Speluncasina annandalei ( Chopard, 1928 ) Chopard, 1928

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure & Jaiswara, Ranjana, 2012, Phalangopsidae crickets from the Indian Region (Orthoptera, Grylloidea), with the descriptions of new taxa, diagnoses for genera, and a key to Indian genera, Zootaxa 3444, pp. 1-39 : 24-25

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.209049

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6167240

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scientific name

Speluncasina annandalei ( Chopard, 1928 )
status

comb. nov.

Speluncasina annandalei ( Chopard, 1928) , n. comb.

( Figs 9 View FIGURE 9 I–O, 10A–C, Table 6)

Speluncacris View in CoL (?) annandalei Chopard, 1928: 26 ; Chopard 1968: 299. Opilionacris (?) annandalei, Chopard, 1969: 263 .

Phaeophilacris annandalei, Otte, 1994: 53 .

Phalangopsina (?) annandalei , Gorochov, 2003a: 717.

Remark. In his revision of the African genus Phaeophilacris Walker, 1870 , Kaltenbach (1983) synonymized Speluncacris Sjöstedt, 1910 with Phaeophilacris , and transferred the African species of Speluncacris to this genus; he considered however the placement of Speluncacris annandalei doubful (« mit zweifelhafter Zugehörigkeit »), and did not formally transfer it to Phaeophilacris .

Type material: 1 female type, India, Sureil, alt. 5 0 0 0 ft., Darjeeling district, E. Himalayas, 11–31.X.17 (N. Annandale and F.H. Gravely), IM.

Material examined: 1 female labelled cotype, Sureil, Darjeeling, identified by L. Chopard (MNHN- ENSIF 2964).

Diagnosis. In addition to the characters of the genus:

Legs. TIII slightly longer than FIII. TIII serrulated on both inner and outer margins, except between apical and subapical spurs, with rather small spines; inner serrulation: no spine between spurs 1 and 2, one spine between spurs 2 and 3, five spines between spurs 3 and 4, five spines above spurs; outer serrulation: no spine between spurs 1 and 2, seven spines between spurs 2 and 3, six spines between spurs 3 and 4, three spines above spurs. Basitarsomeres III with two inner and four outer spines, in addition to distal spines.

Colouration. Head dorsum light brown, with three main longitudinal light yellow lines (one from median ocellus, and one along the inner margin of each eye), and two shorter, undistinct ones, between the lateral and the median lines ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 A). Face yellowish brown; a yellow median line from the median ocellus to the epistemal suture, widening on clypeus and labrum ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 B). Cheeks brown, with a yellow line under each eye. Palpi brown, the upper and lower margins of joints 3 and 4 yellowish. Scapes marked with yellow and brown, with a distinct brown ring apically. Pronotum dorsal disc brown, marked with yellow, the anterior and posterior margins yellow ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 A); lateral lobes brown, with a yellow spot in anterior angle. Legs I and II yellow with brown rings: FI and FII with two rings in apical half, and an additional, faint one more basally; TI and TII with four brown rings; FIII with two brown rings in apical, filiform part, many brown stripes in outer side, and an additional brown fleck on inner side ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 C); TIII yellow ventrally and with six more or less distinct brown flecks dorsally. Tarsi light brown. Tergites light brown, darker along distal margin; a thin, median longitudinal yellow line.

Male. Unknown.

Female. Apterous. Subgenital plate deeply emarginate ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 M). Ovipositor as on Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 N; shorter than FIII.

Female genitalia. As on Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 O.

Measurements. See Table 6.

Pron-L W-Pron Wmax-pron FIII-L TIII-L Ovip-L Cotype 2.7 3.2 3.4 10.2 10.8 9.5

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

SuperFamily

Grylloidea

Family

Haglotettigoniidae

Genus

Speluncasina

Loc

Speluncasina annandalei ( Chopard, 1928 )

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure & Jaiswara, Ranjana 2012
2012
Loc

Phalangopsina

Gorochov 2003: 717
2003
Loc

Phaeophilacris annandalei

Otte 1994: 53
1994
Loc

Speluncacris

Chopard 1969: 263
Chopard 1968: 299
Chopard 1928: 26
1928
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