Lebinthus magayon Baroga-Barbecho & Robillard, 2020

Baroga-Barbecho, Jessica B., Tan, Ming Kai, Yap, Sheryl A. & Robillard, Tony, 2020, Taxonomic study of Lebinthus Stål, 1877 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae) with description of six new species in the Philippines, Zootaxa 4816 (4), pp. 401-438 : 429-430

Lebinthus magayon Baroga-Barbecho & Robillard sp. nov.

( Figs. 1 , 16 , 17 , 20E , 21E , 23E )

Type materials. Holotype female. Philippines. [Luzon]: Albay, Mt. Malinao , 24–25.x.2013 ( JBB010 ), coll. S.A. Yap (UPLBMNH) . Paratypes: 2♀ ( JBB008 ) (UPLBMNH), right mid leg for molecular analysis (L72) ( JBB009 ) (MNHN-EO-ENSIF10751), same information as holotype .

Type locality. Philippines. Luzon: Albay, Mt. Malinao

Distribution. Philippines. Albay, Mt. Malinao.

Etymology. The name comes from the word “magayon” of the Bicol language, which is a term used to appreciate the beauty of a woman, relating it to the type material used to describe the species.

Diagnosis. Species of average size, dark brown to black in color. Face and mouthparts completely orange to golden brown. Copulatory papilla pentagonal in shape.

Description. Size average for the genus ( Figs. 16 , Table 5). General coloration dark brown to black. Head dorsum ( Fig. 20E ) black. Scapes and antennae dark brown, each antennal segment lined with black markings. Face and mouthparts completely orange to golden brown. Maxillary palpi brown. Head lateral side ( Fig. 21E ) orange brown to dark brown. Dorsal disk of pronotum dark brown with few dark patterns. Lateral lobe of pronotum dark brown, with brownish to yellowish patterns basally. Legs brown, hind femora covered with thin yellowish to whitish setae. Hind knees black, tibiae dark brown. Hind tarsomeres with 3–4 spines on dorsal outer edge and one on outer faces (n=3). Abdomen homogeneously dark brown to black. Cerci brown.

Female. FWs ( Fig. 23E ) close to that of L. estrellae , very short, their posterior margin curved, reaching posterior margin of first tergite, far from overlapping. Dorsal field brown with five strong dark brown longitudinal veins (3–5 in L. estrellae ). Lateral edge brown, with four strong dark brown longitudinal veins. Ovipositor shorter than hind femora; apex lanceolate, dorsal edge without denticulation, slightly carinated. Copulatory papilla ( Fig. 17 ) pentagonal shape, membranous.

Male. Unknown.

Measurements (in mm). See Table 5.

Habitat. The species was found in vegetation, on top of fern plants.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution of Lebinthus in the Philippines. Triangular symbols refer to species of the bitaeniatus species group; round symbols to species of the sanchezi species group.

FIGURE 16. Lebinthus magayon sp. nov. habitus of female in dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views. Scale bar: 5 mm.

FIGURE 17. Lebinthus magayon sp. nov. female copulatory papilla in dorsal (A) and lateral views (B).

FIGURE 20. Head in dorsal view: L. dannybaletei sp. nov. (A); L. parvus sp. nov. (B); L. palaceus sp. nov. (C); L. hamus sp. nov. (D); L. magayon sp. nov. (E); L. boracay sp. nov. (F).

FIGURE 21. Head and pronotum in lateral view: L. dannybaletei sp. nov. (A); L. parvus sp. nov. (B); L. palaceus sp. nov. (C); L. hamus sp. nov. (D); L. magayon sp. nov. (E).

FIGURE 23. Female tegmen in dorsal view: L. dannybaletei sp. nov. (A); L. parvus sp. nov. (B); L. palaceus sp. nov. (C); L. hamus sp. nov. (D); L. magayon sp. nov. (E).