Kanakinemobius Desutter-Grandcolas, 2016

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, Anso, Jérémy & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Crickets of New Caledonia (Insecta, Orthoptera, Grylloidea): a key to genera, with diagnoses of extant genera and descriptions of new taxa, Zoosystema 38 (4), pp. 405-452 : 426-427

Genus Kanakinemobius Desutter-Grandcolas, 2016

Kanakinemobius Desutter-Grandcolas in Anso et al., 2016a: 84.

TYPE SPECIES. — Kanakinemobius mandjelia Desutter-Grandcolas, 2016 by original designation.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Habitus: Fig. 1J ; Anso et al. 2016a: fig. 37A-C. Male genitalia: Anso et al. 2016a: fig. 37H-J.

DIAGNOSIS. — Small to median nemobiines with a distinct coloration pattern (body quite uniformly brown to dark brown, with black head and pronotum, except for two transverse ivory bands on pronotum). Head dorsum quite flat; ocelli small, set as a low and wide triangle. Antennae setose. Eyes little protruding; distance between epistemal suture and lower margin of eye about one third eye mid width. Maxillary palpi short; joint 3 slightly longer than joint 4; joint 5 the longest, greatly widened toward apex. Pronotum rounded, longer dorsally than laterally; distal part of lateral lobe directed inwardly. FWs very short in both males and females. TI lacking a tympanum, on both inner and outer sides. TII with three long apical spurs, outer dorsal spur lacking. TIII short; with four pairs of subapical spurs.

Males. FWs not reaching metanotum half length, not overlapping, but with an impressed file bearing about 20 teeth. Metanotum and tergites without glandular structures. Subgenital plate long and narrow. Male genitalia elongate; pseudepiphallic sclerite narrow, almost of same width over its whole length; apical lobes very long, flat and wide.

Females. FWs very short, not reaching one third of metanotum length, most often hardly visible beneath pronotum. When present, venation faint and irregular. Subgenital plate transverse; distal margin V-shaped. Ovipositor short, valves not widened before apex, but regularly thinner; dorsal valve with a variable longitudinal crest close to lower margin. Female genitalia. Copulatory papilla having the shape of a thick plate.

DISTRIBUTION. — Endemic to New Caledonia, where it is known from the Mandjelia summit, Poro, Touho and the Grand Kaori in the South (MNHN collection).

HABITAT. — Forest-dwelling species, which habitat is not clearly documented.

Figures

FIG. 1. — Details of morphological characters: A, B, Tarsomeres 2 in Amusurgus sp. (Trigonidiinae) (A), and in Kanakinemobius mandjelia Desutter-Grandcolas, 2016 (Nemobiinae) (B); C-E, head dorsum in Notosciobia minoris Anso & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2016 (Gryllinae) (C), frontal view, Pseudotrigonidium ana Anso & Desutter-Grandcolas,2016 (D), and Protathra centralis Desutter-Grandcolas, 2014 (Phalangopsidae) (E), frontal (D) and fronto-lateral (E) views; F, G, Male FWs in Koghiella flammea Anso & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2016 (Nemobiinae) (F), and Protathra gigantea Desutter-Grandcolas, 1997 (G); H-J, habitus female of (H) Bullita fusca Gorochov, 1986 (Nemobiinae), (I) Koghiella flammea (Nemobiinae), and (J) Kanakinemobius mandjelia; K, male genitalia of Koghiella flammea, dorsal view; L, Tarsal claws of Anaxipha sp. (Trigonidiinae), frontal view; M, Male tegminal gland in Adenopterus octolineatus Desutter-Grandcolas, 2016 (Podoscirtinae); N, Tegminal pubescence in Amusurgus sp. Scales bars: 1 mm.