Scaria ferruginea Hancock, 1909

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello, Silva, Daniela Santos Martins, Granda, Juan Manuel Cardona, García, Alexander García & Tumbrinck, Josef, 2019, Systematics and biogeography of the genus Scaria Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Batrachideinae), Zootaxa 4675 (1), pp. 1-65 : 33-36

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Scaria ferruginea Hancock, 1909
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Scaria ferruginea Hancock, 1909 View in CoL

Figs. 18 View FIGURE 18 , 19 View FIGURE 19 , 35 View FIGURE 35

Scaria ferruginea Hancock, 1909: 425 View in CoL .

Scaria laeta Günther, 1940: 472 View in CoL . Synonymized by Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona (2015: 458).

Type speciments. Holotype: ♀ BRAZIL, S. America, collected by Bates; W.W. Saunders’ collection ( UMO).

Other specimens examined. BRAZIL, Rondônia, Candeias, Jamari, UHE Samuel , 17.viii.2016, 8°56’57”S– 63°10’60”W, Arm. Luz, D.M.M. Mendes, F.F. Xavier F °, A.A. Agudelo & J.A. Rafael leg. (1♀); idem, Amazonas, Careiro Castanho, BR-319, km 181, Sítio GoogleMaps São Paulo, 4°12’48”S– 60°49’04”W, 10–24.iv.2017, Malaise grande, J.A. Rafael & F.F. Xavier F° leg. (1♀) GoogleMaps ; idem, 15–28.ii.2017 (1♂) GoogleMaps ; idem, 05–17.x.2017 (1♀) GoogleMaps ; idem, Amazonas, Barcelos, Rio Padauari , Comunidade Ararinha , 00°30'18"N – 64°03'30"W, 04–08.vi.2010, Varredura, S.S. Oliveira, J.T. Câ- mara, J.A. Rafael & V. Linardi leg. (1♂ 1♀) ( INPA) GoogleMaps . Para, Para, V. VII, VII-21-1919, (5♀); Para, Peixe Boi, XI-XII- 1907 (1♀), Para , Prata VII-9-1919 (1♀); Pará, Satarém, (1♂), Amazonas , Tefé , I-28, XII-5-1920 (1♂ 1♀) ( ANSP) . BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz, Palmar, Rio San Mateo , IX-14–16-1937 (3♀) , La Paz, Mapiri (2♂ 2♀) ( ANSP) . PERU, Loreto, Iquitos , V-3, 17 -1920, (2♀) ; Loreto, Pachitea (1♂) ; Huanuco, Tingo María , II-1950 (1♂ 1♀) ( ANSP) CO- LOMBIA, Putumayo , la Hormiga ( CAUD) .

Photographic records. BOLIVIA, PN Madidi (Arthur Anker) (1♀) . COLOMBIA, Vaupes, Mitu , 1°16’1.21”N, 70°13’10.77”O (Juan Manuel Cardona) (1♀) GoogleMaps .

Redescription. Female. Pronotum, tegmina, wings and thoracic sternites brownish black, tegmina with a subapical ovoid, yellowish spot; dorsal midline brownish white as are the legs and head. Postocular strip usually lacking (in a few specimens there was a faint hint of a line); lower half of the lateral lobes of the pronotum and the greater part of the abdomen whitish ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ). Head, stout and moderately elongated, eyes globose and moderately long ( Fig. 18B View FIGURE 18 ); fastigium of vertex rounded and poorly projected, frontal costa lowly, but evenly arcuate in lateral view, reaching near the middle of the face; narrow scutellum; dorsal carina arising at about the level of fastigium, short usually sloping obliquely ventrad as part of the outline of the whole structure ( Fig. 18C View FIGURE 18 ). Pronotum, flat, extending a little longer than hind femora ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ), anterior spine of pronotum stout, curving gradually towards the front, covering the vertex in part. ( Fig. 18C View FIGURE 18 ); median carina continuous and slightly raised from anterior spine to pronotal tip, this carinae pigmented by a brown whitish line ( Fig. 18D View FIGURE 18 ); lateral lobes of the pronotum wider than long, lateral shoulder carina rounded and poorly projected; posterior margin of the lateral lobe sharped ( Fig. 18C View FIGURE 18 ). Tegmina with a prominent subapical ovoid spot, this usually light yellow or white, tegmina ovoid and short compared to other species of the genus, covering the base of the first abdominal tergite ( Fig. 18C View FIGURE 18 ). Legs short and slender, fore femora with a weak sulcation above for its entire length, mid femora with a well-developed to strongly developed internal, dorso-apical spine; hind femora with a pre-genicular spine developed. Abdomen. Subgenital plate a little longer than wide ( Fig. 18F View FIGURE 18 ), with a roundish mid-indentation with no additional protrusions; ovipositor 1.5 times as long as subgenital plate ( Fig. 18E View FIGURE 18 ), epiproct long and triangular shaped; cerci conical and tapering gradually to the tip ( Fig. 18G View FIGURE 18 ).

Male (novum). Similar to the female in color and structure of body but differs in the ambisexual characters ( Figs. 19 View FIGURE 19 A–D): subgenital plate moderately short and inflated ( Figs. 19 View FIGURE 19 E–F), epiproct subtriangular with a small distal protrusion ( Fig. 19E View FIGURE 19 ); cerci cylindrical and tapering progressively towards the tip. ( Fig. 19G View FIGURE 19 ); penultimate abdominal sternite with a weak medial protrusion ( Fig. 19F View FIGURE 19 ).

Variation. Post-ocular stripe usually lacking, though it can occur, weakly and indistinctly, in some specimens; mid-longitudinal stripe of light brown, tan or cream color; tegmina rarely with a basal, light yellowish spot.

Measurements: CFP: 13,4-13,1; VE: 1,1-0,8; HE: 1-0,9; VW: 1,4-0,8; PL: 12,6-12,4; PLB: 3-2,6; FF: 3,7-3,3; FL: 2,7-2,6; MFL: 3,9-3,6; MTL: 3,1-2,9; HL: 8-7,4; HW: 2,5-2,1; HL: 6,6-6.

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Amazon and the Andean piedmont of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia.

Comments. This species was synonymized under S. lineata by Grant, 1902; and under S. laeta by Cadena- Castañeda & Cardona, 2015; we hereby revalidate its status and a re-description is provided for its accurate determination. Because S. ferruginea has a distinct dorsal line, it was mistaken in the past with S. lineata (Westerdujin & Cadena-Castañeda, 2014; Huamán et al, 2014), from which it differs by color pattern (in this species the usual color is dark brown) the post-ocular stripe is usually lacking, and the ovipositor differs (very short in S. ferruginea and normal-sized in S. lineata ). Also, tegmina spot is lacking in S. lineata but conspicuous in S. ferruginea .

UMO

University of Maine

INPA

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia

ANSP

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tetrigidae

Genus

Scaria

Loc

Scaria ferruginea Hancock, 1909

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello, Silva, Daniela Santos Martins, Granda, Juan Manuel Cardona, García, Alexander García & Tumbrinck, Josef 2019
2019
Loc

Scaria laeta Günther, 1940: 472

Cadena-Castaneda, O. J. & Cardona, J. M. 2015: 458
Gunther, K. 1940: 472
1940
Loc

Scaria ferruginea

Hancock, J. L. 1909: 425
1909
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