Tergoceracris luquillensis, Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. & Otte, Daniel, 2003

Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. & Otte, Daniel, 2003, Tergoceracris, a new genus and six new species of montane grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Ommatolampinae) from Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, Zootaxa 155, pp. 1-31 : 8-9

Tergoceracris luquillensis n. sp.

Figs. 2, 3 , 5 F, 6C, 7, 9, 20, 21

Diagnosis.— Differentiated from the other species as follows: furculae relatively short, not much flared at apex ( Fig. 5 F); epiproct lateral ridges unilobed; off center mounds low, poorly developed ( Fig. 6 C); tegmina green; lophi of epiphallus very elongate ( Fig. 20 D).

Description.— Male. Body completely green except for abdominal segments which are greenish brown. Head: Antennae with first 5 segments reddish, the rest brown. Pronotum: dorsally marked by dark annular area surrounded by concentric cream yellow bands. Pronotal side mostly green but with darker black band that does not reach either pronotal margin. Cream yellow band on pronotal side extending over to head. Wings: Tegmina slightly longer than pronotum length and completely green, with surface markedly reticular. Posterior area of wings more acute than in the other species. Abdomen: abdominal segments brown. Vertically elongated furculae smaller than in all other species, narrowing only slightly in the middle, flattening, separating but not widening on upper portion. Internal genitalia as in Figs. 20 , 21 .

Etymology.—Name in aposition, in reference to its type locality.

Type material.— Holotype: Male. PUERTO RICO, Luquillo Mts., 3,000 ft., Pico del Oeste, Harvard University Study Site, 26.vi.1969, T. J. Cohn ( ANSP). Allotype: Female. Same data as holotype ( ANSP). Paratypes: One adult and four juvenile males, 2 adult females, same data as holotype ( ANSP). Two males and 6 females, Sierra de Luquillo, Pico del Oeste, (in Luquillo Experimental Forest), 1150 m, 17­18.vii.1967, R. A. Howard, ( UMMZ). One female, onlybearing El Yunque, Puerto Rico as collecting data ( NMNH). One female, El Yunque, Caribbean National Forest, 1.4 km on trail to El Toro, on Ocotea leucoxylon (Lauraceae) , 26.x.2001, D. E.Perez­Gelabert and M. A. García, ( DEPG).

Habitat.— Wet forest in Sierra de Luquillo, eastern Puerto Rico. Some of the specimens collected by R. A. Howard have notes indicating they were taken on Tabebuia radiata (Bignoniaceae) , and were observed tofeed on this plant. The female collected by the senior author in 2001 was found at the edge of the trail at an altitude of 700 ­ 800 m on Ocotea leucoxylon (Lauraceae) .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Habitus photographs of males of Tergoceracris species. A, T. ocampensis; B, T. ebanoverde; C, T. guajataca; D, T. cerropunta; E, T. cayey; F, T. luquillensis.

FIGURE 5. Posterior views of the exaggerated male furculae. A. T. ocampensis, B. T. ebanoverde; C, T. guajataca; D, T. cerropunta; E, T. cayey; F, T. luquillensis.

FIGURE 6. Male epiproct of Tergoceracris species. A, T. guajataca; B, T. cayey; C, T. luquillensis; D, T. ocampensis; E, T. ebanoverde; F, T. cerropunta.

FIGURE 20. Genitalia complex of T. luquillensis. A, B, entire complex (with epiphallus removed) showing lateral and dorsal views. C, D, epiphallus showing dorsal and posterior views.

FIGURE 21. Genitalia complex of T. luquillensis. A, B, C, genitalia with epiphallus and basal phallic fold removed (lateral, dorsal, and ventral views). D, E, F, genitalia with cingulum removed.