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<figureCitation id="9D42626F917472DD39E357FC1DBA1EBD" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Habitat and live images of Melanoplus nelsoni sp. nov. A Ashe juniper savanna, Burnett County, Texas B male C female D male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1165.104047.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/857300" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">, 16</figureCitation>
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1♂, USA, TX, Bell Co., 1.7 mi N Ding Dong,
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, 4 October 2019, J.G. Hill, MJT, BSD; Collected in open Ashe juniper woodland; MEM 281,626. Deposited in the Mississippi Entomological Museum.
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<paragraph id="8480ABF56E362D888F13508B8FDA448D" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Easily differentiated from the other species in the group based on the male cerci which are subquadrate (Figs
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,
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) and by the male aedeagus, which has lightly sclerotized dorsal valves that are deeply forked and with the apices of the medial fork produced as a filament tail that is almost two times as long as the lateral branch and curves anteriorly (Fig.
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). Most similar to
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is easily distinguished from that species by having shorter more quadrate male cerci and much longer filamentous tails on the dorsal valves (Fig.
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).
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sp. nov.
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dorsal view of male terminalia
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dorsal view of aedeagus
<emphasis id="5D0458C6FF6EDC7FD75439B32FCD0B9C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">F</emphasis>
lateral view of aedeagus
<emphasis id="B76879C69E9FA7F930696584C9BD22E9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">G</emphasis>
caudal view of the aedeagus
<emphasis id="BDC019E62B3F263FEB1A594073DF66F9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">H</emphasis>
dorsal view of epiphallus
<emphasis id="60EE25276C5CD6E64304917AA32AB0A2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">I</emphasis>
caudal view of epiphallus
<emphasis id="926D05D5D9AB7B8113FA69DB99C1E733" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">J</emphasis>
habitus.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DCD66231C14616A8D1432FF99F9099D5" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" type="description">
<paragraph id="237D174D698A4C75DB2592EFEDD596D7" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Measurements.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="15DD78612B4C0BE69118781E84541E86" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
<emphasis id="00D7CDED000A17063036358C5288A175" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Male measurements.</emphasis>
(mm): (
<emphasis id="2CED4C7C26CA35B826CBF2D77A165452" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">n</emphasis>
= 12) Body length 15.5-22.5 (mean = 20.1); pronotum length 3.3-5.1 (mean = 4.3); tegmen length 4.6-7.1 (mean = 5.7); hind femur length 9.0-12.3 (mean = 11.0); cerci length 0.7-1.0 (mean = 0.9); basal width of cercus 0.5-1.0 (mean = 0.8); mid-cercal width 0.5-0.6 (mean = 0.6); cerci apex width 0.3-0.4 (mean = 0.4).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E60A3EDC51B59D8E071679AFF34D45AC" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
<emphasis id="9E7CEC1245CC5F0DACA00F3587810C4F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Female measurements.</emphasis>
(mm): (
<emphasis id="5C20D571F523773278B407D9E8869712" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">n</emphasis>
= 9) Body length 19.5-24.0 (mean = 21.6); pronotum length 4.2-5.7 (mean = 5.0); tegmen length 5.5-7.5 (mean = 6.5); hind femur length 10.5-14.0 (mean = 12.4) Dorsal ovipositor valve length 1.0-1.5 (mean = 1.3); ventral ovipositor valve length 1.0-1.5 (mean = 1.3).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C4074589E3827A38C3E0A779A7972143" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="A5F6CCE0146EAADCC39387DFF16ED104" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DE9735AAD8E2B7A32C2D2FEE40670F4B" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
Ashe juniper savannas with short vegetation, exposed rocks, and bare ground (Fig.
<figureCitation id="C436ABE8924B45E4C92ABE05A8E33B59" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Habitat and live images of Melanoplus nelsoni sp. nov. A Ashe juniper savanna, Burnett County, Texas B male C female D male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1165.104047.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/857300" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">16A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="176353B3E783E89E1E2E8881FF41F5DA" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="9DDA4B88F7E51F4FE51D5F56DA38E1FA" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="237D24EBCFB07F5AE68DAA245F566528" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
The northeastern Edwards Plateau in Bell and Burnet Counties, Texas (Fig.
<figureCitation id="9A4C31B3C06038BC3B3CF64EDAF0A05A" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Distribution of species in the Melanoplus discolor group A broad view of the group, showing the wide distribution of M. discolor B distribution of Melanoplus discolor group species occurring in central Texas with the Balcones Escarpment indicated." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1165.104047.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/857298" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">14</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="779DA0C046A4BD067E4AA8ED5FD297FA" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="3A124910D7196DF3D96B70B20E6D41DA" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="38F82E5D4204DF0B1D61C3FD2E63FAD7" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Named in honor of Willie Nelson, an iconic American musician entertainer from central Texas whose music lifted our spirits while traveling between field sites during this study. After these last few summers, just like Mr. Nelson, we too have a little Texas in our souls.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7B163EB85D9564174A4D2FC5F898B808" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" type="suggested common name">
<paragraph id="582B84D44D895C7404C77C2ACB3E219A" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Suggested common name.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="157A0EF70E24E97975C6B3AB8479A7C6" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
<normalizedToken id="AB87AD94C6093A6282AA66C03F0B6B19" originalValue="Nelsons">Nelson's</normalizedToken>
pouncer.
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