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<paragraph id="3CC78C5D69142D98D719ADDA97934D53" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Taxon classification Animalia Blattodea Nocticolidae</paragraph>
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Nocticola gonzalezi
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&amp; Lit
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Figure 1
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<paragraph id="E2E89B94CF36F73DD34CC783054E55D5" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Material examined.</paragraph>
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Holotype: male, slide-mounted. Original label: &quot;Philippines: Polillo Island (Quezon Province): Cave 5, Sitio Puting Bato, Barangay Aluyon, Burdeos, 13.v.2013 CC
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&quot;UPLBMNH BLA-00220&quot;, &quot;HOLOTYPE /
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&amp; Lit [laser printed on red slide label]&quot;
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Paratypes: 1 male, 1 female, 5 nymphs, same locality as holotype but 10.x.2013: (CC
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, UPLBMNH BLA-00221, ♀ (slide); -00222, ♂; -00223, nymph (slide); -00224a-d, 4 nymphs). &quot;PARATYPE /
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&amp; Lit [laser printed on blue slide label or handwritten on blue label]&quot;.
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<paragraph id="3323AF5C61D4F82C1AEF80FC6DB63FEA" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Philippines: Polillo Island (Quezon Province): Cave 5, Sitio Puting Bato, Barangay Aluyon, Burdeos, on calcite rubble with insectivorous bat guano.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3D9D2324707DA234F274FBA3B3F5F6B6" pageId="2" pageNumber="53">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Male brachypterous; female apterous. Compound eyes reduced, much smaller in female. Femur Type C1. Tarsi simple, symmetrical. Tergal gland absent (
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-species group). Accessory hook-like phallomere (L2d) dagger-like.
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<bibRefCitation id="0CE797714400ADEF45EA1FB4C9133605" author="Roth, LM" journalOrPublisher="Revue Suisse Zoologie" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" pagination="297 - 321" title="Some cavernicolous and epigean cockroaches with six new species, and a discussion of the Nocticolidae (Dictyoptera: Blattaria)." url="10.5962/bhl.part.79654" volume="95" year="1988">Roth (1988)</bibRefCitation>
noted the difficulty in separating nocticolid genera. Although
<bibRefCitation id="7F5F91E13B1E8BA8FA469888114F8CD2" author="Chopard, L" journalOrPublisher="Revue Francaise d'Entomologie" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" pagination="146 - 155" title="Note sur quelques Orthopteres cavernicoles de Madagascar." volume="12" year="1945">Chopard (1945</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="BA2569594941E56F8C20EA2C7E397DD9" author="Chopard, L" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" pagination="307 - 310" title="Une espece nouvelle de Nocticola provenant d'une grotte du Transvaal (Dictyopteres, Nocticolidae)." volume="71" year="1966">1966</bibRefCitation>
), being unable to differentiate
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from
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Chopard, 1932 noted the possibility of the two being synonyms,
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differs from the latter by the absence of styles. Aside from
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, only
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Strand, 1928 lacks style in the family. The former is distinguished from the latter by the absence of ocelli and exposed vertex. Following such dichotomy, this new species is placed under
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.
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This species can be distinguished from other troglobiotic
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by the presence of an accessory hook-like phallomere which was only reported from two epigean species,
<taxonomicName id="95CAD1C049A5BD94E480B0C2C2180E82" class="Insecta" family="Nocticolidae" genus="Nocticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nocticola scytala" order="Blattodea" pageId="2" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scytala">Nocticola scytala</taxonomicName>
Andersen &amp;
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and
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Andersen &amp;
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from Ghana, West Africa (
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Andersen and
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1995
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).
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<pageBreakToken id="2F6FF19F1ACA8AFCF62393478326BE90" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" start="start">This</pageBreakToken>
species is similar to
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and
<taxonomicName id="196CFE463BD586ACBDB33E4855D584D6" class="Insecta" family="Nocticolidae" genus="Nocticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nocticola caeca" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caeca">Nocticola caeca</taxonomicName>
in terms of coloration but differs in terms of size,
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being smaller. Unfortunately, the male genitalia of
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and the male of
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was not described by
<bibRefCitation id="05FC26237F1F5955A918CD071D3108D9" author="Bolivar, I" journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" pagination="29 - 34" title="Voyage de M. E. Simon aux iles Philippines (mars et avril 1890). Etudes sur les Arthropodes cavernicoles de I'ile de Luzon. Orthopteres." volume="61" year="1892">Bolivar (1892)</bibRefCitation>
and the location of the type specimens are unknown (
<bibRefCitation id="32D523849D6667EEBAACDDA371A3EB33" author="Paris, M" journalOrPublisher="Eos" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" pagination="143 - 264" title="Catalogo de tipos de Ortopteroides (Insecta) de Ignacio Bolivar, I: Blattaria, Mantodea, Phasmatodea y Orthoptera (Stenopelmatidae, Rhaphidophoroidea, Tettigonoidea, Grylloidea, Tetrigoidea)." volume="69" year="1993">Paris 1993</bibRefCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="32DF8305913843BE74F19FB0616A61DF" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
Many
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species are narrow endemics even among caves within a contiguous area (e.g.
<taxonomicName id="2C2C929F05EABE0B55F727B97838CE3D" class="Insecta" family="Nocticolidae" genus="Nocticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nocticola simoni" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simoni">Nocticola simoni</taxonomicName>
was collected from a cave in San Mateo, Rizal Province and
<taxonomicName id="BB6207906129A2FCB213B279EC59C59F" class="Insecta" family="Nocticolidae" genus="Nocticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nocticola caeca" order="Blattodea" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caeca">Nocticola caeca</taxonomicName>
from nearby Antipolo, also in Rizal Province). Considering this, as well as the morphological characteristics and the isolation of Cave 5 in Puting Bato, Burdeos, Polillo Island, we iterate the distinctness of
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.
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<paragraph id="AA08E44E629C4689C5470FE3DD8AD9A4" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Description.</paragraph>
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Size (mm): ♂, TL: 2.36
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0.13 mm; Pn: 0.50
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0.10
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0.93
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0.05 mm; Tg: 1.13
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0.2. ♀ TL: 2.5 mm; Pn: 0.50
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0.95 mm.
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Male. (Fig. 1A,G). Yellowish brown throughout except for light brown pronotum and tegmina. Vertex of head slightly exposed; eyes reduced but larger than those of female (Fig. 1C); ocelli absent. Pronotum wider than long. Forewing reduced, venation simple indicated by spinules, rounded at apex; hind wing highly reduced, triangular with single vein. Legs very long, forefemur Type C1 (Fig. 1D); mid- and hind femur with apical spines; mid- and hind tibia with several minute spines on outer aspect; hind metatarsi longer than the rest; pulvilli and arolia absent, tarsal claw simple, symmetrical. Abdominal tergal gland absent (
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-species-group (
<bibRefCitation id="492D65F8B7C3E75DED1AC53863C7D5B0" author="Roth, LM" journalOrPublisher="Revue Suisse Zoologie" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" pagination="297 - 321" title="Some cavernicolous and epigean cockroaches with six new species, and a discussion of the Nocticolidae (Dictyoptera: Blattaria)." url="10.5962/bhl.part.79654" volume="95" year="1988">Roth 1988</bibRefCitation>
)). Supra-anal plate symmetrical. Style absent. Genitalia as illustrated (Fig. 1E), genital hook (L3) conspicuous, extending well beyond subgenital plate. Accessory hook-like phallomere (L2d) dagger-like.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="903473101FA259125D742BE0F4D19CB9" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
Figure 1.
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<normalizedToken id="F1A9903ECC55511783690ACA04A9D4C3" originalValue="Lucañas">Lucanas</normalizedToken>
&amp; Lit, sp. n.: A Adult male B adult female C male head, lateral aspect D Prothoracic leg E male genitalia: (L1-3: sclerites of left phallomere; L2d: L2 dorsal; L2v: L2 ventral; R1-3: sclerites of right phallomere; vph: ventral phallomere) F female subgenital plate G male and H female habitus.
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</caption>
<paragraph id="C4089CCBE5FF2C309B00854B6F4352F6" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Female. (Fig. 1B,H) Larger than male. Opaque yellow throughout except for lateral thoracic margins. Apterous. Supra-anal plate triangular. Subgenital plate broad basally, valvular.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F351604E352B3AAF5E1DD3B0F4B0CDA7" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Nymphs. Similar to female. Opaque white. Eyes reduced to 3-4 distinct facets.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="FCB4556E902F24BF24409503E26B91A7" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="C9D7F6A47AD52AE7020DF1FAE5DBDBED" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="685BF15A012F3AC8B3F5418521444C3B" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">The species is named after Dr. Juan Carlos T. Gonzalez, the current director of the UPLB-MNH, in recognition of his pioneering efforts toward biodiversity documentation and conservation in the Polillos, a group of islands, east of Luzon and politically a part of Quezon Province.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="18EEBD7C7A7FEE4F55C524F755D1D88F" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="76A6777915B3009D69134124F5C2B8C3" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="73B381B9BC730DA68779B9724B9DBF61" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Philippines: Polillo Island.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="286AB28F19C8B17E5DA9D1DF2386D4B4" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" type="ecology">
<paragraph id="B19C138ED1505C5ECC4A5CFAA39888FF" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9B457767340E705E4BBBDAD0405EF2F6" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
Collected only from a single cave in Burdeos, Polillo Island, Quezon. The cave is deposited with porous calcite rocks and thin guano deposits from periodical roost of insectivorous bats,
<taxonomicName id="94916B29FFC67DDFEF966DCDFA5F4F5D" class="Mammalia" family="Hipposideridae" genus="Hipposideros" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hipposideros coronatus" order="Chiroptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coronatus">Hipposideros coronatus</taxonomicName>
(Peters, 1871) and
<taxonomicName id="6326D3A890ED5E2FAC4372B2AF259C71" class="Mammalia" family="Miniopteridae" genus="Miniopterus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Miniopterus schreibersii" order="Chiroptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schreibersii">Miniopterus schreibersii</taxonomicName>
(Kuhl, 1817). The site is relatively dry and rocky compared to the damp and sticky clay that is found throughout the rest of the cave, especially during the rainy season. They are quite fast and usually hide among the holes in the calcite rocks. They are found among and probably serve as prey for nymphs of whipspiders (
<taxonomicName id="57B24C11DED34002DE5672D12C61F1B3" class="Arachnida" lsidName="" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" rank="class">Arachnida</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="007DE76D483F5F7F5BBBF9C8DA492005" lsidName="" order="Amblypygi" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" rank="order">Amblypygi</taxonomicName>
), whipscorpions (Thelyphonida) and adult short-tailed whipscorpion (
<taxonomicName id="482D6A6A3617B9A495A0BA69586E4DAA" lsidName="" order="Schizomida" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" rank="order">Schizomida</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A77E170E8BAD98CB374F1D35239833E4" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" type="conservation status">
<paragraph id="EB42422D618977B32503433575E19322" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="585983FBAE7CA84F39CB16C371B01910" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
Due to the narrow distribution of this species, it is suggested that the species be considered
<normalizedToken id="146C1E0BA9E4DF454E7721C52F09D3C5" originalValue="“Vulnerable”">&quot;Vulnerable&quot;</normalizedToken>
and that the cave from which it was collected be protected from further anthropogenic disturbances.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="FA1C1EBAC1BD56407B219BA024ECC9B5" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="A3E5A9225BDFE1D81B2A5FA444B35D31" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B89DCF59A70DB375EE5B01CF6A36E0D5" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Because of its morphological characteristics, this species can be classified as a true cave-dweller or troglobiotic.</paragraph>
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