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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.31.70565" ID-GBIF-Dataset="27af822f-8d8e-4e3c-ae75-d73a43d0bb2b" ID-GBIF-Taxon="192649529" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1937-2426-1-1" ID-Pensoft-UUID="24418D1514E258E79A47D688FF2FA5F5" ID-ZooBank="F10F0A17129E4BA1BDD46ECE4C79745E" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:631CC4C0-83E5-4A2B-94D2-1BA88CEDFA23" ModsDocID="1937-2426-31-1-1" checkinTime="1643266203795" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Hemp, Claudia &amp; Rowell, C. H. F." docDate="2022" docId="8534F8F36429595C964E1401C8ED56CF" docLanguage="en" docName="JourOrthoptRes 31(1): 1-7" docOrigin="Journal of Orthoptera Research 31 (1)" docPubDate="2022-01-26" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.31.70565" docTitle="Burttia caerulea Hemp 2022, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="631CC4C0-83E5-4A2B-94D2-1BA88CEDFA23" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="3" id="24418D1514E258E79A47D688FF2FA5F5" lastPageNumber="1" masterDocId="24418D1514E258E79A47D688FF2FA5F5" masterDocTitle="A new species of Burttia Dirsh (Caelifera, Acridoidea, Acrididae, Catantopinae) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania" masterLastPageNumber="7" masterPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" updateTime="1643271909763" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>A new species of Burttia Dirsh (Caelifera, Acridoidea, Acrididae, Catantopinae) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Hemp, Claudia</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/631CC4C0-83E5-4A2B-94D2-1BA88CEDFA23" authority="Hemp" authorityName="Hemp" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Acrididae" genus="Burttia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Burttia caerulea" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerulea" status="sp. nov.">Burttia caerulea Hemp</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype</emphasis>
: Tanzania • male; Nguru Mountains, montane forest above Ubiri, 1740 m; -6.044233°, 37.562823°; February 2021; CCH.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratypes</emphasis>
: Tanzania • 3 males, 4 females; same data as holotype; CCH.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hemp" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Acrididae" genus="Burttia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Burttia caerulea" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is morphologically very similar to
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. sylvatica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and thus fits exactly the generic description given by
<bibRefCitation author="Dirsh, VM" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society London (B)" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B2" refString="Dirsh, VM, 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge. Published for the Anti-Locust Research Centre at the University Press, 579 pp." title="The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge. Published for the Anti-Locust Research Centre at the University Press, 579 pp." year="1965">Dirsh (1965)</bibRefCitation>
. Even the coloration is similar, although males of
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. caerulea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
n. sp. have brighter blue bases of the antennae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Fig. 1. Burttia species. A. B. caerulea sp. nov. from the Nguru Mountains; B. B. sylvatica from the Uluguru Mountains." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638404" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">1</figureCitation>
). Overall,
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. caerulea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is larger and stouter than
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. sylvatica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Fig. 2. Male of Burttia species. Left: B. caerulea sp. nov.; right: B. sylvatica. B. caerulea sp. nov. is larger and stouter than B. sylvatica." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638405" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2</figureCitation>
). Both species have large, paired tubercles on the supra-anal plate, but while those of
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. sylvatica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are vertical and rounded, those of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hemp" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Acrididae" genus="Burttia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Burttia caerulea" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. are pointed towards the rear and more acute. The male supra-anal plate of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is proportionately shorter than that of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and it has paired longitudinal depressions basally, unlike the single midline depression of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dirsh" authorityYear="1951" class="Insecta" family="Acrididae" genus="Burttia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Burttia sylvatica" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Fig. 6. A, C, E, F, and I are Burttia sylvatica; B, D, G, H, J, and K are B. caerulea sp. nov. A. Burttia sylvatica, male terminalia in dorsal and lateral views; B as A but B. caerulea sp. nov.; C. (B. sylvatica); and D. (B. caerulea sp. nov.). Oblique dorso-lateral view of entire phallic complexes. Membrane is shown dotted. The shaded sclerites are the epiphallus and its lateral &quot; oval &quot; sclerites (unlabelled, at the right-hand edge of each figure), the paired post-epiphallic sclerites (PEpSc), the right-hand side ectophallic ramus (R) in C only, and the aedeagal valves (EcV, ectophallic (dorsal) aedeagal valve; EnV, endophallic (ventral) aedeagal valve; EcS, fragment of ectophallic sheath left adhering to ventral valve during dissection). The remaining sclerites are indicated only by outlines, indistinctly visible through the membrane (A, arch; CAp, cingular apodemes; EnAp, endophallic (basal) apodemes). E, F. Burttia sylvatica, epiphallus; E. dorsal view; F. axial view. Note trilobed lophal ridge (LR), divided epiphallic bridge, and large irregularly shaped &quot; oval &quot; sclerites and inwardly directed ancorae (Anc). G and H as E and F but B. caerulea sp. nov. Phallic complex with ectophallic membrane, zygoma, cingulum, and rami removed to expose the arch and the endophallic flexure. Arch and LHS ectophallic valve shaded. J. Burttia caerulea sp. nov. Phallic complex with ectophallic membrane removed, showing endophallus, cingulum with LHS ramus and LHS ectophallic valve. Endophallus shaded. K as J but dorsal view. Ectophallic elements shaded." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638409" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6A, B</figureCitation>
). Other differences are found in the epiphallus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Fig. 5. Anterior axial view as epiphallus as situated when looking at opened apex of abdomen. A. Burttia sylvatica; B. B. caerulea sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638408" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5</figureCitation>
).
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. sylvatica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a smaller epiphallus compared to
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. caerulea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. with smaller lophi. On the shoulder between the lophi and the bridge in
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. sylvatica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, only small humps are present that are roundish and more pronounced in
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. caerulea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (compare Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Fig. 5. Anterior axial view as epiphallus as situated when looking at opened apex of abdomen. A. Burttia sylvatica; B. B. caerulea sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638408" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Fig. 6. A, C, E, F, and I are Burttia sylvatica; B, D, G, H, J, and K are B. caerulea sp. nov. A. Burttia sylvatica, male terminalia in dorsal and lateral views; B as A but B. caerulea sp. nov.; C. (B. sylvatica); and D. (B. caerulea sp. nov.). Oblique dorso-lateral view of entire phallic complexes. Membrane is shown dotted. The shaded sclerites are the epiphallus and its lateral &quot; oval &quot; sclerites (unlabelled, at the right-hand edge of each figure), the paired post-epiphallic sclerites (PEpSc), the right-hand side ectophallic ramus (R) in C only, and the aedeagal valves (EcV, ectophallic (dorsal) aedeagal valve; EnV, endophallic (ventral) aedeagal valve; EcS, fragment of ectophallic sheath left adhering to ventral valve during dissection). The remaining sclerites are indicated only by outlines, indistinctly visible through the membrane (A, arch; CAp, cingular apodemes; EnAp, endophallic (basal) apodemes). E, F. Burttia sylvatica, epiphallus; E. dorsal view; F. axial view. Note trilobed lophal ridge (LR), divided epiphallic bridge, and large irregularly shaped &quot; oval &quot; sclerites and inwardly directed ancorae (Anc). G and H as E and F but B. caerulea sp. nov. Phallic complex with ectophallic membrane, zygoma, cingulum, and rami removed to expose the arch and the endophallic flexure. Arch and LHS ectophallic valve shaded. J. Burttia caerulea sp. nov. Phallic complex with ectophallic membrane removed, showing endophallus, cingulum with LHS ramus and LHS ectophallic valve. Endophallus shaded. K as J but dorsal view. Ectophallic elements shaded." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638409" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6F, H</figureCitation>
).
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. sylvatica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is endemic to the Uluguru Mountains while
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. caerulea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is only known from the montane zone in the Nguru Mountains. The linear distance between these mountain ranges is about 100 km.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 1.</emphasis>
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species.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. from the Nguru Mountains;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. sylvatica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Uluguru Mountains.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 2.</emphasis>
Male of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species. Left:
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. caerulea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.; right:
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. sylvatica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. caerulea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is larger and stouter than
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. sylvatica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</emphasis>
-
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
From Latin: -
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= blue, because of the blue bases of the male antennae.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</emphasis>
-
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Male</emphasis>
. Body, part of face, and outer sides of knees of hind legs dark brown. Legs creamy to white except for black tarsi and greyish blue hind tibiae. With broad white fascia across face. Bases of antennae blue (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Fig. 1. Burttia species. A. B. caerulea sp. nov. from the Nguru Mountains; B. B. sylvatica from the Uluguru Mountains." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638404" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">1A</figureCitation>
). Antenna about 1.5 times longer than head and pronotum, compressed at base (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Fig. 2. Male of Burttia species. Left: B. caerulea sp. nov.; right: B. sylvatica. B. caerulea sp. nov. is larger and stouter than B. sylvatica." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638405" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2A</figureCitation>
). Eyes oval, prominent. Fastigium verticis angular, with apex forming a rostrum, as described for the genus. Frons strongly oblique (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Fig. 1. Burttia species. A. B. caerulea sp. nov. from the Nguru Mountains; B. B. sylvatica from the Uluguru Mountains." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638404" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">1A</figureCitation>
), upper part of frontal ridge strongly protruding in front of eyes, sulcate. Dorsum of pronotum with well-developed median carina (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Fig. 3. Lateral view of head and pronotum of male (A) and female (B) Burttia caerulea sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638406" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3A</figureCitation>
). Integument of whole body strongly wrinkled (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Fig. 2. Male of Burttia species. Left: B. caerulea sp. nov.; right: B. sylvatica. B. caerulea sp. nov. is larger and stouter than B. sylvatica." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638405" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2</figureCitation>
). As described for the genus, prosternal process very pointed with a broad base. No trace of wings. Supra-anal plate elongate with two well-developed tubercles near middle of supra-anal plate (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Fig. 4. Abdominal apices, dorsal view, of male Burttia caerulea sp. nov. (A) and B. sylvatica (B)." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638407" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Fig. 6. A, C, E, F, and I are Burttia sylvatica; B, D, G, H, J, and K are B. caerulea sp. nov. A. Burttia sylvatica, male terminalia in dorsal and lateral views; B as A but B. caerulea sp. nov.; C. (B. sylvatica); and D. (B. caerulea sp. nov.). Oblique dorso-lateral view of entire phallic complexes. Membrane is shown dotted. The shaded sclerites are the epiphallus and its lateral &quot; oval &quot; sclerites (unlabelled, at the right-hand edge of each figure), the paired post-epiphallic sclerites (PEpSc), the right-hand side ectophallic ramus (R) in C only, and the aedeagal valves (EcV, ectophallic (dorsal) aedeagal valve; EnV, endophallic (ventral) aedeagal valve; EcS, fragment of ectophallic sheath left adhering to ventral valve during dissection). The remaining sclerites are indicated only by outlines, indistinctly visible through the membrane (A, arch; CAp, cingular apodemes; EnAp, endophallic (basal) apodemes). E, F. Burttia sylvatica, epiphallus; E. dorsal view; F. axial view. Note trilobed lophal ridge (LR), divided epiphallic bridge, and large irregularly shaped &quot; oval &quot; sclerites and inwardly directed ancorae (Anc). G and H as E and F but B. caerulea sp. nov. Phallic complex with ectophallic membrane, zygoma, cingulum, and rami removed to expose the arch and the endophallic flexure. Arch and LHS ectophallic valve shaded. J. Burttia caerulea sp. nov. Phallic complex with ectophallic membrane removed, showing endophallus, cingulum with LHS ramus and LHS ectophallic valve. Endophallus shaded. K as J but dorsal view. Ectophallic elements shaded." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638409" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6B</figureCitation>
). Subgenital plate upcurved, with obtuse apex (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Fig. 4. Abdominal apices, dorsal view, of male Burttia caerulea sp. nov. (A) and B. sylvatica (B)." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638407" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Fig. 6. A, C, E, F, and I are Burttia sylvatica; B, D, G, H, J, and K are B. caerulea sp. nov. A. Burttia sylvatica, male terminalia in dorsal and lateral views; B as A but B. caerulea sp. nov.; C. (B. sylvatica); and D. (B. caerulea sp. nov.). Oblique dorso-lateral view of entire phallic complexes. Membrane is shown dotted. The shaded sclerites are the epiphallus and its lateral &quot; oval &quot; sclerites (unlabelled, at the right-hand edge of each figure), the paired post-epiphallic sclerites (PEpSc), the right-hand side ectophallic ramus (R) in C only, and the aedeagal valves (EcV, ectophallic (dorsal) aedeagal valve; EnV, endophallic (ventral) aedeagal valve; EcS, fragment of ectophallic sheath left adhering to ventral valve during dissection). The remaining sclerites are indicated only by outlines, indistinctly visible through the membrane (A, arch; CAp, cingular apodemes; EnAp, endophallic (basal) apodemes). E, F. Burttia sylvatica, epiphallus; E. dorsal view; F. axial view. Note trilobed lophal ridge (LR), divided epiphallic bridge, and large irregularly shaped &quot; oval &quot; sclerites and inwardly directed ancorae (Anc). G and H as E and F but B. caerulea sp. nov. Phallic complex with ectophallic membrane, zygoma, cingulum, and rami removed to expose the arch and the endophallic flexure. Arch and LHS ectophallic valve shaded. J. Burttia caerulea sp. nov. Phallic complex with ectophallic membrane removed, showing endophallus, cingulum with LHS ramus and LHS ectophallic valve. Endophallus shaded. K as J but dorsal view. Ectophallic elements shaded." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638409" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6B</figureCitation>
). Epiphallus divided, with large complex lophi; ancorae small and inwardly directed (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Fig. 5. Anterior axial view as epiphallus as situated when looking at opened apex of abdomen. A. Burttia sylvatica; B. B. caerulea sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638408" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">5B</figureCitation>
). Paired post-epiphallic sclerites present. Endophallic structures normal, aedeagus partly sheathed in ectophallic membrane (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Fig. 6. A, C, E, F, and I are Burttia sylvatica; B, D, G, H, J, and K are B. caerulea sp. nov. A. Burttia sylvatica, male terminalia in dorsal and lateral views; B as A but B. caerulea sp. nov.; C. (B. sylvatica); and D. (B. caerulea sp. nov.). Oblique dorso-lateral view of entire phallic complexes. Membrane is shown dotted. The shaded sclerites are the epiphallus and its lateral &quot; oval &quot; sclerites (unlabelled, at the right-hand edge of each figure), the paired post-epiphallic sclerites (PEpSc), the right-hand side ectophallic ramus (R) in C only, and the aedeagal valves (EcV, ectophallic (dorsal) aedeagal valve; EnV, endophallic (ventral) aedeagal valve; EcS, fragment of ectophallic sheath left adhering to ventral valve during dissection). The remaining sclerites are indicated only by outlines, indistinctly visible through the membrane (A, arch; CAp, cingular apodemes; EnAp, endophallic (basal) apodemes). E, F. Burttia sylvatica, epiphallus; E. dorsal view; F. axial view. Note trilobed lophal ridge (LR), divided epiphallic bridge, and large irregularly shaped &quot; oval &quot; sclerites and inwardly directed ancorae (Anc). G and H as E and F but B. caerulea sp. nov. Phallic complex with ectophallic membrane, zygoma, cingulum, and rami removed to expose the arch and the endophallic flexure. Arch and LHS ectophallic valve shaded. J. Burttia caerulea sp. nov. Phallic complex with ectophallic membrane removed, showing endophallus, cingulum with LHS ramus and LHS ectophallic valve. Endophallus shaded. K as J but dorsal view. Ectophallic elements shaded." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638409" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">6K</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638406" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Fig. 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 3.</emphasis>
Lateral view of head and pronotum of male (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
) and female (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
)
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638407" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Fig. 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 4.</emphasis>
Abdominal apices, dorsal view, of male
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hemp" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Acrididae" genus="Burttia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Burttia caerulea" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
) and
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. sylvatica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638408" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Fig. 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 5.</emphasis>
Anterior axial view as epiphallus as situated when looking at opened apex of abdomen.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dirsh" authorityYear="1951" class="Insecta" family="Acrididae" genus="Burttia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Burttia sylvatica" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. caerulea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638409" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Fig. 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 6.</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
, and
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">I</emphasis>
are
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dirsh" authorityYear="1951" class="Insecta" family="Acrididae" genus="Burttia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Burttia sylvatica" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G</emphasis>
,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H</emphasis>
,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">J</emphasis>
, and
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K</emphasis>
are
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. caerulea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dirsh" authorityYear="1951" class="Insecta" family="Acrididae" genus="Burttia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Burttia sylvatica" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male terminalia in dorsal and lateral views;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
as
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
but
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. caerulea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C.</emphasis>
(
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. sylvatica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D.</emphasis>
(
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. caerulea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.). Oblique dorso-lateral view of entire phallic complexes. Membrane is shown dotted. The shaded sclerites are the epiphallus and its lateral
<normalizedToken originalValue="“oval”">&quot;oval&quot;</normalizedToken>
sclerites (unlabelled, at the right-hand edge of each figure), the paired post-epiphallic sclerites (PEpSc), the right-hand side ectophallic ramus (R) in
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
only, and the aedeagal valves (EcV, ectophallic (dorsal) aedeagal valve; EnV, endophallic (ventral) aedeagal valve; EcS, fragment of ectophallic sheath left adhering to ventral valve during dissection). The remaining sclerites are indicated only by outlines, indistinctly visible through the membrane (A, arch; CAp, cingular apodemes; EnAp, endophallic (basal) apodemes).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E, F.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Dirsh" authorityYear="1951" class="Insecta" family="Acrididae" genus="Burttia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Burttia sylvatica" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sylvatica">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia sylvatica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, epiphallus;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E.</emphasis>
dorsal view;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F.</emphasis>
axial view. Note trilobed lophal ridge (LR), divided epiphallic bridge, and large irregularly shaped
<normalizedToken originalValue="“oval”">&quot;oval&quot;</normalizedToken>
sclerites and inwardly directed ancorae (Anc).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G</emphasis>
and
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H</emphasis>
as
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
and
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
but
<taxonomicName genus="B." lsidName="B. caerulea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. Phallic complex with ectophallic membrane, zygoma, cingulum, and rami removed to expose the arch and the endophallic flexure. Arch and LHS ectophallic valve shaded.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">J.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hemp" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Acrididae" genus="Burttia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Burttia caerulea" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. Phallic complex with ectophallic membrane removed, showing endophallus, cingulum with LHS ramus and LHS ectophallic valve. Endophallus shaded.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K</emphasis>
as
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">J</emphasis>
but dorsal view. Ectophallic elements shaded.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female.</emphasis>
Larger and stouter than male (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Fig. 1. Burttia species. A. B. caerulea sp. nov. from the Nguru Mountains; B. B. sylvatica from the Uluguru Mountains." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638404" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">1A</figureCitation>
), almost uniformly dark brown, without white fascia on face. As in male, with a median carina on the pronotum (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Fig. 3. Lateral view of head and pronotum of male (A) and female (B) Burttia caerulea sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638406" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3B</figureCitation>
). Supra-anal plate elongate with a median ridge (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Fig. 7. Abdominal apex of female Burttia caerulea sp. nov. A. semilateral; B. lateral; C. semilateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638410" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">7A</figureCitation>
). Valves slender with curved apices, cerci short. Subgenital plate with slightly excurved posterior margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig. 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Fig. 7. Abdominal apex of female Burttia caerulea sp. nov. A. semilateral; B. lateral; C. semilateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638410" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">7B, C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/jor.31.70565.fig7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/638410" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Fig. 7" startId="F7">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 7.</emphasis>
Abdominal apex of female
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hemp" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Acrididae" genus="Burttia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Burttia caerulea" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Burttia caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A.</emphasis>
semilateral;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B.</emphasis>
lateral;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C.</emphasis>
semilateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Measurements (mm).</emphasis>
-
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Males (N = 4): Body length: 15.6-18.0; Medial length of pronotum: 3.1-3.4; length of hind femur: 10.1-10.3. Females (N = 4): Body length: 22.6-22.8; Medial length of pronotum: 4.3-4.5; length of hind femur: 13.0-14.4.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="habitat">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</emphasis>
-
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Along forest edges and in understory vegetation of montane forest, often on the forest floor among litter.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</emphasis>
-
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Tanzania, Nguru Mountains.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</subSection>
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