Upupagryllus alatus Desutter-Grandcolas

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2015, Phalangopsidae crickets from Tropical Africa (Orthoptera, Grylloidea), with descriptions of new taxa and an identification key for African genera, Zootaxa 3948 (3), pp. 451-496 : 487

Upupagryllus alatus Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp.

( Figs 13 J–P, 14D–F)

Type locality. Tanzania, Coast. Reg. Kisarame distr., kazimzumbui forets reserve, 39° 03'E 6°57'S.

Type material. Holotype. Tanzania, Coast. Reg. Kisarame distr., kazimzumbui forest reserve,, 39° 03'E 6°57'S, 1 male, Jan–Feb 1991, Frontier Tanzania leg., ZMC. Allotype. Same data as the holotype, 1 female, ZMC. Paratype, 1 male. Same data as the holotype, 1 male, MNHN-EO-ENSIF3742.

Etymology. Species named after male FW condition.

Diagnosis. Within the genus, small, flat and wide species with short legs; light yellowish brown with dark brown abdomen. Male with wide FWs, covering more than half abdomen; stridulatory apparatus ( Fig. 13 K): harp with five oblique, parallel veins, mirror low and very wide crossed by one vein only; cell below the mirror longer than mirror width; apical field very reduced, without venation. Lateral field ( Fig. 13 L) with high media veins; R and its bifurcations faint. Male genitalia very similar to that of U. subapterus Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp., the distal sclerites not acute, and less separate from each other; rami shorter distally ( Fig. 14 ). Female apterous; ovipositor longer than TIII. Female genitalia: copulatory papilla very distinctive, with a wide dorsal swelling and a bifid membrane above the apex ( Fig. 13 N–P);

Figures

FIGURE 13. Upupagryllus Desutter-Grandcolas, n. gen., A – I, U. subapterus Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp., A, maxillary palpus; B, apex of female ovipositor; C – I, female copulatory papilla, dorsal (C, F), ventral (D, G), lateral (E, H, I), in female fn 5, 23. v. 1995 (C – E), female fn 13, 17. v. 1995 (F – H) and female fn 19, 19. v. 1995 (I). J – P, U. alatus Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp.: J, maxillary palpus; K, L, dorsal and lateral field of male holotype right FW; M, female subgenital plate; N – P, female copulatory papilla, dorsal (N), ventral (O) and lateral (P) views. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURE 14. Upupagryllus Desutter-Grandcolas, n. gen., Male genitalia: A – C, U. subapterus Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp.; D – F, U. alatus Desutter-Grandcolas, n. sp. in dorsal (A, D), ventral (B, E) and lateral (C, F) views. Abbreviations: see page 4.