Orotettix carrascoi, RONDEROS & CARBONELL, 1994

Pocco, Martina E., Minutolo, Carolina, Dinghi, Pablo A., Lange, Carlos E., Confalonieri, Viviana A. & Cigliano, María Marta, 2015, Species delimitation in the Andean grasshopper genus Orotettix Ronderos & Carbonell (Orthoptera: Melanoplinae): an integrative approach combining morphological, molecular and biogeographical data, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174 (4), pp. 733-759 : 750-751

OROTETTIX CARRASCOI RONDEROS & CARBONELL, 1994

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( FIGS 1 , 6B , 7C, D , 9D–F )

Orotettix carrascoi Ronderos & Carbonell, 1994: 94 (Holotype, male, Peru, Cusco, Ollantaytambo, FCMU, Montevideo); Donato, 2000: 67; Eades et al., 2015.

Diagnosis Closely related to O. andeanus , from which it can be distinguished based on male cerci slender, widely curved inwards, with acute apex ( Fig. 7D ); apical valves of aedeagus longer ( Fig. 9E ); lophi of epiphallus slender ( Fig. 9F ). Tegmina foliaceous or lobiform; hind tibiae bright red ( Fig. 6B ).

Measurements (in mm) Body length: males 15.78 (15– 16.5), females 20.5 (18.5–23); femur III: males 9 (8.5– 9.5), females 10.7 (10–11); tegmina length: males 3.16 (2.5–3.5), females 4.16 (3.5–5).

Distribution Peru, Cusco (Ollantaytambo), ( Fig. 1 ).

Material examined Peru: 1 male, 2 females, Cusco, Ollantaytambo , 2800 m, 18/03/1962, Mesa, A., MLPA (paratypes) ; 3 males, 3 females, Cusco, Ollantaytambo ruins, 13°15′32.1″S, 72°15′42.6″W, 2964 m, 22/04/ 2007, Cigliano & Lange, MLPA ; 5 males, 5 females, Cusco, Ollantaytambo ruins, 13°15′32.1″S, 72°15′42.6″W, 2964 m, 13/01/2013, Cigliano & Lange, MLPA .

Figures

Figure 1 Geographical distribution of Orotettix species (except for O. laevis), considering all specimens examined in this study. The map was produced with QGIS 2.4 Chugiak.

Figure 6 Orotettix males, species as indicated. A–J, habitus. Scale bars: 5 mm. Numbers indicate characters and states used in the phylogenetic analyses.

Figure 7 Orotettix males, species as indicated. A, C, E, G, I, distal abdominal segments, lateral view; B, D, F, H, J, distal abdominal segments, dorsal view. Numbers indicate characters and states used in the phylogenetic analyses.

Figure 9 Orotettix males. Phallic complex, species as indicated. A, D, G, J, M, distal portion of aedeagal valves, lateral view; B, E, H, K, N, distal portion of aedeagal valves, dorsal view; C, F, I, L, O, epiphallus, dorsal view. Numbers indicate characters and states used in the phylogenetic analyses.