New and less known Orthoptera (Insecta) from the island of Socotra (Yemen)
Author
Massa, Bruno
text
Zootaxa
2009
2132
53
64
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.188430
d3ac7e49-ff7a-47e2-8cdf-3016536aef84
1175-5326
188430
Glomeremus pileatus
(Krauss, 1902)
Material examined
.
Socotra
, Di Lisha
4.IV.2008
, B.Massa on
Croton
sp. (13); Ra’s Shoab
6.IV.2008
, B.Massa (1Ƥ); Wadi Zerig
8.IV.2008
, B.Massa (13); Wadi Ayev
20.II.2009
, P.Lo Cascio & F.Griti (1Ƥ).
Remarks
. The typical pattern of the pronotum with two dark bands in the middle of the pronotum (
Figs. 1, 2
) and microscopic stridulatory ridges, covered by setae, along the sides of the 2nd and 3rd terga consent to ascribe them to
G. pileatus
.
Types
(
1 male
and
2 females
) came from Ra’s Shoab (
Krauss 1907
), and according to
Uvarov and Popov (1957)
and
Wranik (2003)
it appears a rare species, known on the area of airport and Hadibou plain. The ovipositor is very thick, with an evident central furrow along its upper side (
Figs. 3, 5
); the subgenital plate is provided with an arc-like swelling (
Figs. 4, 6
). This species, lacking of scale-like tegmina, is possibly more related to
G. capitatus
Uvarov, 1957
than to
G. mediopictus
Uvarov, 1957
. It shares with the latter the presence of stridulatory ridges, lacking in the former; conversely, the ovipositor of
G. mediopictus
(
Fig. 7
) and the general structure of the body are weaker than those of
G. pileatus
.