Oecanthus fultoni Walker, 1962

Sultana, Riffat, Sanam, Surriya, Kumar, Santosh, R, Sheik Mohammad Shamsudeen & Soomro, Fakhra, 2021, A review of Gryllidae (Grylloidea) with the description of one new species and four new distribution records from the Sindh Province, Pakistan, ZooKeys 1078, pp. 1-33 : 1

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scientific name	Oecanthus fultoni Walker, 1962
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Material examined.

Pakistan, Sindh Prov. • 1♀; Riffat ; 16 Aug. 2020; Umerkot 25.3549°N, 69.7376°E GoogleMaps .

Description.

Large size. Colouration light pale green to yellowish (Fig. 1T View Figure 1 ). Head short, narrow with dark brown ocelli (Fig. 3I View Figure 3 ). Pronotum flat, concave posteriorly (Fig. 5J View Figure 5 ). Elytra, transparent, extending to 2/3 of abdomen. Wings rounded, broad, with condensed irregular veins (Fig. 10G View Figure 10 ). Legs same colour as body. Femora long, thin, slightly wider at anterior and compressed at posterior. Posterior tibia thin, slender, armed with 21 external and three medio-internal spines (Fig. 7F View Figure 7 ). Abdomen pale yellowish. Ovipositor short. Cerci long with pointed ends (Fig. 1T View Figure 1 ).

Female: LH 1.96 (mm), LP 2.73 (mm), LT 14 (mm), LF 3.57 (mm), LT 3.85 (mm), TBL 22 (mm).

Ecology.

Oecanthus fultoni is a new record from Umerkot, Desert Thar, Pakistan. This species is reported from Cynadon dactylon (common lawn grasses) surrounded by wild plants.

Global distribution.

Ohio, Franklin, New Jersey, Washington, Pakistan ( Cigliano et al. 2020).

Remarks.

Walker and Gurney (1967) observed differences between populations of this species from the coasts of western and eastern USA showing that O. fultoni displays variations in the structure of the metanotal gland.

References

Cigliano, MM, Braun, H, Eades, DC, Otte, D, 2020. Orthoptera species file online, version 5.0/5.0. http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org

Walker, TJ, Gurney, AB, 1967. The metanotal gland as a taxomonic character in Oecanthus of the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 69: 157 - 161

Figures

Figure 1. A male and female dorsal and lateral view of Gryllidae species. Subfamily Gryllinae: 1, 2 Acheta domesticus ♂ ♀, 3 A. hispanicus ♂, 4, 5 Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus ♀ ♂, 6 G. (Gryllus) campestris ♀, 7 G. septentrionalis ♀, 8 Gryllodes sigillatus ♂ B male and female dorsal and lateral view of Gryllidae species. Subfamily Gryllinae: 9 Gryllodes supplicans ♀, 10 Teleogryllus (Brachyteleogryllus) occipitalis ♀, 11,12 T. (Brachyteleogryllus) commodus ♂ ♀, 13 Modicogryllus sindhensis sp. nov. ♀, 14 Svercus palmetorum ♀ C male and female dorsal and lateral view of Gryllidae species. Subfamily Gryllinae: 15 Miogryllus itaquiensis ♀, 16 Callogryllus saeedi ♀, 17 C. ovilongus ♀, 18 C. bilineatus ♀, 19 Lepidogryllus siamensis ♀, Subfamily Oecanthinae: 20 Oecanthus fultoni ♀. Abbreviations: D, dorsal, L, lateral. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Figure 2. Male and female head dorsal view of Gryllidae species. Subfamily Gryllinae: 1, 2 Acheta domesticus ♂ ♀, 3 A. hispanicus ♂, 4, 5 Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus ♂ ♀, 6 G. (Gryllus) campestris ♀, 7 G. septentrionalis ♀, 8 - Gryllodes sigillatus ♂, 9 Gryllodes supplicans ♀, 10 T. (Brachyteleogryllus) commodus ♂. Abbreviations: D, dorsal, L, lateral. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Figure 3. Male and female head dorsal view of Gryllidae species, subfamily Gryllinae: 11 T. (Brachyteleogryllus) commodus ♀, 12 Modicogryllus sindhensis sp. nov. ♀, 13 Svercus palmetorum ♀, 14 Miogryllus itaquiensis ♀, 15 Callogryllus saeedi ♀, 16 C. ovilongus ♀, 17 C. bilineatus ♀, 18 Lepidogryllus siamensis ♀. Subfamily Oecanthinae: 19 Oecanthus fultoni ♀. Abbreviations: D, dorsal, L, lateral. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Figure 4. Male and female pronotum dorsal view of Gryllidae species, subfamily Gryllinae: 1, 2 Acheta domesticus ♂ ♀, 3 A. hispanicus ♂, 4, 5 Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus ♂ ♀, 6 G. (Gryllus) campestris ♀, 7 G. septentrionalis ♀, 8 Gryllodes sigillatus ♂, 9 Gryllodes supplicans ♀, 10 Teleogryllus (Brachyteleogryllus) occipitalis ♀. Abbreviations: D, dorsal, L, lateral. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Figure 5. Male and female pronotum dorsal view of Gryllidae species, subfamily Gryllinae: 11, 12 T. (Brachyteleogryllus) commodus ♂ ♀, 13 Modicogryllus sindhensis sp. nov. ♀, 14 Svercus palmetorum ♀, 15 Miogryllus itaquiensis ♀, 16 Callogryllus saeedi ♀, 17 C. ovilongus ♀, 18 C. bilineatus ♀, 19 Lepidogryllus siamensis ♀, Subfamily Oecanthinae: 20 Oecanthus fultoni ♀. Abbreviations: D, dorsal, L, lateral. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Figure 6. Femur and Tibia dorsal view of Gryllidae species, subfamily Gryllinae: 1, 2 Acheta domesticus ♂ ♀, 3 A. hispanicus ♂, 4, 5 Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus ♂ ♀, 6 G. septentrionalis ♀, 7 Gryllodes sigillatus ♂, 8 Gryllodes supplicans ♀, 9 Teleogryllus (Brachyteleogryllus) occipitalis ♀, 10, 11 T. (Brachyteleogryllus) commodus ♂ ♀, 12 Modicogryllus sindhensis sp. nov. ♀. Abbreviations: D, dorsal, L, lateral. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Figure 7. Femur and tibia dorsal view of Gryllidae species, subfamily Gryllinae: 13 Svercus palmetorum ♀, 14 Miogryllus itaquiensis ♀, 15 Callogryllus saeedi ♀, 16 C. bilineatus ♀, 17 Lepidogryllus siamensis ♀, Subfamily Oecanthinae: 18 Oecanthus fultoni ♀. Abbreviations: D, dorsal, L, lateral. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Figure 8. Male and female tegmen dorsal view of Gryllidae species, subfamily Gryllinae: 1, 2 Acheta domesticus ♂ ♀, 3 A. hispanicus ♂, 4, 5 Gryllus (Gryllus) bimaculatus ♂ ♀, 6 G. (Gryllus) campestris ♀. Abbreviations: D, dorsal, L, lateral. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Figure 9. Male and female tegmen dorsal view of Gryllidae species, subfamily Gryllinae: 7 G. septentrionalis ♀, 8 Gryllodes sigillatus ♂, 9 Gryllodes Supplicans ♀, 10 Teleogryllus (Brachyteleogryllus) occipitalis ♀, 11, 12 T. (Brachyteleogryllus) commodus ♂ ♀, 13 Modicogryllus sindhensis sp. nov. ♀. Abbreviations: D, dorsal, L, lateral. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Figure 10. Male and female tegmen dorsal view of Gryllidae species, subfamily Gryllinae: 14 Svercus palmetorum ♀, 15 Miogryllus itaquiensis ♀, 16 Callogryllus saeedi ♀, 17 C. ovilongus ♀, 18 C. bilineatus ♀, 19 Lepidogryllus siamensis ♀, Subfamily Oecanthinae: 20 Oecanthus fultoni ♀. Abbreviations: D, dorsal, L, lateral. Scale bars: 2 mm.