Maculiparia rotundata carrikeri ( Hebard, 1923 )

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Gutiérrez, Yeisson & Bacca, Tito, 2016, New and little known Orthoptera (Ensifera and Caelifera) from the Ñambí River Natural Reserve, Nariño, Colombia, Zootaxa 4162 (2), pp. 201-224 : 205-206

Maculiparia rotundata carrikeri ( Hebard, 1923)

Comments. Distributed from southern Colombian to northern Ecuador . In Colombia has been previously recorded in Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño.

Three chromatic variations in females of this species are herein recorded:

1 Dark brown with scattered blackish brown marks. Rostrum, vertex and pronotal disk light creamy brown (this chromotype has been commonly described for type specimens) ( Figs. 6 A,B).

2 Dark chocolate brown with several green marks scattered throughout the body. Hind-tibiae and ventral margin of femora black. Rostrum and pronotal disk without any characteristic coloration than that of the rest of the body. Vertex with a faint light brown stripe ( Fig. 6 C)

3 Light yellowish brown. Antennae with the first five segments yellowish brown, and the rest dark brown. Ventral margin of the hind-femora dark brown. Rostrum and pronotal disk without distinctive marks. Vertex dorsal stripe absent. ( Fig. 6 D)

The chromatic variations here recorded were found in the same locality and population, it is unknown the reason for this to happen and is an interesting topic for research. The males of this species studied so far did not present any chromatic variations as that of females, all of them match the description of the first chromatic variation of females, differing only in the red coloration of mesal-distal part of the femora.

Specimens examined. 1 male and 3 females (PSO-CZ).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Romaleidae: Romaleinae, Maculiparia rotundata carrikeri (Hebard). Chromatic variations one (6 A—male), two (6 B—female), three (6 C—female) and four (6 D—female). Scale bar 1 cm in all cases.