Danatettix hoffeinsorum, Thomas & Skejo & Heads, 2019

Thomas, M. Jared, Skejo, Josip & Heads, Sam W., 2019, The last batrachideine of Europe: A new genus and species of pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Eocene Baltic amber, Zootaxa 4686 (3), pp. 435-445 : 437

Danatettix hoffeinsorum sp. nov.

[urn:lsid: orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:507396]

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Type material (3 specimens). (1/3) Holotype: CCHH 1084-4 of approximately 22 x 15 x 5mm, adult female Tetrigidae . Emulsion covering much of the dorsal surface of the specimen. One syninclusion present within the piece: one mite (Arachnida) of indeterminate identification. Paratypes: (2/3) CCHH 1084-3, well-preserved nymphal male in a piece of amber approximately 20 × 20 × 11 mm. Three syninclusions are also present within the piece: two springtails (Collembola: Entomobryomorpha); and a wasp ( Hymenoptera : Bethylidae ); (3/3) CCHH 1084-5, wellpreserved nymphal male in a piece of amber approximately 50 × 27 × 10 mm. One syninclusion is also present within the piece: a fragmentary fly ( Diptera : Dolichopodidae ).

Age. Baltic amber is generally considered to be about 46 million years old.

Diagnosis. As for genus (see above), by monotypy.

Figures

FIGURES 1–2. FIG 1. Dorsal oblique view of holotype 1084-4 Danatettix hoffeinsorum (scale bar = 1 mm). FIG 2. Line drawing of holotype 1084-4 Danatettix hoffeinsorum (scale bar = 1 mm)

FIGURES 3–4. FIG 3. Ventral view of holotype 1084-4 Danatettix hoffeinsorum (scale bar = 1 mm). FIG 4. Close-up ventral view of ovipositor valvulae and subgenital plate of holotype 1084-4 Danatettix hoffeinsorum (scale bar = 0.2 mm)

FIGURES 5–6. Fig 5. Left lateral view of paratype 1084-3 Danatettix hoffeinsorum early instar nymph (scale bar = 1 mm). Fig 6. Left lateral drawing of paratype 1084-3 Danatettix hoffeinsorum early instar nymph (scale bar = 1 mm)

FIGURES 7–8. Fig 7. Anterior view of paratype 1084-3 Danatettix hoffeinsorum early instar nymph (scale bar = 0.5 mm). Fig 8. Drawing of anterior view of paratype 1084-3 Danatettix hoffeinsorum early instar nymph (scale bar = 0.5 mm)

FIGURES 9–10. Fig 9. Left lateral image of paratype 1084-5 Danatettix hoffeinsorum early instar nymph (scale bar = 1 mm). Fig 10. Left lateral drawing of paratype 1084-5 Danatettix hoffeinsorum early instar nymph (scale bar = 1 mm)