New species of the New Caledonian endemic genus Agnotecous (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Eneopterinae, Lebinthini)
Author
Robillard, Tony
Author
Nattier, Romain
Author
Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure
text
Zootaxa
2010
2559
17
35
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.196996
6c1d2192-f1e4-41b0-8b8d-8048cbd4cb8f
1175-5326
196996
Genus
Agnotecous
Saussure, 1878
Type
species:
Agnotecous tapinopus
Saussure, 1878
Diagnosis.
Among
Lebinthini
genera,
Agnotecous
species are characterised by stout global shape, and male and female FWs and genitalia. Size small to large for subfamily, generally larger than
Lebinthus
species. Colouration little contrasted, yellowish brown to dark brown, more or less mottled with brown, without distinctive marks. Head globular, dorsum flat; fastigium very wide. Eyes little prominent. Pronotum distinctively long and wide; dorsal disc slightly wider than long, trapezoidal, straight posteriorly. FWs short in males and females, covering less (males) or much less (females) than half abdomen, and tightly set on body; hindwings lacking in both sexes.
Other general traits: TI, TII laterally compressed. TI with two small tympana, inner slit like, outer oval; membrane of outer tympanum transversally plicate in dorsal half; TI with three apical spurs; outer dorsal spur missing. TII with four apical spurs, inner longest. TIII with three inner and three outer apical spurs, median longest on each side; median outer spur as long as other outer spurs and obviously broader; four pairs of subapical spurs, inner spurs distinctively curved and longer; TIII serrulate over whole length and slightly furrowed dorsally. Tarsomeres
III-1
with two rows of dorsal spines in addition to apical spines, inner row with one or few spines.