Caulopsis microprora Hebard, 1926

Piotr Naskrecki, 2000, Katydids of Costa Rica / Vol. 1, Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae sensu lato)., Philadelphia, PA: The Orthopterists Society at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, : 78

Caulopsis microprora Hebard, 1926

Figs. 18 A, 18C-F, 48H-I, Map 11

1926 Hebard, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 52: 333; type

locality: Colombia: Magdalena, Aracataca; type depository: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia - holotype male

1999 Naskrecki and Otte, Illustr. Cat. Orthop. I (CD

ROM) >> holotype illustrated

on the remainder of file ( Figs. 48 H-I). Mirror of stridulatory apparatus nearly circular. Fastigium of vertex usually about 2 to 2.5 times as long as eye diameter, with sides evenly converging when seen from above, and pointed apically ( Fig. 18 D).

Ovipositor distinctly longer than hind femur (ratio ovipositor/hind femur 1.12-1.27), distinctly downcurved ( Fig. 18 A).

Measurements.— Table 13 .

Distribution.— This species is distributed from Nicaragua and Costa Rica throughout Panama to Colombia ( Map 11 ).

Material examined.— COSTA RICA: Diria, 14 March 1916 (coll. A. Alfaro) - 1 female ( ANSP); Cartago Prov., I.I.A.C., Turrialba, 27 July 1965 (coll. R.D. Sage and S.J. Arnold) - 1 female ( EMEC); Turrialba, 4 - 13 August 1970 (coll. J. and M. Sedlacek) - 1 male, 1 female ( BPBM); Turrialba, Agr. Sta., 10 February 1966 (coll. H.R. Roberts) - 1 female ( ANSP); Heredia Prov., Finca Naranjo Valenciana, 2 km S Pueblo Nuevo, Sarapiquí, elev. 90 m, 9 - 30 September 1992 (coll. M. Ortiz) - 2 females ( ALAS , INBio); Puerto Viejo, 6 April 1969 (coll. D.C.F. Rentz) - 1 male ( ANIC); Puerto Viejo, La Selva Biological Station, elev. 50 - 150 m, 10° 26' N, 84° 1' W, 1 - 4 April 1994 (coll. P. Naskrecki) - 2 males, 3 females, 2 nymphs ( PN collection); same locality, 14 October 1995 (coll. P. Naskrecki) - 3 males, 3 females, 6 nymphs ( ALAS ); same locality, 30 November 1995 (coll. P. Naskrecki) - 1 male, 1 female ( PN collection); Puntarenas Prov., Estac. Esquinas, Península de Osa, elev. 200 m, 29 December 1992 (coll. A. Gutiérrez) - 1 male ( INBio); Est Esquinas, Península de Osa, elev. 0 m, 15 January 1993 (coll. F. Quesada) - 1 male ( INBio); Las Cruces, 1 July - 31 August 1991 (coll. J. Doubles) - 1 male ( UMMZ); Rancho Quemado, Península de Osa, elev. 200 m, 12 - 24 May 1993 (coll. A. Gutiérrez) - 1 male ( INBio); PANAMA: Canal Zone, Barro Colorado, 19 July 1924 (coll. N. Banks) - 1 male ( MCZC); Pipeline rd., NW of Gamboa, 21 January 1975 (coll. D.C. Rentz) - 1 male ( ANIC); COLOMBIA: Magdalena, Aracataca, 8 August 1920 - 3 males (holotype and paratypes), 1 female (allotype) ( ANSP); Medellín, Verra Cruz, (coll. M. Hyde) - 1 female ( ANSP).

Diagnostic description.— General characteristics as described above. Stridulatory file of male 1.4 mm long, with 110 teeth, maximum width of file 80 μm; proximal end of file nearly straight, with teeth considerably smaller than

Figures

FIG. 18. Costa Rican species of Caulopsis. A, C-F. C. microprora: A. female - habitus, C. female face, D. female head and pronotum, dorsal view, E. male cerci, dorsal view, F. male cerci, posterior view; B. C. cuspidata - ovipositor.

FIG. 48. Stridulatory files of Costa Rican species of Conocephalinae s. l. A. Sphyrometopa femorata, C. Sphyrometopa atlantica, C. ditto, enlarged fragment, D. Eppia truncatipennis, enlarged fragment, E. ditto, entire file, F. Caulopsis cuspidata, entire file, G. ditto, enlarged fragment, H. Caulopsis microprora, enlarged fragment, I. ditto, entire file.

MAPS 7 - 12. Distribution of species of Conocephalinae s. l. in Costa Rica. 7. Neoconocephalus affinis, N. triops, 8. Neoconocephalus punctipes, N. cf. spiza, 9. Bucrates capitatus, B. clausus, Metacaputus brenesi, 10. Pyrgocorypha rogersi, P. hamata, 11. Caulopsis cuspidata, C. microprora, 12. Moncheca elegans, M. pretiosa, Vestria punctata.