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C53987EDFFE2FFBEFF135C4DC9DFFBBF.text	C53987EDFFE2FFBEFF135C4DC9DFFBBF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pediodectes monahansensis Stidham 2025	<div><p>Pediodectes monahansensis Stidham, new species</p><p>FiguRes 1–6</p><p>Material examined. HolotyPe Male, allotyPe feMale and tHRee PaRatyPes (2 M, 1 F): “I20, E. MonaHans, WaRd Co., VII/9/95” (31.617441, -102.809669). Additional sPeciMens: saMe locality, VII/7/95 (2 M); saMe locality VI/29 /96 (2 M, 4 F); saMe locality VI/19 /94 (1 M, caPtuRed as an iMMatuRe) .</p><p>Diagnosis. The coloRation of P. monahansensis is geneRally unique, wHen coMPaRed to tHe otHeR sPecies of Pediodectes, witH vaRious PatteRning of tan, gReen, and sienna (Fig. 1), including a doRsal lateRal banding not coMMonly seen in tHis genus. Its size is on aveRage sMalleR tHan any of tHe otHeR sPecies in West Texas, including P. stevensonii, tHe Most siMilaR sPecies in size to P. monahansensis (Table 1). It aPPeaRs slendeReR tHan otHeR Pediodectes sPecies, esPecially P. stevensonii . The oviPositoR of P. monahansensis is distinctly stRaigHteR tHan tHat of P. stevensonii (Fig. 6–7). Adults aRe found in June and July. OtHeR sPecies of Pediodectes aRe adult fRoM June tHRougH SePteMbeR in tHe state. The blacK doRsal line coMMonly found on tHe Hind feMoRa on soMe of tHe otHeR sPecies of Pediodectes ( P. stevensonii, P. daedalus, P. nigromarginata) is seen occasionally on one of tHe coloR vaRieties of P. monahansensis .</p><p>Description. Males. Body lengtH: 19.9–23.3 MM. Antennae witH basal two segMents sligHtly enlaRged; fiRst segMent flattened, RectangulaR; second segMent cylindRical; all otHeR segMents cylindRical, slendeR; oveRall lengtH ReacHing Past end of Hind feMoRa. Head witH fRont PRofile ovate, fRont suRface sMootH; eye witH base alMost ciRculaR, inneR boRdeR stRaigHt, oveRall convex, PRotRuding; antennal bases adjoining inneR edge of eyes; doRsuM convex, fastigiuM tRiangulaR, sMootH; genae witH PosteRioR edge caRinate. PRonotuM witH suRface sMootH, doRsuM convexly cuRving unifoRMly to lateRal lobes; doRsal anteRioR MaRgin sligHtly concave; doRsal PosteRioR MaRgin stRaigHt; lateRal lobes sHallow witH seMiciRculaR ventRal boRdeR cuRving uP to PosteRioR MaRgin; PRosteRnuM witH PaiR of sHoRt sPines. AbdoMen witH ten teRgites, sMootH witH stRaigHt PosteRioR boRdeRs; last teRgite witH two elongate tRiangulaR aPical lobes sePaRated by a naRRow u-sHaPed sPacing (Fig. 4); ceRci cylindRical, cuRving sligHtly inwaRd witH conical aPex, inneR cylindRical lobe located at about tHRee-fouRtHs ceRcus lengtH, witH a sMall aPical sPine (Fig. 2); subgenital Plate witH obtuse-angulate (concave) aPical boRdeR, witH two sHoRt aPical styles (Fig. 3); titillatoR witH two lobes, eacH witH ovate aPices Having seveRal tiny teetH on outeR boRdeR (Fig. 5). TegMina tiny, extending to PosteRioR MaRgin of MetanotuM, ciRculaR outline. FoReleg witH coxa a sHoRt Ring witH doRsal, anteRioR elongate sPine; tRocHanteR a sHoRt cylindRical Ring; feMuR cylindRical, slendeR, witH two ventRal lateRal caRinae, anteRioR aPex witH two tiny sPines; tibia cylindRical, slendeR, auditoRy slit on eacH side of anteRioR neaR base, doRsuM witH tHRee sPuRs - one at ventRal end of ReaR anteRioR slit, one neaR MidlengtH, one neaR anteRioR aPex, ventRuM witH six PaiRs of sPuRs along lengtH; taRsus witH fouR segMents, basal tHRee siMilaR in lengtH, fouRtH sligHtly longeR tHan fiRst, two siMPle claws. Midleg witH coxa a sHoRt Ring; tRocHanteR sHoRt, cylindRical; feMuR slendeR witH two ventRal caRinae, one tiny anteRioR aPical sPine, two tiny aPical PosteRioR sPines; tibia slendeR, witH one sPuR on PosteRioR doRsuM neaR base, two alteRnating PaiRs of sPuRs on doRsuM, one aPical sPuR on PosteRioR doRsuM, five PaiR ventRal sPuRs, one PaiR aPical ventRal sPuRs; taRsus siMilaR to foRe taRsi. Hindleg witH coxa a tiny PaRtial Ring; tRocHanteR sHoRt, u-sHaPed segMent; feMuR elongate, ReacHing well Past end of abdoMen, swollen in basal Half, slendeR in aPical Half, two ventRal lateRal caRinae, inneR caRina along lengtH of feMuR, outeR caRina weaK and non-existent on basal one/fiftH, inneR caRina witH seven to nine sMall sPines, lacKs aPical sPines; tibia RectangulaR in cRoss section witH two doRsal longitudinal caRinae, doRsal outeR caRina witH tHiRty-one to tHiRtytwo sHoRt sPines, doRsal inneR caRina witH twenty-eigHt to tHiRty sHoRt sPines, ventRal inneR caRina witH eigHt sHoRt sPines, ventRal outeR caRina witH eigHt to nine sHoRt sPines, aPex witH two enlaRged sPuRs on doRsuM and two enlaRged calcaRs Plus two centRal sHoRteR calcaRs; taRsus fiRst segMent witH two basal lobes, fiRst segMent about one-tHiRd longeR tHan second oR tHiRd segMent, fouRtH segMent about saMe lengtH as fiRst, PaiR of siMPle claws.</p><p>Females. Body lengtH: 19.6–24.2 MM (excluding oviPositoR). Antennae, Head, and PRonotuM siMilaR to Male. AbdoMen witH ten teRgites, teRgites seven to nine witH PosteRioR MaRgin obtuse-angulate; styles conical, slendeR; suPRaanal Plate witH Median sulcate, aPex tRiangulate; oviPositoR slendeR, elongate, witH sligHt uPwaRd oveRall cuRve, about saMe lengtH as Rest of body (Fig. 6). FoReleg saMe as Male. Midleg saMe as Male; feMuR witH two tiny sPines on anteRioR and PosteRioR of aPex. Hindlegs siMilaR to Male; feMuR witH seven sPines on inneR ventRal caRina; tibia witH twenty-nine outeR doRsal sPines and twenty-eigHt inneR doRsal sPines.</p><p>SPecies coloRation witH antennae tan, segMents two tHRougH fouR to seven witH a daRK bRown line. Head witH unifoRM coloRation vaRying to daRKened witH tan, sienna, bRown on doRsuM and below eacH eye. PRonotuM unifoRMly Pale witH daRK doRsal ReaR MaRgin vaRying to daRKeR (tan, sienna, bRown) on doRsuM witH oR witHout soMe daRKening (bRown) on doRsal aRea of lateRal lobes. AbdoMinal teRgites unifoRM Pale to vaRiable witH tan, sienna, gRay-bRown; witH a doRsal lateRal band, PosteRioR naRRow edge of teRgites tan-bRown, doRsally and lateRally eitHeR Pale tan oR Pale gReen. Legs tan oR gReen, soMetiMes witH tan on doRsal edges and Pale tan oR gReen below; Hind feMuR witH oR witHout a naRRow lateRal doRsal bRown line on basal Half, tan oR gReen below; Hind tibia gReen to tan. OviPositoR tan/bRown to bRown witH gReen ventRuM.</p><p>Etymology. NaMed foR tHe sandHill aRea tHat tHe sPecies occuPies, tHe MonaHans SandHills.</p><p>Discussion. This sPecies, P. monahansensis, adds to tHe list of unique sPecies of Plants and aniMals found only in tHe MonaHans SandHills aRea. It is iMPoRtant to note tHat tHe sand in tHe suRRounding aReas is RaPidly being consuMed by local industRy and action to PeRManently PRotect tHese isolated sPecies is needed, as tHe only PRotected aRea, tHe MonaHans SandHills State PaRK, is a leased site. Additional isolated sandy soil aReas exist in Texas, sucH as east and noRtH of El Paso, noRtH of Abilene, aRound tHe GuadeluPe Mountains, and in seveRal aReas witHin tHe Texas PanHandle. AltHougH none of tHese aReas aRe as extensive as tHe MonaHans aRea, tHeRe May be additional new sPecies to be discoveRed in tHese aReas.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C53987EDFFE2FFBEFF135C4DC9DFFBBF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	StidHaM, JoHn	StidHaM, JoHn (2025): A new sPecies of Katydid of tHe genus Pediodectes ReHn and HebaRd (ORtHoPteRa: Tettigoniidae) fRoM tHe MonaHans SandHills aRea of WesteRn Texas (USA). Insecta Mundi 2025: 1-4, DOI: 10.64338/im.1156.r3me8, URL: https://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insecta_mundi/2025/11/1156_stidham_2025
