segment of the hind tarsi and apex of third segments with black bands; claws of all legs dark brown; alae pale green with black tinge.
Measurement in mm (HT—
holotype
from Darjeeling, NT—non type from
Chhattisgarh
)
. Body length (without pronotum) HT 9.51/ NT 7.3, pronotum length HT 14.98/ NT 11.22, frontal costa length HT 0.09/ NT 0.14, eye width HT 0.45/ NT 0.46, vertex width HT 0.79/ NT 0.69, scutellum width HT 0.3/ NT 0.35, scapus width HT 0.14/ NT 0.15, pronotum height HT 6.17/ NT 4.74, pronotum width (maximal, between shoulders) HT 2.76/ NT
1.89, tegmina length HT 2.16/ NT 1.61, ala length HT 12.76/ NT 9.67, alae surpassing pronotum HT 1.63/ NT 1.11, fore femur length HT 1.95/ NT 1.34, fore femur width HT 0.54/ NT 0.56, mid femur length HT 2.01/ NT 1.49, mid femur width HT 0.96/ NT 0.51, hind femur length HT 5.58/ NT 4.42, hind femur width HT 1.99/ NT 1.45, hind proximal tarsal segment HT 0.79/ NT 0.71, hind distal tarsal segment HT 0.53/ NT 0.62, pulvillus I HT 0.12/ NT 0.15, pulvillus II HT 0.17/ NT 0.19, pulvillus III HT 0.32/ NT 0.27.