Pseudonicsara (P.) wum, Ingrisch, 2009

Ingrisch, Sigfrid, 2009, Revision of the genus Pseudonicsara Karny, 1912 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae: Agraeciini) 2185, Zootaxa 2185, pp. 1-122 : 48-49

Pseudonicsara (P.) wum sp. n.

Figs. 449, 496, map 1.

Holotype (female): Papua New Guinea: New Guinea (NE), Upper Jimmi Valley, Wum [5° 34' S, 144° 35' E], 840 m, 17.VII.1955, J.L. Gressitt, depository: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA ( BPBM).

Paratype: 1 female, same locality as holotype, 16.VII.1955 ( BPBM) .

Diagnosis. P. wum is similar to P. abbreviata and P. lehm . It differs by the female subgenital plate, which is at very base sloping but not grooved; the resulting lobes are triangular with the apex upcurved ( Figs. 449, 496). Differences to other species are outlined in the key.

Description. Fastigium verticis in front of eyes 1.3 mm, from base 1.6 mm; dorsal eye length 1.8 mm; greatest diameter of eye 1.9 mm; index fastigium verticis from base: eye length 0.9. Face rugose but shining. Tegmen surpassing apices of hind femora; gradually narrowed behind basal widening. Femora with the following number of spines on ventral margins: fore femur 8 external, 6–7 internal; mid femur 6–7 external, 3 internal near base; hind femur 10–11 external, 4–7 minute internal near base.

Male unknown.

Female. Tenth abdominal tergite furrowed in midline. Subgenital plate consisting of two triangular lobes, roundly excised in between to almost base.

Coloration. Yellowish brown. Face with black band between eyes including all of scapus or only its ventral side; with another black band along clypeo-frontal suture extended on genae. Tegmen with dark cells and light veinlets.

Measurements (2 females): body 28–35; pronotum 8.3; tegmen 31–33; hind femur 20.5; ovipositor 19– 20 mm.

Etymology. Named after the type locality; noun in apposition.