Homogryllacris artinii ( Griffini, 1913b ), 2018

Ingrisch, Sigfrid, 2018, New taxa and records of Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera, Stenopelmatoidea) from South East Asia and New Guinea with a key to the genera, Zootaxa 4510 (1), pp. 1-278 : 198-199

Homogryllacris artinii ( Griffini, 1913b) comb. nov.

Figs. 70 A–C

Material examined. India: West Bengal, Kurseong , (26°53'N, 88°17'E), 1 male (syntype) (Paris, MNHN-EO- ENSIF1146); same locality, 1–31.i.1899, leg. Decoly— 1 male (syntype) (Paris, MNHN-EO-ENSIF1145); unknown locality (without label), 1 female (syntype) (Paris, MNHN-EO-ENSIF1149) .

Diagnosis. Face medium brown; a spot at fastigium verticis, antennal scrobae, and two rings at scapus black. Pronotum with black rim; apical abdominal tergites black. Wings not fully covering abdomen. Tegmen with media anterior free, undivided; cubitus anterior at base with a single branch that forks into two veins only. Male abdominal apex with long and curved, acute projections from below ninth abdominal tergite, probably from tenth tergite. Male subgenital plate with convex, hardly narrowing lateral margins, apex distinctly bilobate with small, thin styli ( Figs. 70 A–B). Female subgenital plate with faintly diverging lateral margins, apex bilobate; intersegmental membrane preceding subgenital plate prolonged ( Fig. 70C ). Ovipositor long, faintly curved.

Measurements after Griffini (1913b) (3 males, 2 females).—body w/o wings: male 17.5–23.0, female 19.3– 25.0; pronotum: male 3.8–4.1, female 4.0–4.2; tegmen: male 13.1–14.0, female 14.2–14.3; hind femur: male 11– 12, female 12.8–12.9; ovipositor: female 19.4–20.6 mm.

Links to photographs at MNHN Paris:

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif1146

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif1145

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif1149

Figures

FIGURE 70. A–C, Homogryllacris artinii (Griffini, 1913) male (A–B) and female (C); D–G, Homogryllacris buyssoniana (Griffini, 1912) male; H–J, Homogryllacris kurseonga (Griffini, 1913) male (H–I) and female (J); K–M, Homogryllacris? maindroni (Griffini, 1913) male; N–P, Niphetogryllacris succinea (Bolivar, 1900) male.—Male abdominal apex in apical (A, F, I, M), ventral (B, E, L, O), dorsal (D, N), and lateral view (G–H, K); female subgenital plate (C, J); male subgenital plate (P). Abbreviations: 9th ninth abdominal tergite; ce cercus; pr projection of tenth tergite; sg subgenital plate; st stylus.