Pluviasilva levis Naskrecki

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, : 110-111

Pluviasilva levis Naskrecki , sp. n.

Figs. 29 A, 29C, 29F-J, 51E, Map 9

Type locality: Costa Rica, Puntarenas Prov., Península de Osa, Rancho Quemado , elev. 200 m; type depository: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia – holotype male

Diagnostic description.— General characteristics as described above. Stridulatory file of male 1.75-1.9 mm long, with 147-149 lamelliform teeth, maximum width of file 0.12-0.13 mm ( Fig. 51 E). Male cercus as in Fig. 4 . Ovipositor ( Fig. 29 C) shorter than hind femur (ratio ovipositor/hind femur 0.95-0.96), not reaching apex of tegmina.

Measurements.— Table 21 .

(all measurements are lengths in mm: range, mean±SD)

Material examined.— COSTA RICA: Heredia Prov., Puerto Viejo, La Selva Biological Station, elev. 50 - 150 m (10° 26' N, 84° 1' W) 20 October 1995 (coll. P. Naskrecki) - 1 nymph ( INBio); Puntarenas Prov., Finca Las Cruces (5 km S of San Vito de Java), elev. 1158.24 m, 10 August 1967 (coll. C.F. Walker) - 1 female (paratype) ( UMMZ); Las Cruces, 1 July - 31 August 1991 (coll. J. Doubles) - 1 male (paratype), 1 female (allotype) ( ANSP); Península de Osa, Rancho Quemado , elev. 200 m, 15 July 1992 (coll. M. Segura) - 1 male (holotype) ( ANSP).

Figures

FIG. 4. Lipotactomimus rowelli. A. female - habitus, B. female face, C. female subgenital plate, D. female head and pronotum, dorsal view

FIG. 29. Species of Pluviasilva. A, C, F-J. P. levis: A. male - habitus, C. ovipositor, F. male cerci, lateral view, G. male cerci, dorsal view, H. titillators, I. male head and pronotum, dorsal view, J. male face; B, D-E. P. mexicana: B. male - habitus, D. male cerci, lateral view, E. male cerci, dorsal view.

FIG. 51. Stridulatory files of Costa Rican species of Conocephalinae s. l. A. Subria sylvestris, C. Podacanthophorus maylinae, C. Podacanthophorus alas, D. Podacanthophorus vargasi, E. Pluviasilva levis, F. Pluviasilva mexicana.

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.

Tables

TABLE 21. Body measurements of known species of Pluviasilva

Species	Body with wings	Tegmen	Pronotum	Hind femur	Ovipositor
levis male female	39.5-44.3, 41.9±3.4 47-48.6, 47.8±1.1	31.9-35.1, 33.5±2.3 37.6-40.4, 39±2	5.4-5.9, 5.7±0.4 6-6.5, 6.3±0.4	16.5-19.9, 18.2±2.4 18.8	na 17.9-18, 18±0.1
mexicana male female	38.9 44.7-49.8, 47.4±1.7	31.8 37.2-41.4, 40±1.5	6.4 5.6-6.5, 6±0.3	16.2 17.8-21, 18.9±1.3	na 23.6-26.2, 25.1±1