[Entomology • 2018] Isophya horon • Bioacoustics and Morphology of A New Bush-cricket Species of the Genus Isophya (Orthoptera: Phaneropterinae) from Turkey

 Isophya horon Sevgili, 2018

 DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.1 

Abstract

A new interesting species of the genus Isophya, Isophya horon sp. n., is described from Northeastern part of Turkey. The new species can clearly be distinguished from the closely related species by the calling song of male, and morphology. Morphologically, the shapes of the pronotum, tegmina, male cerci and ovipositor are distrinctive. The morphology, song structure and distribution clearly indicate that this new species is a member of the I. zernovi species-group. Additionally, some preliminary data on the male calling songs of closely related species (I. zernovi, I. karadenizensis and I. autumnalis) are also given. In addition, the preliminary data related to spermatophore characteristics (spermatophylax and ampulla weights) and sperm number of the new species are provided.

Keywords: Orthoptera, Isophya horon sp. n., Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae, bioacoustics, spermatophore, sperm number, new species, Turkey, Karadeniz

Male Isophya horon sp. n.

Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: 

Phaneropterinae: Barbitistini 

Isophya Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

Isophya horon sp. n. 

 Etymology: “horon” in Turkish (in Greek: “khoron”), is a famous dance which refers to a group of a circle folk dances from the Eastern Black sea region of Turkey

Hasan Sevgili. 2018. Bioacoustics and Morphology of A New Bush-cricket Species of the Genus Isophya (Orthoptera: Phaneropterinae) from Turkey. Zootaxa. 4514(4); 451–472.  DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.1

[Entomology • 2018] Review of the Poecilimon (Poecilimon) zonatus Species Group (Orthoptera: Phaneropterinae) and Description of New Species (Poecilimon (Poecilimon) salmani & P. (P) azizsancar) from Turkey with Data on Bioacoustics and Morphology

 Poecilimon (Poecilimon) salmani

 Sevgili, Şirin, Heller & Lemonnier-Darcemont, 2018

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4417.1.1 

Abstract

The aim of this study is to conduct a detailed taxonomic revision of the Poecilimon (Poecilimon) zonatus species-group (Orthoptera: Phaneropterinae) using both morphology and bioacoustics. Two new species (Poecilimon (Poecilimon) salmani, P. (P) azizsancar) and one new subspecies (P. (P) zonatus datca) are described. Based on the data, we conclude that the species complex can be separated into two subgroups (P. tauricola and P. zonatus). Within the P. zonatus subgroup, song structures indicate P. variicercis as basal branch since producing two syllable types is possibly a derived character. From both, from bioacoustics and morphology, it is concluded that the relationships between species of the group are as follows: P. tauricola subgroup (P. tauricola + P. azizsancar) + P. zonatus subgroup (P. variicercis + (P. varicornis + (P. zonatus zonatus + P. zonatus datca)) + (P. salmani + P. vodnensis)))). Except for two species (P. vodnensis and P. varicornis), the other species of the group are all distributed in Anatolia. P. vodnensis is known only from Macedonia, whereas, P. varicornis has been recorded only from Syria and Lebanon. We assume that the group originated from an Anatolian ancestral stock and expanded its distribution to the Balkans through Taurus Way and Dardanelles. Other ancestral populations may have also spread in the north-south directions through the appropriate steppe corridors in the Anatolian Diagonal Mountains and in its vicinity.

Keywords: Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae, Poecilimon, P. zonatus zonatus, P. varicornis, P. variicercis, P. vodnensis, P. salmani sp. n., P. zonatus datca ssp. n., P. tauricola, P. azizsancar sp. n., Turkey, Anatolia, Macedonia, bioacoustics, biogeography

Hasan Sevgili, Deniz Şirin, Klaus-Gerhard Heller and Michèle Lemonnier-Darcemont. 2018. Review of the Poecilimon (Poecilimon) zonatus Species Group and Description of New Species from Turkey with Data on Bioacoustics and Morphology (Orthoptera: Phaneropterinae).  Zootaxa. 4417(1); 1–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4417.1.1

[Entomology • 2018] Caetitus gen. nov. • A New Genus of Neotropical Copiphorini (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) to include C. porteri (Bolivar, 1903)

Caetitus porteri (Bolivar, 1903)

in Antunes, Takiya & Chamorro-Rengifo, 2018

  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.4.7 

Abstract

Daedalellus porteri (Bolivar, 1903) was described based on a single broken female holotype collected in an undetermined locality in Brazil. This species is herein redescribed based on two males and one female collected in Caetité, Bahia State, Brazil, including its morphology of fastigium and male terminalia. Based on comparisons to other Daedalellus species and Neotropical Copiphorini genera, the new monotypic genus Caetitus gen. nov. is herein proposed. Caetitus porteri comb. nov. differs from species of Daedalellus and other related genera, such as Panacanthus, Copiphora, Borinquenula, and Lirometopum, mainly due to differences of the fastigium and male external terminalia.

Keywords: Orthoptera, brachyptery, Caetité, nomenclatural change, taxonomy, katydids

André Fonseca Antunes, Daniela Maeda Takiya and Juliana Chamorro-Rengifo. 2018. Caetitus gen. nov.: A New Genus of Neotropical Copiphorini (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae: Copiphorini) to include C. porteri (Bolivar, 1903). Zootaxa. 4375(4); 578–586.  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.4.7

[Entomology • 2017] Molpa dulongensis • A Newly Recorded Genus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from China

Molpa dulongensis

Wu, Yang, Liu & Zong, 2017

 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.5.5 

Abstract

The genus Molpa Walker was previously considered to be disjunctly distributed in broad-leaf rain forests in India and Malaysia. Here we report one new species Molpa dulongensis sp. nov. from subtropic broad-leaf rain forests in southwestern Yunnan Province in China. This is a part of the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot area. So we can infer that Molpa is continuously distributed in broad-leaf rain forests found in Oriental Region. Redescription of the genus Molpa and description of the new species Molpa dulongensis sp. nov. are provided. The types are deposited in Insect Collection of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (IZCAS).

Keywords: Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae

Chao Wu, Zhen Yang, Chun-Xiang Liu and Cheng Zong. 2017. Molpa: A Newly Recorded Genus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from China. Zootaxa. 4365(5);  585–589. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.5.5

[Entomology • 2017] Malagasopus gen. nov. • Revision of the Madagascan genera Oncodopus and Colossopus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae; Euconchophorini)

Malagasopus desutterae

Ünal & Beccaloni, 2017

  

 DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4341.2.2 

Abstract

The endemic Madagascan genera Oncodopus Brongniart and Colossopus Saussure are revised using museum specimens, including the types, and recently collected material. A new genus, Malagasopus gen. nov., and seven new species, Malagasopus desutterae sp. nov., Malagasopus meridianus sp. nov., Oncodopus janetae sp. nov., Oncodopus brongniarti sp. nov., Oncodopus saussurei sp. nov., Oncodopus soalalaensis sp. nov. and Colossopus parvicavus sp. nov. are described. Lectotypes are designated for Oncodopus zonatus Brongniart, 1897 and Colossopus redtenbacheri (Brongniart, 1897). A new term, mesothoracic auricle, is proposed for a structure on the episternum of the mesothorax. A tabulated key to the genera and keys to the species are presented. All species are described and diagnosed, and their phylogenetic relationships, geographical distributions, habitat preferences and phenologies are documented. The life history of Colossopus grandidieri is described, and the unusual possible mate-guarding behaviour of several species is discussed. Maps showing the distribution of the species are presented, as too are 57 photographs of museum specimens, 51 drawings of morphological characters, 17 photographs of living specimens and one habitat photograph.

Keywords:  Orthoptera, Madagascar, Conocephalinae, Oncodopus, Colossopus, Malagasopus, revision, new genus, new species, lectotype, taxonomy, distribution, mate-guarding

Family: Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902

Subfamily: Conocephalinae Burmeister, 1838

Tribe: Euconchophorini Gorochov, 1988

Oncodopus Brongniart, 1897

Type species: Oncodopus zonatus Brongniart, 1897

113 Oncodopus janetae, adult female, Mangatsiaka parcel, Andohahela National Park, Toliara Province. 30.11.2004. © S. Stammers, 114 Oncodopus brongniarti, adult female, near village of Mangily, Toliara Province. 11.11.2004. © G.W. Beccaloni, 115 Oncodopus brongniarti, threat display of adult female, near village of Mangily, Toliara Province. 30.12.2015. © M. Bader, 117 Oncodopus saussurei, adult female, beside R.N. 7 south of Ambohimahasoa, Fianarantsoa Province. 13.11.2004. © S. Stammers

FIGURES 112-119. Living specimens.
112 Oncodopus zonatus, adult male, natural resting posture, Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park, Toliara Province. 17.11.2004. © G.W. Beccaloni, 113 Oncodopus janetae, adult female, Mangatsiaka parcel, Andohahela National Park, Toliara Province. 30.11.2004. © S. Stammers, 114 Oncodopus brongniarti, adult female, near village of Mangily, Toliara Province. 11.11.2004. © G.W. Beccaloni, 115 Oncodopus brongniarti, threat display of adult female, near village of Mangily, Toliara Province. 30.12.2015. © M. Bader, 116 Oncodopus brongniarti, adult pair, natural resting postures, Belo Sur Mer, Toliara Province. 22.11.2007. © J. Beccaloni, 117 Oncodopus saussurei, adult female, beside R.N. 7 south of Ambohimahasoa, Fianarantsoa Province. 13.11.2004. © S. Stammers, 118 Malagasopus desutterae, male nymph, 80 km north of Tulear, near village of Ankililoaka, Toliara Province. 6.2008 © O. Pronk, 119 Colossopus grandidieri, eggs: newly laid eggs lower right; older (swollen) eggs upper left. Captive stock. © G.J.N. González. 

Malagasopus desutterae, male nymph, 80 km north of Tulear, near village of Ankililoaka, Toliara Province. 6.2008

photo: O. Pronk

Malagasopus gen. nov. 

Type species. Malagasopus desutterae sp. nov., here designated.

Etymology. The generic name is derived from “Malagasy” meaning Madagascan. 

FIGURES 120-129. Living specimens.
  120 Colossopus grandidieri, older (swollen) egg. Captive stock. © G.J.N. González, 121 Colossopus grandidieri, recently hatched 1st instar nymph. Captive stock. © G.J.N. González, 122 Colossopus grandidieri, late instar male nymph. Captive stock. © G.J.N. González, 123 Colossopus grandidieri, final instar female nymph. Captive stock. © G.J.N. González, 124 Colossopus grandidieri, adult female. Captive stock. © G.J.N. González, 125 Colossopus grandidieri, threat display of adult female, near village of Mangily, Toliara Province. 15.3.2015. © M. Bader, 126 Colossopus grandidieri, adult male, near village of Mangily, Toliara Province. 19.11.2004. © G.W. Beccaloni, 127 frontal view of head of the previous individual. © G.W. Beccaloni,
128 Colossopus redtenbacheri, adult female, Berenty Private Reserve, Toliara Province, 4.12.2004. © G.W. Beccaloni, 129 Spiny forest near village of Mangily, Toliara Province in November 2004, close to where the second author collected Colossopus grandidieri and Oncodopus brongniarti. © G.W. Beccaloni. 

Colossopus Saussure, 1899

Type species: Colossopus grandidieri Saussure, 1899.

  

Mustafa Ünal and George William Beccaloni. 2017. Revision of the Madagascan genera Oncodopus Brongniart and Colossopus Saussure (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae; Euconchophorini), with description of Malagasopus gen. nov. Zootaxa. 4341(2); 193–228.  DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4341.2.2

 ResearchGate.net/publication/320729970_Revision_of_the_Madagascan_genera_Oncodopus_and_Colossopus_Orthoptera_Tettigoniidae_with_description_of_Malagasopus

7 New Giant Bug Species Are Extremely Aggressive  on.natgeo.com/2zcN2ss via @NatGeo

[Entomology • 2017] Dendrobia gen. nov. • A New Genus and other New Species of Agraeciini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Conocephalinae) from the Eastern Arc Mountains, East Africa

Dendrobia amaniensis  

Hemp, Ingrisch & Heller, 2017

 DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4311.1.1 

Abstract

The genus Dendrobia n. gen. is erected to include Dendrobia amaniensis n. sp. from the East Usambara Mountains as type species. A second species in this genus, Dendrobia octopuncata n. sp., is described from the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. Dendrobia n. gen. is a canopy dweller found only high up on trees in closed submontane and montane forest. The peak frequency of its song is lower than in all other known African Agraeciini, correlating with the large resonant areas in the tegmina. Two new Afroanthracites species, Afroanthracites ngologolo n. sp. and Afroanthracites nguru n. sp. are described from the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania. These species are dwellers of understory vegetation in closed forest in the Udzungwa and Nguru Mountains respectively.

Keywords: Orthoptera, new genus, new species, Eastern Arc Mountains, East Africa, bioacoustics

Claudia Hemp, Sigfrid Ingrisch and Klaus-Gerhard Heller. 2017. A New Genus and other New Species of Agraeciini from the Eastern Arc Mountains, East Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Conocephalinae; Agraeciini). Zootaxa. 4311(1); 1–22. DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4311.1.1

[Entomology • 2017] Revision of the Genus Amytta (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae) and New Species from East Africa

Amytta mram Hemp, 2017

 DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4263.2.5

Abstract

New species of Amytta are described from East Africa. Beside tegminal length, they differ mainly in the structure of the complicated male genitalic organs, notably the last abdominal tergite and cerci. Data on habitat and the acoustics of some species and a key to the species are provided. The songs of all seven Amytta species studied are very similar, consisting of long trills with a syllable repetition rate of about 60 Hz (at 20ºC) and a broad frequency peak in the ultrasound at around 40 kHz. The biogeographic pattern and phylogenetic relationships are discussed for the group.

Keywords: Meconematinae, Amytta, new species, Tanzania, Eastern Arc Mountains, biogeography, Orthoptera, East Africa

 Male Amytta mramba n. sp., endemic to the utmost western part of the North Pare Mountains. 

Amytta digitata n. sp. Hemp

Amytta hanangensis n. sp. Hemp 

Amytta judithae n. sp. Hemp 

Amytta kilomeni n. sp. Hemp 

Amytta meruensis n. sp. Hemp 

Amytta merumontana n. sp. Hemp 

Amytta mramba n. sp. Hemp 

Amytta savannae n. sp. Hemp

Amytta taitensis n. sp. Hemp 

        

 Claudia Hemp and Klaus–Gerhard Heller. 2017. Revision of the Genus Amytta (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae) and New Species from East Africa.    Zootaxa. 4263(2); 295–317.  DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4263.2.5

[Entomology • 2017] Lluciapomaresius nisae • A New Species of Ephippigerini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae) from the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula

Lluciapomaresius nisae  

Olmo-Vidal, 2017  

  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.1.3 

Abstract

A new species of the genus Lluciapomaresius Barat, 2012 is described from Serra de Llaberia in Catalonia (in the northeast of Iberian Peninsula). Lluciapomaresius nisae n. sp. was collected in a Mediterranean pine forest dominated by European black pine (Pinus nigra) and secondarily by Calcicolous rosemary scrub. L. nisae is compared to L. panteli (Navàs, 1899) from which it can be separated mainly by the shape of the male cerci, the titillators and the male calling song. Also in the females by the protuberances at the base of the ventral valves of the ovipositor.

Keywords: Orthoptera, Prelitoral Catalan Mountains, Mediterranean pine forest, isolation, Serra de Llaberia, Catalonia

male Lluciapomaresius nisae   

Josep Maria Olmo Vidal. 2017. Lluciapomaresius nisae, A New Species of Ephippigerini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae) from the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula.

 Zootaxa. 4221(1); 123–130.  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.1.3

[Entomology • 2016] Eulophophyllum lobulatum & E. kirki • The Pink Katydids of Sabah (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Eulophophyllum) with Description of Two New Species

Eulophophyllum kirki 

  Ingrisch & Riede, 2016

 Eulophophyllum kirki in habitat from Danum: male (A) and female sitting on red leaves (B, F); [(B) apical view of hind legs and ovipositor]

in  Ingrisch,  Riede & Beccaloni, 2016. DOI:  10.1665/034.025.0205

 Abstract

Two new species of the previously monotypic genus Eulophophyllum Hebard, 1922 are described. All species of the genus known up until now occur in forested areas in Sabah, Borneo. The genus is unique for the strongly widened media field of the tegmen, in which all branches of the media anterior plus radius sector are strongly curved and run anteriorally. There is also a striking color difference between the sexes, with males uniformly green and females pink. The two new species Eulophophyllum lobulatum Ingrisch & Riede sp. n. and Eulophophyllum kirki Ingrisch & Riede sp. n. have large leaf-like expansions of the hind tibiae that are absent in E. thaumasium Hebard, 1922. They differ from each other in the number of main vein branches in the media field of the tegmen. Stridulation of E. lobulatum sp. n. consists of short double-clicks ranging from 6.5 to 8.5 kHz, repeated at longer intervals.

Keywords: crypsis, tegminal venation, stridulation

Eulophophyllum lobulatum sp. n. female (Kinabalu)

whatsthatbug.com/2012/02/05/unknown-katydid-from-borneo 

Eulophophyllum lobulatum Ingrisch & Riede sp. n.  

Etymology.— Named for the strongly widened dorsal margins of the hind tibiae.

Eulophophyllum kirki sp. n. female (Danum)

photo: Peter Kirk  

Eulophophyllum kirki Ingrisch & Riede sp. n.

Etymology.— Named after the photographer of the holotype, Peter Kirk.

  

Fig. 3. Eulophophyllum species in habitat (A, D, G) and sitting on red leaves (B-C, E-F):
A, Eulophophyllum kirki sp. n. male (Danum); B-F, Eulophophyllum kirki sp. n. female (Danum); G, Eulophophyllum lobulatum sp. n.  female (Kinabalu). – A, C, F, G, lateral view; B, apical view of hind legs and ovipositor; D, oblique lateral view.

Photographs: A, Paul Bertner; B-E, Peter Kirk; F, Mark Eller.  DOI:  10.1665/034.025.0205 

  Sigfrid Ingrisch,   Klaus Riede and George William Beccaloni. 2016. The Pink Katydids of Sabah (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Eulophophyllum) with Description of Two New Species. Journal of Orthoptera Research. 25(2); 67-74. DOI:  10.1665/034.025.0205

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[Entomology • 2016] Nicklephyllum n. gen. from Colombia • New Taxa and Some Clarification of the tribe Steirodontini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae): Tenth Contribution to the Suprageneric Organization of Neotropical phaneropterines

Nicklephyllum acanthonotum (Nickle, 1985)

 Cadena-Castañeda, 2016. 

  DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4208.3.3 

Abstract

The tribe of the giant katydids Steirodontini is reviewed, its relationship with other groups of Phaneropterinae from the Old and New World is discussed, and an updated key to genera is presented. Nicklephyllum n. gen. is established to accommodate one species described as Stilpnochlora acanthonotum Nickle, 1985 from Colombia. Cnemidophyllum tani n. sp. from the Colombian Amazon is described. Another new combination and two synonymies are proposed: Steirodon (Frontinus) emsleyi (Piza, 1979) n. comb., Steirodon (Posidippus) parastahli Piza, 1979 n. syn. (of Steirodon (Steirodon) ponderosum Stål, 1873), and Steirodon (Posidippus) tricenarius (Piza, 1974) n. syn. (of Steirodon (Frontinus) rufolineatum Emsley, 1970). Finally, Steirodon (Posidippus) rarospinulosum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891), only known from Peru, is reported from the Colombian Amazon.

Keywords: Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae, giant katydids, Steirodon, Cnemidophyllum, Stilpnochlora, Emsleyfolium

Oscar J. Cadena-Castañeda. 2016. New Taxa and Some Clarification of the tribe Steirodontini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae): Tenth Contribution to the Suprageneric Organization of Neotropical phaneropterines.
Zootaxa. 4208(3); 237–248.   DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4208.3.3

[Entomology • 2016] Additional New Species of the Genus Obolopteryx Cohn et al. 2014 (Ensifera: Tettigoniidae) from Northeastern Mexico

Obolopteryx eurycerca 

Barrientos-Lozano & Rocha-Sánchez, 2016    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.1

Abstract

The present contribution describes five new species of Phaneropterinae from Northeastern Mexico: Obolopteryx eurycerca n. sp., Barrientos-Lozano & Rocha-Sánchez, O. nigra n. sp., Barrientos-Lozano & Rocha-Sánchez, O. tamaholipana n. sp., Barrientos-Lozano & Rocha-Sánchez, O. huastecana n. sp., Barrientos-Lozano & Rocha-Sánchez, and O. tanchipae n. sp., Barrientos-Lozano & Rocha-Sánchez. Diagnostic characters are illustrated and information on distribution and ecology provided. Polymorphism and geographic variation of the genus Obolopteryx Cohn et al. 2014 are discussed.

Keywords: Orthoptera, Mexico, Phaneropterinae, biodiversity, ecology

Ludivina Barrientos-Lozano, Aurora Yazmín Rocha-Sánchez, Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón and Alfonso Correa-Sandoval. 2016. Additional New Species of the Genus Obolopteryx Cohn et al. 2014 (Ensifera: Tettigoniidae) from Northeastern Mexico. Zootaxa. 4168(3); 401–452

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.1

Cohn, T.J., Swanson, D.R. and Fontana, P. 2014. Dichopetala and new related North American genera: a study in genitalic similarity in sympatry and genitalic differences in allopatry (Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae: Odonturini). Miscellaneous publications. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Miscellaneous publication No. 203, 1–180.

[Entomology • 2016] Emsleyfolium diasae • A New Genus of Katydid from the Amazon Rainforest (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae; Steirodontini): Ninth Contribution to the Suprageneric Organization of the Neotropical Phaneropterines

Emsleyfolium diasae 

Cadena-Castañeda, de Mello Mendes & Alves-Oliveira, 2016

  DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4150.4.6  

Abstract

Emsleyfolium diasae n. gen. et n. sp., from the Brazilian, Colombian, Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon is described in this contribution. This new genus is morphologically very similar to Stilpnochlora, but is distinguished from the other Steirodiontini genera by its cone-head (similar to some genera of subfamily Conocephalinae, e.g. Neoconocephalus and Bucrates), modification of the tenth tergite into three lobes and absence of styles on subgenital plate. Thanatosis behavior is described as a defense mechanism.

Keywords: Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae, Stilpnochlora, giant katydids, cone-head, thanatosis, distribution

FIGURE 4. Live male Emsleyfolium diasae sp. nov. habitus, from Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil; In camouflage stance. 

Oscar J. Cadena-Castañeda, Diego Matheus de Mello Mendes and João Rafael Alves-Oliveira. 2016. A New Genus of Katydid from the Amazon Rainforest (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae; Steirodontini): Ninth Contribution to the Suprageneric Organization of the Neotropical Phaneropterines. Zootaxa. 4150(4); 493–500. DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4150.4.6
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[Entomology • 2016] Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: A Review of the Australian Katydids of the Genus Goodangarkia (Conocephalinae; Agraeciini; Liarina)

Goodangarkia brevicerca  

Rentz, Su, Ueshima & Wilson, 2016

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.3 

Abstract

Six species in Goodangarkia are described. Information on the distribution. ecology and cytology of species is presented. An unusual characteristic of cranial stridulation of one species is noted. Cytological evidence suggests the chromosome complement of species are more basal than those from Africa for example.

 Keywords: Orthoptera, Australian katydids, Conocephalinae, Agraeciini, ecology, behaviour, cytology

D. C. F. Rentz, You Ning Su, Norihiro Ueshima and G.W. Wilson. 2016. Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: A Review of the Australian Katydids of the Genus Goodangarkia (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae; Agraeciini; Liarina).
Zootaxa.  4136(1);  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.3

[Entomology • 2010] Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: Australian Pseudophylline katydids (Pseudophyllinae; Phyllomimini), with Description of Four New Species of the Genus Acauloplacella from Queensland

Acauloplacella (A.) queenslandica Rentz, Su, Ueshima, 2010
FIGURE 1. Acauloplacella (A.) queenslandica sp. nov. Paratype male from Kuranda, Qld., in typical resting pose. 

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Abstract

The genus Acauloplacella Karny is recorded from Australia. Four new species are described, all in the subgenus Acauloplacella. The Australian representatives are related to those in New Guinea. All species occur in rainforest, especially along the margins. They are known from the east coast from disjunct populations from Iron Range south to near Townsville, Qld. They are nocturnal plant feeders with males uttering a stuttering call after dark.

Key words: Tettigoniidae; Pseudophyllinae; Phyllomimini; Acauloplacella; taxonomy; biology

Acauloplacella (A.) queenslandica Rentz, Su & Ueshima

Chirping Leaf-mimic

Acauloplacella (A.) hasenpuschae Rentz, Su & Ueshima

Sue’s Leaf-mimic

Acauloplacella (A.) incisa Rentz, Su & Ueshima

Etched Leaf Mimic

Named with reference to the median incision of the male tenth tergite.

Acauloplacella (P.) mecyna Rentz, Su & Ueshima

Iron Range Leaf Mimic

Named with reference to the very elongate “stalk” of the male subgenital plate.

FIGURE 2. A, Acauloplacella (A.) hasenpuschae  Rentz, Su, Ueshima sp. nov., paratopotypic male. B, Acauloplacella (A.) incisa Rentz, Su, Ueshima sp. nov., female from Kuranda, Qld. 

D. C. F. Rentz, You Ning Su and Norihiro Ueshima. 2010. Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: Australian Pseudophylline katydids (Tettigoniidae; Pseudophyllinae; Phyllomimini). Zootaxa. 2566: 1–20. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02566p020.pdf

[Entomology • 2016] Nigrimacula gen. nov. • Comments on the Status of Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata Bey-Bienko, 1971 and related species with One New Genus and Species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from South China

Nigrimacula xizangensis 

Jiao & Shi, 2013

  DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4105.4.4 

Abstract

Based on the collections of the Museum of Hebei University, the paper comments Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata Bey-Bienko, 1971 status and reinstates Xizicus (Axizicus) xizangensis Jiao & Shi, 2013 as a valid species. Meanwhile, Alloteratura (Meconemopsis) Karny, 1924 is redefined and one new genus of Meconematinae, Nigrimacula Shi, Bian & Zhou gen. nov., mainly distributed in South China, is erected. The new genus includes three previously known species: Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata Bey-Bienko, 1971, Xizicus (Axizicus) xizangensis Jiao & Shi, 2013 and Meconemopsis paraquadrinotata Wang, Liu & Li, 2015 and one new species, Nigrimacula binotata Shi, Bian & Zhou sp. nov. The male of Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata Bey-Bienko, 1971 and female of Xizicus (Axizicus) xizangensis Jiao & Shi, 2013 are described for the first time. A key to the species based on the morphology and a distribution map are included.

Keywords: Meconematinae, Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata and related species, Alloteratura (Meconemopsis), new genus, new species, China, Orthoptera

Fuming Shi, Xun Bian and  Zhijun Zhou. 2016. Comments on the Status of Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata Bey-Bienko, 1971 and related species with One New Genus and Species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae). Zootaxa. 4105(4); DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4105.4.4

[Entomology • 2016] Mayacephalus dickmanorum • Studies in Guatemalan Ensifera: A New Cone-headed Katydid Genus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from eastern Guatemala

Mayacephalus dickmanorum

Cadena-Castañeda, Monzón-Sierra & Cortés-Torres. 2016 zootaxa.4084.2.9

Abstract

Mayacephalus dickmanorum n. gen. et n. sp., from eastern Guatemala is described in this contribution. This new genus highlights from other related ones by its short tegmina; unusual for the tribe Copiphorini, and only present in three neotropical genera: Toledopizia, Brachycaulopsis and Daedalellus, being closer to the first one.

Keywords: Orthoptera, Copiphorini, Copiphora, Toledopizia, brachypterous, Central America

Oscar J Cadena-Castañeda; José Monzón-Sierra and Carolina Cortés-Torres. 2016. Studies in Guatemalan Ensifera: Mayacephalus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) A New Cone-headed Katydid Genus. Zootaxa. 4084(2); http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4084.2.9