Cocconotus levyi, Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Gutiérrez, Yeisson & Bacca, Tito, 2016

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 : 214

Cocconotus levyi n. sp.

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Diagnosis. Rostrum as in Fig. 20 C. Genicular lobes with unarmed internal edges, the remaining armed. Tegmina slightly exceeds the abdomen. Subgenital plate lanceolate without distal extensions, ovipositor robust and gently curved upwards.

Holotype. 1 female Colombia, Nariño, Barbacoas, Reserva Natural Río Ñambí , 1400 m. 1°17’47.8’’ N – 78°4’29.5’’ W. 1 October 2012. Mosquera G. leg. (PSO-CZ).

Description. Female. General body coloration brown, black spines in the femora, distal half of the ovopositor dark brown ( Fig. 20 D). Rostrum black with a yellowish stripe in each side, and a black stripe between each yellowish stripe and the genae. Clypeus yellowish with a black mark in both latero-superior edges and in the mesal portion of the anterior margin, labrum also yellowish. Protonotum and sternum of similar shape than in C. awa n. sp ( Figs. 19 A,B). Legs: external genicular lobes armed in all femora, internal lobes unarmed. Forefemora with four ventral-internal spines, foretibiae with five spines both in the inner and outer edge of the ventral margin. Mesofemora with four ventral spines, mesotibiae with six spines in the ventral-external and five in the ventralinternal margin. Hind-femora with seven ventral spines, hind-tibiae with 12 spines in the dorso-external and 14 in the dorso-internal margin. Tegmina sublaceolate, slightly exceeds the abdomen. Tenth tergite straight, epiproctus wider than long with rounded posterior edge. Cylindrical cerci, tapering in the distal portion. Ovipositor as long as half the length of the posterior femur, gently curving upwards; upper margin of the dorsal valve serrated in the meso-distal portion; apex acute ( Fig. 20 A). Subgenital plate longer than wide, lanceolate and with rounded apex ( Fig. 20 B).

Male. Unknown.

Etymology. This new species is named after Jaime Levy, one of the pioneers in the conservation of the areas that comprise the Ñambí River Natural reserve.

Measurements (mm). LT: 42, LB: 35, Pr: 6, Teg: 30, HF: 28, HT: 29, PS: 3.5, Ov: 16.

Comments. This new species is closely related to Cocconotus atratus Beier, 1960 , C. laevifrons (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) and C. paessleri Beier, 1960 , because of the coloration of the rostrum. Nevertheless, it distinguishes from the aforementioned species for the clypeus, not pigmented in black, and the ovipositor, more robust and short in C. levyi n. sp. C. atratus has the upper margin of the clypeus black pigmented and the subgenital plate of the females is triangular with a small rounded prolongation at the apex; in contrast with the new species which possess two lateral and a central mark on the upper margin of the clypeus, and the subgenital plate is lanceolate without distal prolongations. C. levyi n. sp., also differs from C. laevifrons by a black stripe on the fronto-genal suture from the antennae fossae to the inferior edge of the rostrum, in contrast, C. laevifrons only has a mark at each side on the fronto-genal suture from the inferior margin of the eye up to halfway the fronto-genal suture. The new species differs from C. paesseleri because the tegmina slightly surpass the abdomen tip, and in C. paesseleri the tegmina broadly surpass the abdomen tip.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae, Cocconotus awa n. sp. Pronotum in dorsal (A) and lateral (B) view, rostrum (C). Female terminalia in lateral (D) and ventral (E) view. Male terminalia in ventral (F) and dorsal (G) view. Male lateral habitus (H). Scale bar 1 cm.

FIGURE 20. Cocconotus levyi n. sp. Female. Terminalia in lateral (A) and ventral (B) view. Rostrum (C) and lateral habitus (D). Scale bar 1 cm.