Toliaridectes wendenbaumi, Hugel, 2019

Hugel, Sylvain, 2019, First record of shield-backed katydids in Madagascar with the description of a new genus and three new species (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae Arytropteridini), Zootaxa 4706 (4), pp. 546-560 : 551

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.4.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D5917547-D026-42E4-AE59-A891C30E756C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5615495
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC87C4-FFFB-540D-FF49-D6054CD1F84E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Toliaridectes wendenbaumi
status	gen. nov.

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Toliaridectes wendenbaumi View in CoL n. gen. n. sp.

Fig. 2, 5, 8 View FIGURES 1–9 , 11, 14, 17, 20, 23 View FIGURES 10–24 , 28–30 View FIGURES 25–33 , 41–47 View FIGURES 34–54 , 56 View FIGURES 55–57 , 60–61 View FIGURES 58–63 , 68–69 View FIGURES 68–71 , 72 View FIGURE 72 , Tab. 2.

Toliaridectes wendenbaumi n. gen. n. sp., here described.

Holotype male. Madagascar, province Toliara, région Atsimo-Andrefana, Ambalamanga, confluence Ankolisky / Mangoky , Expédition Makay 2011 - camp 3, 21.675°S, 44.9933°E, 19–22.i.2011, S. Hugel leg. (2011 MADASH 429 ), MNHN (MNHN-EO-ENSIF10800). GoogleMaps

Paratypes. Same as holotype (2011 MADASH 373 , ♀ Allotype), MNHN (MNHN-EO-ENSIF10801) . Same as holotype (2011 MADASH 428 ♂, 430 ♀, 431 ♀), coll. SH. Same as holotype (2011 MADASH 371 ♀), CAS ( CASENT0872622 ). Madagascar, province Toliara, région Atsimo-Andrefana , Antsoa , rivière Androsi , Expédition Makay 2011 - camp 1, 21.596°S, 45.1131°E, 19–22.i.2011, S. Hugel leg. (2011 MADASH 190 ♀). [ Madagascar, province Toliara, region Mandabe,] Besely (Mandabe), 11.v.1964, Madagascar Sud, D. Wintrebert Rec., ♂, MNHN GoogleMaps . [ Madagascar, province Toliara, region Atsimo-Andrefana,] Tulear, Manombo , 10-v-56, ♀, MNHN . [ Madagascar, province Toliara, region Atsimo-Andrefana,] Sakaraha, Lambomakandro , III-56 A.R., ♀, MNHN .

Diagnosis. Color: hind femur with distinct shiny black longitudinal pattern on external (outer) field ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 10–24 , similar pattern in T. meridionalis n. gen. n. sp., pattern weaker in T. antsycurvis n. gen. n. sp.). Male. Xth abdominal tergite emargination as deep as wide ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES 34–54 ; similar in T. meridionalis n. gen. n. sp., wider in T. antsycurvis n. gen. n. sp.); paraprocts with a short wide projection ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 34–54 ; long digitiform projection in T. meridionalis n. gen. n. sp., shorter digitiform projection in T. antsycurvis n. gen. n. sp.). Cercus median projection relatively short ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 34–54 ; longer in T. antsycurvis n. gen. n. sp. and T. meridionalis n. gen. n. sp.). Subgenital plate longer than wide ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 34–54 ; wider than long in T. meridionalis n. gen. n. sp. and T. antsycurvis n. gen. n. sp.). Titillators distal end pointing ( Fig. 56 View FIGURES 55–57 ; similar in T. meridionalis n. gen. n. sp., enlarged distally in T. antsycurvis n. gen. n. sp.). Female. Subgenital plate about as wide as long, with V-shaped emargination ( Fig. 60 View FIGURES 58–63 ; wider than long in T. meridionalis n. gen. n. sp. and T. antsycurvis n. gen. n. sp.). Ovipositor average for the genus ( Fig. 61 View FIGURES 58–63 , Table 2).

Description. Size average for the genus ( Table 2). Color: head with genae without distinct black pattern; pronotum folds with usually a light band edging the black band; hind femur with distinct shiny black longitudinal pattern on external (outer) field ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 10–24 ). Male. Xth abdominal tergite emargination as deep as wide ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES 34–54 ); paraprocts with a shirt wide projection ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 34–54 ). Cercus dorsal lobe broadly rounded; median projection relatively short, bilobate ( Fig. 44–47 View FIGURES 34–54 ). Subgenital plate longer than wide; with indistinct emargination; styli separated by about styli length ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 34–54 ). Titillators distal end pointing; internal part shaped as inverted wide Y ( Fig. 56 View FIGURES 55–57 ). File with ca. 42 teeth ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 25–33 ). Female. Subgenital plate longer than wide, with V shaped emargination ( Fig. 60 View FIGURES 58–63 ). Ovipositor average for the genus, ventral margin with a relatively long strait area ( Fig. 61 View FIGURES 58–63 , Table 2).