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Ecologica Montenegrina 20: 222-256 (2019) This journal is available online at: www.biotaxa.org/em https://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5BDFDF5E-EBC5-4547-8488-C7563F1C21DF Three new genera and four new species of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Cuba and Hispaniola, Greater Antilles SHEYLA YONG Grupo de Sistemática y Ecología de Artrópodos Caribeños Calle 200 # 3759, e/ 37 y 45, Reparto Versalles; La Lisa 13500; La Habana. Cuba E-mail: [email protected] Received 21 February 2019 │ Accepted by V. Pešić: 25 March 2019 │ Published online 31 March 2019. Abstract Three new genera and four new species of katydids belonging to the subfamilies Conocephalinae (Copiphorini) and Pseudophyllinae (Cocconotini) are described from Cuba and Hispaniola. Fully illustrated descriptions and detailed comparisons are provided, as well as precise distribution maps and color photographs of habitus, main diagnostic structures and habitat. Key words: Conocephalinae, Copiphorini, Pseudophyllinae, Cocconotini, taxonomy, new taxa, new records, Neotropics. Introduction The katydid fauna of the Greater Antilles is currently composed by 68 nominal species, 67 of them living taxa plus a single amber fossil (Perez-Gelabert, 2008; Yong & Perez-Gelabert, 2014; Cigliano et al., 2018). Recent field studies conducted by the author and her collaborators in Cuba and Hispaniola have yielded many new species of Orthoptera. As another part of the ongoing revision of Caribbean orthopteroids by the author, here are described some of them, i.e., three new genera and four new species. The presented descriptions are thorough and fully complemented by complete collecting data and high-resolution photographs, plus detailed taxonomic comparisons for every taxon. Materials and methods The katydids were detected mainly on the vegetation by direct nocturnal visual search, with the aid of standard white LED headlamps. Once spotted, high resolution, full-color digital photographs were taken (habitat included) with a Nikon Coolpix S8100 digital camera. Then, all specimens were sacrificed by either exposition to 70% ethanol vapors or immersion in the same liquid; final preservation was made either in 80% Ecologica Montenegrina, 20, 2019, 222-256 YONG ethanol or dry-pinned. Collecting and identification labels were laser-printed in Spanish, but transcribed into English here. The specimens were studied and measured under an AmScope SM-1T-PL LED trinocular stereomicroscope, equipped with a 20x calibrated line scale ocular micrometer. All microscopic photographs were taken with a Nikon Coolpix S8100 digital camera attached to the upper ocular tube of the microscope. Photographs of habitus were taken with a Nikon Coolpix B500. Images were processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5, only for contrast and brightness optimization, background cleanup and plate composition. As for the measurements, the interocular distance corresponds to the shortest straight line between the facing eye margins. Fastigium width was taken at its base. Distribution maps were constructed in Mapinfo Professional 10.0, using precise coordinates either taken in situ with a portable GPS device (Datum WGS84) or extracted from 1: 25,000 military reference maps. All along the text, counts are given as fractions for left/right sides. Some data were verified using the Orthoptera Species File Online (OSF), version 5.0/5.0 (Cigliano et al., 2019). Repositories are abbreviated using the following acronyms: IES: Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Havana, Cuba. MNHNCu: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba, Havana, Cuba. FZ: Fernando de Zayas private collection (formerly at Havana, Cuba, current whereabouts unknown). SY: Personal collection of Sheyla Yong, Havana, Cuba. Systematics Family Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902 Subfamily Conocephalinae Burmeister, 1838 Tribe Copiphorini Karny, 1912 Genus Erioloides Hebard, 1927 Erioloides santiago new species Figures 1–3, 15, 19, 22. Table I "Genus unknown 6": Yong & Perez-Gelabert, 2014: 427. Types. CUBA: Santiago de Cuba Province: Santiago de Cuba Municipality: Baconao: Playa Verraco (19°53'34"N - 75°34'32"W, 10 m a.s.l.); 18/April/2017; at night, on bushes; S. Yong, R. Teruel, E. Fonseca, J. L. Reyes; molted to adult on 20/May/2017; 1♀ holotype (SY, in ethanol 80%). Same data as holotype, but molted to adult on 5/June/2017; 1♀ paratype (SY, in ethanol 80%). Siboney (19°57'56"N - 75°42'38"W, 125 m a.s.l.); diurnal net-sweeping of vegetation; 25/October/2017; B. Lauranzón, J. L. Reyes; 1♀ juvenile paratype (SY, in ethanol 80%). Suburbs of Santiago de Cuba City; no more data; 1♀ paratype (SY, dry pinned). Palma Soriano Municipality: Presa Charco Mono (20°04'54"N -76°00'31"W, 300 m a.s.l.); 8/December/ 2017; S. Yong, R. Teruel; 1 ♀ juvenile paratype (SY, in ethanol 80%). Additional material examined. CUBA: Camagüey Province: Santa Cruz del Sur Municipality: Archipiélago de los Jardines de la Reina: Cayo Anclitas (20°46'54"N - 78°54'42"W, 2 m a.s.l.); 2/May/1971; L. F. de Armas; 1♂ (IES, dry pinned). Las Tunas: Manatí Municipality: Puerto Manatí (21°21'41"N - 76°49'34"W, 2 m a.s.l.); December/1988; L. R. Hernández; 1♂ (MNHNCu, dry pinned). Province Santiago de Cuba Province: Santiago de Cuba Municipality: Santiago de Cuba City; February/1930; P. Alayo; 1♂ (FZ, dry pinned). Cuabitas (20°03'59"N - 75°48'20"W, 120 m a.s.l.); January/1952; 1♀ (FZ, dry pinned). Versalles (20°03'59"N - 75°48'20"W, 100 m a.s.l.); June/ 1971; I. García; 1♀ (IES, dry pinned). Note. See additional discussion on these specimens below, in Remarks section. Diagnosis (Based mostly on females). Body slender and medium-sized for the genus (18–19 mm). Both sexes macropterous, tegmina lanceolate, over 4.0 times the length of abdomen. Head with tegument coarsely and densely punctate, lacking any keels. Fastigium moderately short (slightly shorter than scapus length), shaped as an equilateral triangle in lateral view and with tip acute. Eyes small and spherical. Pronotum almost as long as wide, coarsely punctate; longitudinal sulcus inconspicuous. Legs moderately slender, Ecologica Montenegrina, 20, 2019, 222-256 223 THREE NEW GENERA AND FOUR NEW SPECIES OF KATYDIDS FROM CUBA AND HISPANIOLA ventrally armed with minute spines. Supra-anal plate basically paraboloid, much wider than long; posterior margin trilobed. Female cerci unmodified, conical. Subgenital plate wider than long; posterior margin apically with two lateral digitiform projections and a median notch. Ovipositor broad and slightly curved upwards, slightly longer than abdomen; dorsal and ventral edges entirely smooth; tip blunt and truncate. Upper valves with a file of stretches along its dorsal edge. Figure 1. Adult female holotype of Erioloides santiago n. sp., full-body views: a) dorsal; b) lateral; c) ventral. Scale bar in millimeters. 224 YONG Figure 2. Adult female holotype of Erioloides santiago n. sp., close-up views: a) head and pronotum, dorsal; b) head and pronotum, lateral; c) head, frontal; d) apex of abdomen, dorsal; e) apex of abdomen, ventral; f) Sternites; g) apex of abdomen and ovipositor, lateral. Etymology. The selected epithet is a noun in apposition, taken from the toponym of both the province and municipality where the type-locality of this species is enclaved. Description of adult female holotype. Size medium for the tribe (total length 18.5 mm). General coloration pale green except as follows: eyes bluish gray, central ocellus white; antennal sockets, border of fastigium and face punctations yellowish. Head dorsally with a thin whitish yellow line extending from behind the eyes through the lateral borders of pronotum; clypeus yellowish to whitish, with a black U-shaped mark; labrum whitish, progressively darkened to brownish orange apically; mandibles and maxillary palps brownish orange, labial palps whitish. Tegmina with veins pale yellow, forming a reticulate pattern. Legs green, except for brownish tympani and tarsi; metafemur and metatibia dorsally with a yellowish sheen. Apex of ovipositor dark reddish brown. See figures 1, 15 and table I. Ecologica Montenegrina, 20, 2019, 222-256 225 THREE NEW GENERA AND FOUR NEW SPECIES OF KATYDIDS FROM CUBA AND HISPANIOLA Table I. Measurements of type specimens of Erioloides santiago n. sp from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Abbreviations: length (L), width (W), depth (H), not applicable (NA). Dimensions (mm) Female holotype Female paratype Head L / W / H 3.25 / 5.40 / 6.15 3.50 / 5.75 / 6.25 Interocular distance L 2.25 2.50 Eye diameter L 1.10 1.15 Scapus L / W 1.60 / 0.90 1.90 / 0.80 Pedicel L / W 0.65 / 0.45 0.70 / 0.40 Fastigium L / W / H 1.25 / 1.10 / 1.25 1.70 / 1.15 / 1.25 Pronotum L / W 6.65 / 6.50 6.85 / 6.35 Tegmen L / W 32.30 / 6.00 35.00 / 5.85 Abdomen L 8.60 8.50 Cerci L / W 2.10 / 0.40 2.10 / 0.45 Tergite X L / W 1.50 / 2.55 0.80 / 2.40 Supra-anal plate L / W 0.55 / 2.50 0.30 / 1.50 Subgenital plate L / W 1.40 / 3.05 1.65 / 2.55 Styli L / W NA NA Ovipositor L / W 11.25 / 2.35 13.00 / 2.60 Profemur L / W 5.50 / 1.50 5.50 / 1.60 Protibia L 6.25 6.25 Mesofemur L / W 5.40 / 1.45 5.50 / 1.55 Mesotibia L 11.35 6.30 Metafemur L / W 13.00 / 2.30 13.05 / 2.50 Metatibia L 13.15 13.75 Body (total) L 18.50 18.85 Head (fig. 2a–c). Large, wider than long (ratio = 1.6). Tegument coarsely and densely punctate. Vertex flat in lateral view. Fastigium moderately short, pentagonal in dorsal view, triangular in lateral view and hexagonal in frontal view; tip slightly shorter than scapus and acute but not sharp.
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    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Insecta Mundi Florida March 2001 Preliminary checklist of the orthopteroid insects (Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea,Orthoptera) of Texas John A. Stidham Garland, TX Thomas A. Stidham University of California, Berkeley, CA Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi Part of the Entomology Commons Stidham, John A. and Stidham, Thomas A., "Preliminary checklist of the orthopteroid insects (Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea,Orthoptera) of Texas" (2001). Insecta Mundi. 180. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/180 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 15, No. 1, March, 2001 35 Preliminary checklist of the orthopteroid insects (Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea,Orthoptera) of Texas John A. Stidham 301 Pebble Creek Dr., Garland, TX 75040 and Thomas A. Stidham Department of Integrative Biology, Museum of Paleontology, and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, Abstract: Texas has one of the most diverse orthopteroid assemblages of any state in the United States, reflecting the varied habitats found in the state. Three hundred and eighty-nine species and 78 subspecies of orthopteroid insects (Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, and Orthoptera) have published records for the state of Texas. This is the first such comprehensive checklist for Texas and should aid future work on these groups in this area. Introduction (Flook and Rowell, 1997).