Endecous (Bodoquenaecous), 2023

Carvalho, Pedro Henrique Mendes, Castro-Souza, Rodrigo Antônio & Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes, 2023, Two new species of Endecous Saussure, 1878 (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from caves in central-western Brazil, with the proposition of a new subgenus to accommodate E. vitreus Bolfarini & Campos, 2023, Zootaxa 5353 (3), pp. 201-234 : 222

Endecous (Bodoquenaecous) n. subg.

Diagnosis— Combination of the following characteristics: posterior margin of tergites I and II elevated, forming a dorsally projected edge ( Fig. 98 ); pseudepiphallic parameres 1 and 2 not fused, paramere 1 (ventral) laterally oriented ( Figs. 79–91 , Ps.p).

Figures

FIGURE 98. Pictorial key to subgenera of Endecous Saussure, 1878.

FIGURES 79–81. Endecous (Bodoquenaecous) vitreus (ISLA 106162) phallic complex. (79) ventral view, (80) frontal view, (81) laterofrontall view.Abbreviations:A, pseudepiphallic ventral branch (or “A” sclerite); Ps.db, pseudepiphallic dorsal branch; Ps.ib, pseudepiphallic inner bars; Ps.p, pseudepiphallic paramere; Ect.ap, ectophallic apodeme; Ect.lb, ectophallic lateral bar; End.sc.a, endophallic sclerite anterior portion.

FIGURES 82–85. Endecous (Bodoquenaecous) vitreus (ISLA 106164) right legs. (59) outer view: leg I and leg II, apical spurs highlighted; (60) inner view: leg I, tympanum highlighted,and leg II, apical spurs highlighted; (61) inner view: leg III, apical spurs highlighted; (62) outer view: leg III, apical spurs highlighted.

FIGURES 86–91. Endecous (Bodoquenaecous) vitreus right tegmina, dorsal and lateral view. (86) ISLA 106161; (87) ISLA 106162; (88) ISLA 106163; (89) ISLA 106164; (90) ISLA 106166; (91) ISLA 106168.