New taxa and records of Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera, Stenopelmatoidea) from South East Asia and New Guinea with a key to the genera
Author
Ingrisch, Sigfrid
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-05
4510
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1
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journal article
27991
10.11646/zootaxa.4510.1.1
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1175-5326
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Monseremus
gen. nov.
Type
species:
Monseremus appendiculatus
sp. nov.
Diagnosis.
The new genus is established for a new species that is superficially similar to
Neanias
but is completely apterous as in
Eremus.
It differs from both genera and also from winged
Gryllacridinae
by a modification of the female subgenital plate, which is provided at anterior margin with a pair of conspicuous horn shaped projections. It can be supposed that these structures play a part during pairing with a male. Thus, one can suspect that the unknown males have corresponding modifications of the abdominal apex. A minor difference to
Neanias
and
Eremus
is also the straight ovipositor in
Monseremus
, which is often slightly curved in both other genera.