Parendacustes sp. 2
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2012n2a7 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BA34A14E-FFED-0921-FEAB-FF396061CD72 |
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Felipe |
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Parendacustes sp. 2 |
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( Fig. 7 View FIG E-I, Table 3)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vanuatu, Espiritu Santo, Loran, gouffre Lavav, 15°05.895S, 166°59.755E, 220 m alt., 1 ♀ juvenile (Karst sample SK05-Lips10/1683), 4.VIII.2005 (J. Lips) ( MNHN-ENSIF 2897, alcohol collection vial 551).
HABITAT. — Parendacustes sp. 2 has been found in the Lavav sinkhole, a 20 m deep and 15 m in diameter guano cave with day light. The cricket has been found by day. Many bats were present on the walls.
DESCRIPTION
Specimen (young female juvenile) very close to Parendacustes sp. 1 , but characterised by the following characters:
Head
Eyes and ocelli somewhat bigger.
Pronotum
Posterior angles of lateral lobes not as raised dorsally.
Legs
FIII apical third not as thin ( Fig. 7E View FIG ).TIII ( Fig. 7E View FIG ) with four outer subapical spurs; three inner subapical spurs, short, slightly lower on TIII than outer subapical spurs ( Fig. 7F View FIG ); three outer and only two inner apical spurs (no ventral inner spur), median and dorsal inner apical spurs subequal in length, the median slightly longer; TIII serrulated with very small spines, located on both inner and outer margins; inner spines number: none between apex and spur 1, and between spurs 1 and 2, one between spurs 2 and 3, 10-11 above subapical spur 3; outer spines: none between apex and spur 1, one between spurs 1 and 2, 2-3 between spurs 2 and 3, 2-3 between spurs 3 and 4, 11-14 above subapical spur 4. Basitarsi III not flattened dorsally, with two spines on inner margin and 4-6 spines on outer margin, in addition to apical ones ( Fig. 7E View FIG ).
Colouration (specimen preserved in alcohol)
Head dorsum light yellow, with a dark brown area between the eyes, but not reaching them, enclosing the whitish lateral ocelli and two additional yellow spots; a dark brown line running along fastigium from median ocellus; fastigium otherwise light yellow ( Fig. 7G View FIG ). Cheeks light yellow, lower third and posterior margin entirely dark brown ( Fig. 7H View FIG ). Face ( Fig. 7G View FIG ) light yellow with a wide median, longitudinal, dark brown line between median ocellus and epistemal suture, somewhat prolonged on clypeus; dark line enclosing a pair of thin yellowish lines between antennal pits, and a small rounded spot along epistemal suture; a wide brown line under each eye, connected to dark pattern of cheek. Mouthparts light yellow mottled with brown. Maxillary palpi light yellow; last three joints with dark lines on their sides. Scapes light yellow; a dark rounded spot on ventral side. Antennae light brown. Pronotum dorsal disc almost entirely yellowish, posterior fourth darker and with dark spots; lateral lobes dark brown, except for yellow anterior margin and lower anterior angle ( Fig. 7I View FIG ). Leg pattern of colouration very similar to that of Parendacustes sp. 1 , but more contrasted; tibiae and tarsi darker (yellowish) than femora (light yellow).
Female (juvenile)
Ovipositor without conspicuous ornamentation.
Measurements
See Table 3.
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