Luzaridella Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure & Faberon, Léo, 2020, Phalangopsidae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) from the Mitaraka biological survey, French Guiana, Zoosystema 42 (32), pp. 739-797 : 752

Genus Luzaridella Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992

( Figs 7-11 )

TYPE SPECIES. — Luzaridella obscura Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992a by original designation.

DISTRIBUTION. — French Guiana and Brazil (Amazonas).

DIAGNOSIS. — See Desutter-Grandcolas (1992a: 103).

HABITAT. — Straminicolous species (Desutter-Grandcolas 1995).

Figures

FIG. 7. — Luzaridella miniata n.sp. male,holotype MNHN-EO-ENSIF9752: A, habitus;B, tegmina (note that the right tegmen is rolled on its anal margin);C, glandular metanotum, forewings raised; D-G, genitalia, in dorsal (D), ventral (E), side (F) and apical (G) views. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bar:A, 2 mm.

FIG. 8. — Luzaridella miniata n. sp.female: A-C, patterns of coloration on head and pronotum in dorsal (A) and side (B) views; C, abdomen, dorsal. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIG. 9. — Luzaridella miniata n. sp. (A-E), Luzaridella maculata n. sp. (F-H), Lerneca mitarakensis n. sp. (I, J) and L. inalata inalata Saussure, 1874 (K): A, B, male forewing, dorsal (A) and lateral (B) fields of L. miniata n. sp. C-H, female copulatory papilla, in dorsal (C, F), ventral (D, G) and side (E, H) views of Luzaridella miniata n. sp. (C-E) and Luzaridella maculata n. sp. (F-H); I-K, female copulatory papilla,in dorsal (I) and side (J, K) views of Lerneca mitarakensis n. sp. (I, J) and Lerneca inalata inalata Saussure, 1874 (K). Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIG. 10. — Luzaridella maculata n. sp.: male perched at night on understorey plant, specimen not collected. Photo: Sylvain Hugel.

FIG. 11. — Luzaridella maculata n. sp.: A, male habitus; B, pattern of coloration on female abdomen; C, male coloration on side head, pronotum and FWs; D, face and palpi coloration; E-H, male genitalia in dorsal (E), ventral (F) and side (G) views. Abbreviations: see Material and methods. Scale bars: 1 mm.