New and little-known genera and species of Agraeciini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) from New Guinea
Author
Ingrisch, Sigfrid
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-03-01
5249
2
190
212
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.2
1175-5326
7687190
912A41A4-BB47-40FE-A6EA-A7871C9E5B08
Glennagraecia
gen. nov.
Type
species:
Glennagraecia curvata
sp. nov.
Diagnosis.
Small species with prolonged apical area of pronotum and strongly reduced wings: Fore wings in male reduced to stridulatory apparatus, in female reduced to small scales. Pronotum elongate, prolonged behind with convex hind margin almost fully covering the reduced wings; lateral lobes markedly longer than high with little projecting ventral-subapical lobe behind mid-length. Prosternal spines absent or minute. Males are unique for the almost completely re-curved male cerci that have the apical area little widened and carrying rows of small and minute spines (
Fig. 8F
). The titillators have the apical area widened lobate, which is rather common within
Agraeciini
, but have rather large compressed, widened, and oval lateral sclerites at end (
Figs. 8G–H
). Females are unique for the subgenital plate that consists of a central plate with concave lateral margins in basal and convex lateral margins in apical area; from upper margin of the concave basal area huge lateral expansions with vaulted surface are arising (
Fig. 8B
). The strongly curved male cerci are possibly an adaptation to the large lateral expansions of the female subgenital plate.
Etymology.
The new genus is named after the first name of the collector, Glenn K. Morris, who also recorded the stridulation of this and other New Guinean
Tettigoniidae
species, which shall be published on another occasion.