Pseudonicsara (Cercana) leopoldi C. Willemse, 1933

Ingrisch, Sigfrid, 2009, Revision of the genus Pseudonicsara Karny, 1912 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae: Agraeciini) 2185, Zootaxa 2185, pp. 1-122 : 56

Pseudonicsara (Cercana) leopoldi C. Willemse, 1933

Figs. 297, map 4.

Pseudonicsara leopoldi C. Willemse 1933 , Mem. Mus. R. Hist. nat. Belg., hors ser. 4 (8): 14 fig. 5; Otte 1997, Orthoptera Species File 7:33; OSF online 2009.

Holotype (male): Indonesia, Papua: New Guinea, Sakoemi [there are two Sakoemi in Papua: near Manokwari 1° 17' S, 134° 9' E, OR: 2° 7' S, 133° 13' E], 12.III.1929, depository: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium ( ISNB) [not seen].

Diagnosis. P. leopoldi is characterised by the deeply excised male tenth abdominal tergite with obtuse apical lobes, the simple cerci with one acute internal process at apex, and the subgenital plate with short and narrow apical excision and long styli ( Fig. 297).

Description from Willemse (1933). "Size small, form slender. Head comparatively narrow, face and genae impresso-punctate, occiput weakly rugulose. Vertex slenderly, lamellate produced, straight, with apex in lateral aspect, rounded. Pronotum impresso-punctate with smooth spots, posterior margin slightly concave; median and transverse sulci distinct. Tegmina and wings reaching a little beyond the apex of hind femora. Legs heavy, fore femora with 6 spines on the inner and 5 on the outer margin, median and hind femora respectively with 2 and 6, 7 and 11 spines."

Male. "Anal segment transverse, posteriorly produced into two broadly rounded lobes; strongly excised in the middle ( Fig. 297). Cercus short and swollen at base, abruptly acutangularly incurved beyond middle and there suddenly narrowing into a sharply pointed spine; crossing each other at their apices ( Fig. 297). Subgenital plate broad, convex, posteriorly gradually narrowing, triangularly incised at apex, with slightly curved, cylindrical styles ( Fig. 297)."

Female unknown.

Coloration. "Yellowish brown. Antennae with the basal joints yellowish brown, remaining part blackish brown, with top of each joint yellowish. Head yellowish brown, face reddish brown, clypeus and mandibles chestnut brown, apex and margins of the mandibles black. Pronotum yellowish, fore and hind margins very finely bordered with black. Tegmina brown, with veins and veinlets yellow. Legs yellowish brown, all spines with black tips, knees darker or blackish brown, especially the knees of hind femora."

Measurements of male: body 25; pronotum 7; tegmen 20, hind femur 14 mm.