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 africanus
Robillard, 2006
(
Fig 5C
)
Pseudolebinthus africanus
Robillard, 2006
: 677
—Cigliano
et al.
2018 (
Orthoptera
Species File Online)
Material examined.
Holotype
.
ZIMBABWE
:
♂
,
Mt. Melsetter
5000 ft
[
1500 m
],
Melsetter Dist.
Dept. Agric. S. Rhodesia.
xi.1957
, accession no. 11776 (Whellan) identified
Lebinthus africanus
by
L. Chopard
(NHMUK, Brit Mus 1982–221).
Paratype
.
ZIMBABWE
:
1♂
,
Chirinda Forest
,
Melsetter Dist.
Dept. Agric. S. Rhodesia.
x.1948
, accession no. 11774 (Whellan) 1# identified
Lebinthus africanus
by
L. Chopard
(MNHN-EO-ENSIF10684)
.
Type locality.
Zimbabwe
, Mount Melsetter
5000 ft.
Distribution.
Zimbabwe
Diagnosis.
(Emended from
Robillard 2006
). Coloration contrasted; FIII uniformly brown. Dorsal margin of eyes with small ommatidia thin.
Male.
Scutellum basal edge sharply raised. FW dorsal field with strong transverse veins. Mirror small, hardly distinct from surrounding cells and crossed by one strong accessory vein; c1 twice as long as c2. Sc with three projections along its length (four in
P. whellani
, two in
P. gorochovi
sp. nov.
).
FIGURE 1.
(A–D)
Pseudolebinthus gorochovi
sp. nov.
: male in dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views, female in dorsal (C) and lateral (D) views. Scale bar: 5 mm.
Male genitalia.
Pseudepiphallic lophi (
Fig. 5C
) longer and thinner than in
P. whellani
, their apical lobes almost completely fused, as in
P. gorochovi
sp. nov.
Median part of endophallic sclerite well developed.