Conocephalus (Anisoptera) goianus Piza

Fianco, Marcos, 2023, Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Guartelá State Park, State of Paraná, Southern Brazil: diversity, bioacoustics and description of five new species, Journal of Natural History 57 (1), pp. 1080-1137 : 1093

Conocephalus (Anisoptera) goianus Piza

( Figure 5a, 5g )

Comments

This species seems to occur in the areas where hygrophilous steppe is present, together with Hyparrhenia bracteata (Poaceae) , Sorghastrum scaberrimum (Poaceae) , and some species of Paspalum (Poaceae) , feeding on flowers and seeds of these species. The humid areas are located in the lower altitudes and plateaus of the GSP, near Atlantic Forest, being a transition area between Cerrado and the aforementioned biome ( IAP 2002).

Bioacoustics ( Figure 6a–b )

Males sing during the day and at sunset. Duration of pulses: 15.6 ± 0.83 ms (13.35–17 ms); duration of echemes: 1.63 ± 0.19 s (1.13– 1.8 s); mute interval between echemes: 22 ± 5.7 s (14–31 s); bandwidth: 16 ± 1.3 kHz (14–20 kHz); peak frequency: 16.7 ± 2.3 kHz (11.6– 23.2 kHz).

Examined material

One male, ′ Brasil, PR, Tibagi, Parque \ Estadual do Guartelá [Guartelá State Park]\ 24.5660°S, 50.2561°W 21–24.x.2020 Coleta ativa\diurna [diurnal active collection] M. Fianco & H. Preis '; three females and one male, same data, except ′ 08–11.iii.2021' and ′M. Fianco, D.N. Barbosa & H. Preis '.

Figures

Figure 5. Species of Conocephalini found in Guartelá State Park. (a) female (top) and male (bottom) of Conocephalus (Anisoptera) goianus; (b) male (top) and female (bottom) of C. (A.) guartela sp. nov.; (c) male (top) and female (bottom) of C. (A.) saltator; (d) male of C. (A.) truncatus; (e) male of C. (Opeastylus) longipes; (f) male and female of an unknown genus and species of Conocephalini; (g) male of C. (A.) goianus; (h) male of C. (A.) saltator; (i) female of C. (O.) longipes.

Figure 6. Calling songs of the species of Conocephalus (Anisoptera). (a, c, e, g) echeme sequence; (b, d, f, h) spectrogram of an echeme, in linear intensity scale. (a, b) C. (A.) goianus; (c, d) C. (A.) guartela sp. nov.; (e, f) C. (A.) saltator; (g, h) C. (A.) truncatus.