New taxa of Orthoptera (Insecta Tettigoniidae Phaneropterinae) from Madagascar Author Massa, Bruno text Zootaxa 2017 4242 2 299 312 journal article 36305 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.2.5 a139c54e-3e0d-4307-8d70-51241abc440d 1175-5326 376404 EB797A4E-5182-495C-BF94-FEC332BCCC90 Parapyrrhicia virilis Carl, 1914 ( Figs 3 A–3D, 4A, 4C, 4F, 4G) Material examined . Madagascar , Ampanefena ( 1♂ ) ; Madagascar , Vohémar ( 1♀ ) ( NHMP ). Characters . Only the male of P. virilis was shortly described and later this species has no more reported; for this reason peculiar characters of both sexes are here listed. Male ( Figs 3 A, 4A, 4C, 4F, 4G). Green with a two small blackish areas at the base of tegmina and along their hind margin. Eyes round prominent. Pronotum longer than high, anterior margin straight, posterior rounded ( Fig. 4 A). Stridulatory file curved and constituted of ca. 100 evenly spaced teeth ( Fig. 3 A). Fore coxae armed, fore femora with 7 small spines ventrally, fore tibiae with open tympana on both sides, superiorly rounded (not forrowed), with 5 inner and outer ventral spines + 1 spur on each side; mid femora with 4 ventral outer spines, mid tibiae with 9 inner and outer ventral spines + 1 spur on each side; hind femora with 3 inner and 12 outer ventral spines, hind tibiae with many spines + 3 spurs on each side. All genicular lobes with a pair of small spines on each side. Last tergite long, pointed and down-curved ( Fig. 4 C). Cerci slender, long and incurved, flattened in the apical part ( Fig. 4 F). Subgenital plate narrow, ending with a wide concavity and two sulcate divergent lobes ( Fig. 4 G). Female ( Figs 3 B, 3C, 3D). Same characters and colour of the male, with the following differences. Hind femora with 3 inner and 13 outer ventral spines. Ovipositor 2 times longer than pronotum, with upper and lower apices serrate ( Fig. 3 D). Subgenital plate small and triangular ( Fig. 3 B) [different from that of P. dentipes Saussure, 1899 and P. madagassus (Karsch, 1889) ]. In addition, the female has on inner margin and on the dorsal area of right tegmen some transverse and longitudinal veins with little teeth covered by very small bristles ( Fig. 3 C), that certainly are used for acoustical communication with the male. A similar character (one to three transverse veins) has been already highlighted by Hemp et al . (2016) in the female of P. abdita Hemp, 2016 . However, most females of Phaneropterinae have some teeth on the right tegmen to communicate with the other sex ( Heller et al . 2015 ). Measurements . Male. Body length: 23.0; length of pronotum: 4.8; height of pronotum 3.4; length of tegmina: 30.7; width of tegmina: 5.7; length of hind femora: 19.2. Female. Body length: 19.2; length of pronotum: 4.2; height of pronotum 3.1; length of tegmina: 31.5; width of tegmina: 5.9; length of hind femora: 19.0; ovipositor: 9.1.