Aphonomorphus (Aphonomorphus) desutterae Cadena-Casteñada, Noriega, 2015

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J. & Noriega, Jorge Ari, 2015, New Podoscirtine crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Podoscirtinae) from National Natural Park Amacayacu, Amazonas, Colombia, Zootaxa 3941 (1), pp. 104-116 : 105-107

Aphonomorphus (Aphonomorphus) desutterae Cadena-Casteñada, Noriega , n. sp.

( Figs. 1–5 )

Diagnosis. Coloration light brown with dark brown spots all over the body, mainly in the rostrum, pronotum, and legs. Bilobed subgenital plate. Distal portion of epiphallus (ad), in the form of an extended and curved gradually backwards spine, until reaching the antero-apical portion of ae, da with the blunt apex and slightly pronounced backwards.

Holotype. ♂. Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, ~ 70 m. S. Otavo & J. Noriega leg. (MUD).

Description. Male (holotype). Coloration light brown with some dark brown spots on head, pronotum, and legs. Base of scapus and pedicellus brown yellowish, distal portion dark brown, flagellomeres with segments intercalated of dark and light brown, with a few brown yellowish flagellomeres. Rostrum and epicranium brown with disperse dark brown spots (fig.1). Tegmina yellowish brown with a long row of small brown spots along lateral edge of dorsal surface, very small darkish stripes along cross-veins in lateral surface and along some veinlets in dorsal surface, lateral region of tegmina flexible, with black spots all over vein R and R+MA1. Rounded head with a medium size in comparison to the rest of the body. Central ocellus rounded and prominent, lateral ocelli with a ovoid form and larger than the central ocellus, interocelli space reduced, medium ocellus is closely together of each lateral ocellus. Third segment of the maxillary palp with a boot form extended and expanded in the distal portion. Pronotal disc with a short and rounded hind median projection, metanotal gland as in Fig. 2 . Epiproctus simple, narrowing to a narrow and rounded apex, subgenital plate extended three times the length of the tenth tergite. Apex of the subgenital plate bilobed with a V-shaped margin. Phallic complex: epiphallus with rather narrow and moderately dorsal-apical spines (da), spines (ad) well developed and curved backwards in the form of a curved sword, extended and connecting ventrally with membranes and low parts of the epiphallus. First ectoparameres thicknesses and sclerotized, with a smoothly curved apex going downward and partially covering the base with the back-apical spine (da), second ectoparameres arriving at the base of the first pair of ectoparameres, these connect with the apodeme of endoparamere, which is tubular and curved and it is projected backwards, rami without expansions in the later portion (figs. 3–5).

Female. Unknown.

Measurements (mm). Total length: 21; Pronotum: 2; Tegmina: 15; Hind femur: 10; Hind tibia: 11.

Etymology. Dedicated to Dr. Laure Desutter-Grandcolas, eminent and great orthopterist, whose valuable contributions to the fauna of neotropical Grylloidea has facilitated our work describing the diversity of crickets and their evolutionary and ecological dynamics.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Aphonomorphus (Aphonomorphus) desutterae n. sp. 1. Frons. 2. Metanotal gland. 3 – 5. Phallic complex: 3. Lateral view. 4. Ventr al v iew. 5. Detail of apex in ventral view.