Platybinthus punctatus ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 ) Robillard & Tan, 2022

Robillard, Tony & Tan, Ming Kai, 2023, Platybinthus, a new genus of Lebinthina crickets (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Eneopterinae) from Maluka, Indonesia, European Journal of Taxonomy 856 (1), pp. 46-66 : 56-58

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.856.2027

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1EDDA26E-63DF-4656-9805-87F8B7A74840

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7544974

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/52335825-DE35-FFA5-3A74-FE09097EFA99

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scientific name

Platybinthus punctatus ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 )
status

gen. et comb. nov.

Platybinthus punctatus ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898) View in CoL gen. et comb. nov.

Figs 1 View Fig , 3 View Fig , 5A, D View Fig , 6A View Fig , 8G View Fig

Piestodactylus punctatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898: 278 View in CoL .

Eurepa punctata – Kirby 1906: 89. — Chopard 1968: 355.

Lebinthus punctatus View in CoL – Robillard 2011: 58 View Cited Treatment .

Diagnosis

Platybinthus punctatus gen. et comb. nov. differs from Platybinthus striolatus gen. et comb. nov. by larger size, and female copulatory papilla with apex narrowed and bilobed (instead of narrowed and obtusely rounded). Only faint differences of female FW venation and colouration with Platybinthus sandyi gen. et sp. nov.

Material examined

Syntype INDONESIA – Maluka • 1 ♀; Halmaheira [= Halmahera Island ]; 1894; W. Kükenthal leg.; molecular sample L176; GenBank accession: OP684789 and OP686541 ; MNHN-EO-ENSIF1448 .

Additional specimens INDONESIA – Maluka • 1 ♀; Halmahera [Island], Gamkonora ; 4 May 1931; G. Heinrich leg.; MNHN- EO-ENSIF1430 .

Remark

The only type specimen examined from the original type series is a female from MNHN, but male syntypes exist according to the male measurements and the drawing of male FW venation presented in Brunner von Wattenwyl (1898). Due to the lack of male characters, the comparison with other species of the genus remains limited. Molecular data obtained for the three species of the genus support the fact that they should be considered as different taxa, despite the lack of detailed information on P. punctatus gen. et comb. nov. Further information will have to be provided by future studies.

Redescription

Female

FWs reaching middle of fourth tergite, faintly overlapping. Cells of dorsal field dark brown, not translucent, with orange strong longitudinal veins and white weak transverse ones; with 9 veins on dorsal field, 4 on lateral field. Dorsal field apex truncated, lateral field posterior margin oblique.

GENITALIA. Ovipositor as long as FIII, apex not denticulate dorsally. Copulatory papilla rounded; basal sclerite forming a semi-circular ring with a small basal plate; bent at apical third in lateral view; apex narrowed and bilobed ( Fig. 8G View Fig ).

Measurements

See Table 1 View Table 1 .

Ecology

Unknown.

Distribution

INDONESIA: Maluka: Halmahera Island.

Type locality

INDONESIA: Maluka: Halmahera Island.

Calling song

Unknown.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Gryllidae

Genus

Platybinthus

Loc

Platybinthus punctatus ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 )

Robillard, Tony & Tan, Ming Kai 2023
2023
Loc

Lebinthus punctatus

Robillard T. 2011: 58
2011
Loc

Eurepa punctata

Chopard L. 1968: 355
Kirby W. F. 1906: 89
1906
Loc

Piestodactylus punctatus

Brunner von Wattenwyl H. H. 1898: 278
1898
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