Ornebius tampines Tan & Robillard, 2012

Tan, Ming Kai & Ingrisch, Sigfrid, 2013, New taxa and notes of some described species of scaly crickets (Orthoptera: Mogoplistidae: Mogoplistinae) from Singapore, Zootaxa 3637 (1), pp. 17-28 : 26

Ornebius tampines Tan & Robillard, 2012

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Ornebius tampines Tan & Robillard, 2012: 418 .

Type specimens examined. Holotype (male): Singapore, Pasir Ris Park, Sungei Tampines , along mangrove boardwalk, coll. M. K. Tan, 17 June 2011 (ZRC).

Paratypes: 3 males, same locality as holotype, coll. M. K. Tan, 17 June 2011, 15 September 2011 (all ZRC).

New material examined. Singapore, 1 female, same locality as holotype, coll. M. K. Tan, 20 October 2012 (all ZRC).

Description. Female. Habitus as shown in Fig. 6 A. Ninth abdominal tergite with apical margin straight. Supraanal plate setose, with tenth abdominal tergite and epiproct completely fused; furrowed in middle; with apex subtruncated ( Fig. 6 B). Paraprocts simple and short. Subgenital plate wider than long, with apical margin roundlyemarginated ( Fig. 6 C). Ovipositor of medium length; apical valves with margins smooth; ventral margin of dorsal valves with 2–3 bristles (n = 1) ( Fig. 6 D).

Measurements. See Table 4.

Discussion. Only males were previously known of this species (Tan & Robillard, 2012). New material allowed the description of the female. A re-examination of the type specimens revealed that in the original description the male phallic complex was imprecisely described. The medial valve, also referred to as internal sclerite of medial valve, is not bifurcate at apex. The ventral lobes are membranous. Instead, it is the internal sclerite of medial valve with base gently curved upwards. The lateral valves are weakly sclerotised, which was not previously mentioned.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Ornebius tampines Tan & Robillard female: habitus in dorsal view (A); abdominal apex in dorsal view (B); subgenital plate in ventral view (C); apical area of ovipositor in lateral view (D). Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 1 mm (B – D).