Parapyrrhicia globulata, Hemp & Heller & Warchałowska-Śliwa & Grzywacz & Hemp, 2017
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s13127-016-0303-5 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D8E00B-FFB7-D60E-4969-FB147A02F982 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Parapyrrhicia globulata |
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sp. nov. |
Parapyrrhicia globulata View in CoL n. sp. C. Hemp
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Holotype male: Tanzania, Uluguru Mountains , forest above Morningside, February 2016; leg. C Hemp. Depository: MfN.
Paratype. 1 male, same data as holotype, leg. C Hemp (collection C Hemp) .
Description Male: Color green, tegmina dark green, with dark brown patch on stridulatory area of left tegmen, in central part around stridulatory file creamy to white. On pronotum, abdomen and legs numerous reddish dots ( Fig. 14a View Fig ). Head and antennae: Antennae green, thin, about total length of insect. Fastigium as for genus. Eyes circular, prominent, with dark undulating stripe medially on white to tawny ground ( Fig. 14a View Fig ). Thorax: Pronotum without lateral carinae, surface smooth. Tegmina and wings: Both pairs of wings fully developed, alae surpassing tegmina. Stridulatory area of left tegmen as in Fig. 15c View Fig , right tegmen with mirror as in Fig. 15d View Fig . Stridulatory file as in Fig. 15e View Fig with 55 teeth (n = 1). Fore femora with one anterior ventral row of three to five broad-based spines, unarmed on inner side. Mid femora with six to seven anterior ventral spines, unarmed on posterior side. Hind femora with seven to eight tiny spinules ventrally on anterior side, apical on each side one spur ventrally. Fore and mid tibiae ventrally with one spur on anterior side. Hind tibiae with two apical spurs on each side and four rows of numerous small spinules getting denser distally. Abdomen: Tenth abdominal tergite shield-like enlarged with up-lifted posterior margin ( Figs. 14b View Fig and 15a View Fig ). Cerci orientied downwards, stout, with deeply forked apex ( Fig. 15a View Fig ). At base with globular structure protruding from posterior margin of 10th abdominal tergite ( Fig. 15a View Fig , arrow). Subgenital plate divided into two lobes leaving small oval gap midway ( Fig. 15b View Fig ). With blade-like elongated titillator, with sclerotized tiny teeth on dorsal part of apex.
Female. Unknown.
Measurements Males (n = 2). Total length of body, 20– 21 mm (including subgenital plate); median length of pronotum, 4.5–4.7 mm; length of hind femur, 19.5–21 mm; length of tegmina, 30–32 mm.
Etymology. From Latin— globus = round, globular. Because of the round structure at the base of the male cerci.
Habitat. Submontane forest.
Distribution. Tanzania, Uluguru Mountains.
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Museum für Naturkunde |
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