Revision of the South American genus Xiphiola Bolívar, 1896 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Ommatolampidinae: Abracrini)
Author
Costa, Maria Kátia Matiotti Da
Author
Ferrari, Augusto
Author
Zefa, Edison
Author
Carvalho, Gervásio Silva
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Xiphiola cyanoptera
(
Gerstaecker, 1889
)
(
Figs 1–19
,
29
)
Xiphophora cyanoptera
Gerstaecker, 1889
n
. syn by
Carbonell (1998)
=
Xiphiola cyanoptera
Bolívar
, 1896
(
apud
Eades
et al.
2015
)
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X. cyanoptera
Bolivar
, 1896
is a secondary homonym of
X. cyanoptera
(Gerstaecker)
, and a junior synonym.
Bolivar, I.
1896
;
Giglio-Tos,
1898
;
Kirby
,
1910
(Note),
Bruner, 1920
[1919];
Descamps & Amédégnato, 1970
; Descamps, 1979; Passerin, 1981;
Carbonell, 1998
(Unpublished List-Note);
Eades
et al.
2015
.
Type material.
Lectotype male here designated (Carbonell in 1966 already labelled the specimen as such) (
Figs 1– 3
): VENEZUELA, Rio Atalapo, Kheil, MNCN_Ent 139228, 1 male, C. S. Carbonell, 1966, MNCN Cat. Tipos nº 7170; Paralectotype here designated (Carbonell already labelled the specimen as such) (
Figs. 4–6
): PERU, Cumbase, (Garleppi Staudinger), MNCN_Ent 139223; MNCN Cat. Tipo nº 7170, 1 female; (
Figs 7–10
): ‘Atalapo / leg. Vráz [hw] //
Xiphiola
Bol.
/
cyanoptera
/ Bol. [hw] // Syntype /
Xiphiola cyanoptera
Bolívar, 1896
/ label attached by NMP [p, red label]’, 1 male.
FIGURES 1–3
.
1
. Lectotype of
Xiphiola cyanoptera
Bolívar, 1896
, (MNCN) male, lateral view;
2
. same, male, dorsal view (MNCN);
3
. label data of lectotype of
Xiphiola cyanoptera
Bolívar, 1896
.
Diagnosis
. Differs mainly from
X. borellii
for: (i) Fastigium of the vertex of male long with pointed apex; (ii) interocular space narrow; (iii) pronotum rectangular; (iv) lateral carinae of the pronotum parallel; (v) posterior region of the metapleura distinctly darkened; (vi) hind femora with a pair of dorsal dark stripes; (vii) supra-anal plate with median longitudinal sulci distinctly extending beyond the middle region of the plate; (viii) furculae absent; (ix) cerci long with pointed apex.
Redescription
. Male
lectotype
(
Figs. 1–3
). Medium size. Macropterous. Body color ferruginous. Frontal costa sulcate and about the median ocelli strongly prominent Antennae ferruginous dark, only the articles
8–9 and 13–14
are pale. Last palpomere pale. Tegmen ferruginous, surface of the median base of tegmen black and discoid (
Fig. 9
). Wings blue with dark apex (
Fig. 9
). Genicular lobes black (
Fig. 7
). Hind femora with a par of dorsal dark stripes (
Fig. 7
). Region infero-external of the hind femora glossy black. Hind tibiae bluish. Ventral region of the thorax and abdomen black (
Fig. 10
).
Female
paralectotype
(
Figs. 4–6
). Same color as male. Larger in size (body length
29mm
) and robust. Less prominent eyes. Fastigium wider than in males, and with sulci. Thorax, tegmen and abdomen as described for male. Valves of the ovipositor long, robust and hirsute. Apical tooth of the external ventral valve of ovipositor prominent. Superior margin of the dorsal valve of the ovipositor more than six teeth and curved.
FIGURES 4–6
.
4
. Paralectotype of
Xiphiola cyanoptera
Bolívar, 1896
, (MNCN), female, lateral view (MNCN);
5
. same, female, dorsal view (MNCN);
6.
label data of paralectotype of
Xiphiola cyanoptera
Bolívar, 1896
.
FIGURES 7–10. 7
. Syntype of
Xiphiola cyanoptera
Bolívar, 1896
, (NMP), male, lateral view;
8
. same, male, dorsal view (NMP);
9
. same, male, ventral view (NMP);
10
. label data of syntype of
Xiphiola cyanoptera
Bolívar, 1896
(NMP).
Material
examined.
BRAZIL
,
Amazonas
,
Benjamim Constant
,
viii.1977
,
B. Silva
,
6 males
and
3 females
,
C. S. Carbonell
, 1978
det., (AC1318, AC1324, AC1326, AC1325)
Campos Seabra
collection (
MNRJ
)
;
same data,
ix.1977
, I. C.
Lima
,
1 male
and
1 female
,
Campos Seabra
collection (AC1317,
MPEG
)
;
same data,
viii. 1978
,
B. Silva
,
1 female
, (AC3126,
MNRJ
)
;
Tabatinga
,
vii.1977
,
B. Silva
,
2 males
and
5 females
,
C. S. Carbonell
det. 1978, (
MNRJ
)
;
Amapá
,
Serra do Navio
,
7.xi.1988
,
C. S Avila Pires
det.,
1 female
, (
MPEG
)
.
Pará
,
Serra do Norte
,
Estação Fofoca
,
14.v.1984
,
A. Nunes
det.,
1 male
, (116000136,
MPEG
)
;
Altamira
,
Castelos dos Sonhos
,
14.xi.2005
,
J. Dias
,
A. Nunes
det. 2006,
1 male
, (
MPEG
)
.
Rondônia
,
Ouro Preto do Oeste
,
2. x.1983
,
Becker
,
Roppa
e
Silva
,
14 males
,
C. S. Carbonell
det. 1984, (AC 1321, AC1322,
MNRJ
)
;
same data,
B. Silva
,
C. S. Carbonell
det. 1984,
1 female
(
MNRJ
)
;
Mato Grosso
,
Juína
,
v.1985, 2
males and
2 females
(
1318–1321
,
MNRJ
)
;
Minas Gerais
,
Poços de Caldas
,
viii.1977
,
Roppa
&
Monné
,
5 males
and
1 female
, (AC1309,
MNRJ
)
;
PERU
,
Loreto
,
i.1980
,
J. Becker
,
1 male
, (AC1320,
MNRJ
)
.
Measurements in mm
,
33 males
/
15 females
, respectively: BL., 20 (18–20)/ 29 (27–29); PL.,5 (3–5)/ 7 (5–7); FL., 15 (12–15)/ 18 (14–18); TL., 21 (19–21)/ 30 (28–30).
Remarks.
The type specimens of
Xiphophora cyanoptera
Gerstaecker
were not examined. We authors confirm the synonymy proposed by
Carbonell (1998)
,
Xiphiola cyanoptera
(
Gerstaecker 1889
) (
Xiphophora
)
(=
cyanoptera
Bolívar 1896
, n. syn.).
The following specimens preserved in the Museum of Madrid, have not been examined, but they are extremely important since their collecting localities expand the area of distribution of the species. Paralectotype: PERU, [Cumbase, Peru?], [Garleppi Staudinger?], 1 female. MNCN-Ent 139224; same data, 1 female. MNCN-Ent 139225; same data, 1 female, MNCN-Ent; Montealegre, Rio Pachitea, G. Tessmann, 1 male, MNCN-Ent 139232; same data, MNCN-Ent 139233; Pebas, 1 male, MNCN-Ent139227; same data, 1 female, MNCN-Ent 139230; Tarapota, 1 female, MNCN Ent 139231.
FIGURES 11–17. 11
.
Xiphiola cyanoptera
(Gerstaecker, 1889)
, male, lateral view;
12
. Head and pronotum of male, dorsal view;
13
. Supra-anal plate, male, dorsal view;
14.
Ovipositor valves, female, lateral view;
15.
Phallic complex, lateral view;
16.
Endophallus, lateral view;
17
. Epiphallus, dorsal view. (Figures 15–17 were redrawn from Amédégnato (1977).
FIGURES 18–19
.
18
. In-life photo of
Xiphiola cyanoptera
(Gerstaecker, 1889)
, male, lateral view;
19
. same, male, dorsal view.
Data of private collection of Filippo Maria Buzzetti (Italy):
ECUADOR
,
Morona Santiago
,
Santiago
,
23.xi.2006
,
F. M. Buzzetti
,
1 male
,
F. M. Buzzetti
det. (
FMB
)
;
same data,
Wisuy, NE
of
Macuma
,
25.iv.2006
,
Buzzetti
,
Carotti
&
Marzotto
,
1 male
,
F. M. Buzzetti
det. (
FMB
)
;
Napo
,
Ahuano
,
Guadalupana
,
2.xii.2006
,
F. M. Buzzetti
,
1 male
,
F. M. Buzzetti
det. (
FMB
)
;
Ahuano
,
Misicocha
,
2.xii.2006
,
F. M. Buzzetti
,
1 male
,
F. M. Buzzetti
det. (
FMB
)
;
Archidona
,
Santo Domingo
,
4.xii.2004
,
G. Carotti
,
1 female
and
1 male
,
F. M. Buzzetti
det. (
FMB
)
;
Estacion Cientifica Yasuni
,
2.v.2002
,
F. M. Buzzetti
,
1 male
,
F. M. Buzzetti
det. (
FMB
)
;
Zamora Chinchipe
,
Zumbi
,
29.iv.2005
,
B. Agabiti
&
G. Carotti
,
1 male
,
F. M. Buzzetti
det. (
FMB
)
.
Geographical distribution. Brazil
(
Buzzetti & Carotti, 2008
);
Peru
(
Giglio-Tos, 1898
;
Kirby, 1910
);
French Guyana
(Bruner, 1919;
Descamps & Amédégnato, 1970
),
Venezuela
(
Bolívar, 1896
) and
Ecuador
(
Giglio-Tos, 1898
,
Buzzetti & Carotti, 2008
) (
Fig. 29
).