A new species of pygmy mole cricket (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae) from the Lake Wales ridge of Florida and new records of Ellipes eisneri from the northern Brooksville ridge
Author
Woo, Brandon
Cornell University, Comstock Hall, Department of Entomology, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
magicicadaseptendecim@gmail.com
text
Journal of Orthoptera Research
2021
2021-09-27
30
2
131
143
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.65603
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.30.65603
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Ellipes eisneri Deyrup, 2005
Figs 6
, 7
, 8
Ellipes eisneri
Deyrup, 2005: 142.
Type material.
-
Holotype
: USA • ♂; Florida: Citrus County: near Inverness, Withlacoochee Forest, Citrus Area, Forest Road 13, 1.3 mi. south State Road 44; 03 Apr. 1995; sandhill habitat with bare sand, dug from vertical burrow; M. Deyrup leg.; FSCA [not examined].
Paratypes
: USA • 4 ♂, 4 ♀; same information as holotype; dry pinned specimens; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, FSCA; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, ANSP • 2 ♂, 10 ♀; "Pine Oak Estates", State Road 488, 3.7 mi. south of junction with U.S. 41; 04 Ap. 1996; sandhill area with bare sand; specimens in ethanol; M. Deyrup leg.; ABS [examined].
Material examined.
-
USA
,
Florida
•
2 ♀
;
Citrus County
:
Floral City
, side of road on
Bedford Dr.
;
28.746
,
-82.299
;
28 Jul. 2018
; specimens in ethanol;
B. Woo
leg.; CUIC
•
1 ♀
;
Citrus County
,
Lecanto
, side of road on 490;
28.832
,
-82.519
;
28 Jul. 2018
; photograph;
B. Woo
leg.; CUIC
•
1 ♀
, 5 nymphs,
Marion County
,
Dunnellon
, side of road on SW
Rainbow Lakes Blvd
;
29.140
,
-82.493
;
29 Jul. 2018
; specimens in ethanol;
B. Woo
leg.; CUIC
•
4 ♀
, 4 nymphs;;
Marion County
,
Dunnellon
, round dune off
Indian Hill Dr.
;
29.169
,
-82.531
;
29 Jul. 2018
; specimens in ethanol;
B. Woo
leg.; CUIC • 1 nymph;
Levy County
,
Bronson
, side of road on NE 75th
St.
;
29.443
,
-82.539
;
30 Jul. 2018
; specimen in ethanol;
B. Woo
leg.; CUIC
.
Fig. 6.
Habitat and traces of
Ellipes eisneri
.
A.
Habitat at Floral City;
B.
Tumuli at same locality;
C.
Habitat at SW Rainbow Lakes Blvd;
D.
Feeding burrow at same locality;
E.
Habitat at Indian Hill Dr.
Remark.
-These are the only two sites from which the species has been known prior to this work. Herein, I present the following specimen data and localities. For photographs of living and preserved specimens of
E. eisneri
, see Figs
7
and
8
.
Fig. 7.
Live nymph and adult images of
Ellipes eisneri
.
A.
Dorsal view of adult from Lecanto;
B.
Dorsal and lateral views of adult from Floral City;
C.
Lateral view of adult from Floral City, showing lack of tarsus;
D.
Nymph from Floral City;
E.
Nymph burrowing in sand at SW Rainbow Lakes Blvd.
Fig. 8.
Dorsal and lateral view of female
Ellipes eisneri
from Floral City.
Distribution.
-Found on the Brooksville Ridge in Levy, Marion, and Citrus Counties, FL (Fig.
5
). Probably also in adjacent Hernando County.
Habitat.
-Specimens were collected in bare sand patches within open sandhill habitats (Fig.
6A, C, E
). These areas have scattered lichens and forbs and are usually surrounded by oaks and pines. Tumuli and raised feeding burrows were observed at all sites (Fig.
6B, D
). Typical plants present included longleaf pine (
Pinus palustris
Mill.), chapman oak (
Quercus chapmanii
Sarg.), turkey oak (
Quercus laevis
Walter), oak ridge lupine (
Lupinus diffusus
Nutt.), and dogfennel (
Eupatorium capillifolium
(Lam.) Small) along the
road's
edge. Lichens present in these habitats included
Cladonia leporina
Fr.,
C. evansii
Abbayes, and
C. subtenuis
(Abbayes) Mattick.