Warramaba whitei, Kearney, 2018

Kearney, Michael R., 2018, The matchstick grasshopper genus Warramaba (Morabidae: Morabinae): a description of four new species and a photographic guide to the group, Zootaxa 4482 (2), pp. 201-244 : 210-212

Warramaba whitei sp. nov.

Holotype ( Fig. 2b ): ♂, Reg. No. ANIC 14 0 0 7223, in Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra; bEARING THE fOLLOwING LAbELS: (1) ‘ANIC DATAbASE NO. 14 007223’; (2) ‘P196’; (3) ‘M. J. D. WHITE CYTOL. PREP. 3963-I’; (4) ‘ 1 km NW Of ARROw LAkE, NR. KALGOORLIE, W. A. 18.I.1974. M. J. D. WHITE’.

Paratypes: Paratype 1 ♂ (1) ‘ AUST. NAT. INS. COLL. MRK leg 04’; (2) ‘ ANIC Database No. 14 009145’; (3) ‘ 1 km NW of Arrow Lake, nr. Kalgoorlie, W. A. 18.i.1974. M. J. D. White’ ; Paratype 2 ♂ (1) ‘ ANIC Database No. 14 009146’; (2) ‘ 1 km NW of Arrow Lake, nr. Kalgoorlie, W. A. 18.i.1974. M. J. D. White’. ; Paratype 3 ♂ (1) ‘ ANIC DATAbASE NO. 14 009147’; (2) ‘ 1 km NW Of ARROw LAkE, NR. KALGOORLIE, W. A. 18.I.1974. M. J. D. WHITE’. ; Paratype 4 ♀ (1) ‘ ANIC Database No. 14 009149; (2) ‘ 1 km NW of Arrow Lake, nr. Kalgoorlie, W. A. 18.i.1974. M. J. D. White’. ; Paratype 5 ♀ (1) ‘ AUST. NAT. INS. COLL. MRK leg 03’; (2) ‘ ANIC Database No. 14 009148; (3) ‘ 1 km NW Of ARROw LAkE, NR. KALGOORLIE, W. A. 18.I.1974. M. J. D. WHITE’.

Description: SEE TAbLE 1 fOR mORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS Of THE HOLOTYPE, AND FIGURE 5 fOR PHOTOGRAPHS Of LIvE SPECImENS AND GENITALIA AS wELL AS APPENDIX 1 fOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS Of LIvE SPECImENS.

Colouration: THE bASE COLOURATION IS DARk TO bRIGHT GREEN (OCCASIONALLY GREY) wITH RED OR YELLOw LATERAL fACIAL STRIPES AND DISTINCT wHITE, AND OfTEN TRIANGULAR, mEDIAN fACIAL REGION. IT OfTEN HAS LATERAL YELLOw STRIPES ALONG PRONOTUm AND AbDOmEN.

Diagnosis: Warramaba whitei sp. nov. HAS A RELATIvELY ATTENUATE bODY fORm AND mALES HAvE A RELATIvELY LONG SUbGENITAL PLATE (SImILAR TO W. grandis sp. nov.). THE UNIqUE kARYOTYPE, DESCRIbED IN DETAIL IN WHITE et al. (1973), HAS 2 n ♂ = 14 AND 2 n ♀ = 13 AND AN X 1X 2Y SEX CHROmOSOmE mECHANISm. IT CAN bE DISTINGUISHED mORPHOLOGICALLY

fROm OTHER mEmbERS Of THE GENUS bY A COmbINATION Of THE RELATIvE PROPORTIONS Of THE SUbGENITAL PLATE AND COLOURATION, AS DESCRIbED IN THE kEY bELOw.

Distribution and seasonal cycle: IT HAS A CRESCENT-SHAPED DISTRIbUTION ( FIG. 1 ) wITH A SOUTHERN LImIT NEAR KALGOORLIE, EXTENDING DUE NORTH TO THE vICINITY Of LEONORA, AND THEN NORTHEAST bETwEEN SANDSTONE AND MOUNT MAGNET. ITS LATITUDINAL RANGE IS bETwEEN 27.80°S AND 31.28°S. ITS mOST INLAND LImIT IS 122.51°E, NEAR LAvERTON, THOUGH SPECIES DISTRIbUTION mODELLING SUGGESTS THAT AN ISOLATED PATCH Of CLImATICALLY SUITAbLE HAbITAT OCCURS fURTHER EAST THAN THIS (KEARNEY AND MOUSSALLI 2003). IT IS mULTIvOLTINE NORTH Of LEONORA wITH ADULTS AND NYmPHS PRESENT IN ALL SEASONS, bUT UNIvOLTINE IN THE SOUTH wITH ADULTS PRESENT IN mID TO LATE SUmmER.

Material examined: 2 fEmALES, 10 km S Of SANDSTONE (119.3, -28.05), 20 FEb, 1983 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE 1 mALE, 9km S Of SANDSTONE (119.3, -28.05), 12 FEb, 1981 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, 4km S Of GOONGARRIE (120.15, - 30.08), 8 FEb, 1981 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, 13km WNW Of AGNEw (120.4, -27.97), 14 FEb, 1980 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 2 fEmALES 2 mALES, 2km SSE Of YUNNDAGA SIDING, NR. MENzIES (121.03, -29.77), 27 FEb, 1981 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 5 fEmALES 5 mALES, DIORITE KING MINE, 34km NW Of LEONORA (121.07, -28.68), 7 MAR, 1976, WEbb,G.C.; 2 fEmALES 2 mALES , DIORITE KING MINE, 34km NW Of LEONORA (121.07, -28.68), 21 FEb, 1981 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, DIORITE KING MINE, 34km NW Of LEONORA (121.07, -28.68), 15 FEb, 1975 , WHITE,M.J.D. & WEbb,G.C.; 1 fEmALE 1 mALE, 8km W Of LAkE MORIATY, NR. MENzIES (121.08, -29.85), 10 FEb, 1981 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, 5km S Of COmET VALE SIDING, NR. MENzIES (121.12, -30), 8 FEb, 1981 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 2 fEmALES 2 mALE, 2 km N Of CANEGRASS, NNW Of KALGOORLIE (121.17, -30.18), 11 JAN, 1972 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, 9km NE Of COOLGARDIE (121.22, -30.9), 22 FEb, 1980 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 2 fEmALES 2 mALES, 10 km NW Of LEONORA (121.25, -28.8), 6 MAR , 1976, WEbb,G.C.; 1 mALE, 10 km NW Of LEONORA (121.25, -28.8), 19 JAN, 1974 TO 20 JAN, 1974 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE 1 mALES, 6 km N Of BROAD ARROw (121.33, -30.38), 23 JAN, 1973 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE, 1km N Of ARROw LAkE, NR . KALGOORLIE (121.4, -30.53), 10 FEb, 1981, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, 1 km NW Of ARROw LAkE, NR . KALGOORLIE (121.4, -30.53), 18 JAN, 1974, WHITE,M.J.D.; 2 fEmALES 2 mALE, 1km N Of ARROw LAkE, NR . KALGOORLIE (121.4, -30.53), 7 FEb, 1981, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, 1km NW Of ARROw LAkE, NR . KALGOORLIE (121.4, -30.53), 7 FEb, 1981, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, 6 km SW Of MELITA H.S., S Of LEONORA (121.4, -29.08), 11 JAN, 1972 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE, 4 km SW Of KALGOORLIE (121.43, -30.78), 10 MAR, 1976, WEbb,G.C.; 5 fEmALES 5 mALES, MALCOLm SOAk, NR . LEONORA (121.43, - 28.9), 25 JAN, 1973, WHITE,M.J.D.; 2 fEmALES, 5 km N Of KALGOORLIE (121.47, -30.7), 23 JAN, 1973 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE 1 mALES, 3km NW Of SPARGOvILLE (121.47, -31.23), 14 FEb, 1981 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 2 fEmALES, 2 km NW Of SPARGOvILLE (121.47, -31.23), 28 JAN, 1973 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, 2 km NW Of SPARGOvILLE, NNW Of WIDGIEmOOLTHA (121.47, -31.23), 28 JAN, 1973 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE, 5km NE Of KANOwNA RUINS, NR . BROAD ARROw (121.63, -30.57), 9 FEb, 1983, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE 1 mALE, 3km SE Of MT. CATHERINE, YERILLA STN., SE Of LEONORA (121.87, -29.53), 19 FEb, 1981 , WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE 1 fEmALE, 19km S Of MENANGINA H.S., CA . 85km E Of MENzIES (121.92, -29.98), 14 FEb, 1983, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE , YINDI STA. (NORTHERN bOUNDARY) (122.5, -30.38), 21 FEb, 1981, MASLIN,B.R.; 1 fEmALE, 9 km NNW Of MONAGHAN WELL, NR. EDjUDINA H.S. (122.52, -29.88), 21 FEb, 1981, MASLIN,B.R.

Taxonomic discussion: FORmER ANIC CODE NUmbER P196.

Etymology: NAmED AfTER THE CYTOGENETICIST M. J. D. WHITE.

Biology: THIS SPECIES mAY OCCUR SYmPATRICALLY wITH W. flavolineata sp. nov. AND W. picta AND, AT SOmE SITES, CAN bE fOUND ON THE SAmE fOOD PLANTS. IT HAS ALSO bEEN fOUND IN SYmPATRY wITH W. grandis sp. nov. AT ONE SITE IN THE fAR wEST Of ITS RANGE. IT OCCURS ON SHRUbS AND TREES Of THE GENERA Acacia AND Senna. THIS SPECIES IS STRONGLY GENETICALLY DIffERENTIATED ACROSS ITS RANGE (KEARNEY AND BLACkET 2008).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution of Warramaba species, a) overall in Western Australia, b) of W. virgo in eastern Australia, and c–h) of the Western Australian taxa separately. Also indicated in a) With a black triangle is the location for P152 (here assigned to W. picta) and, With open triangles, the locations of P188 (here assigned to W. grandis sp. nov.).

FIGURE 2. Holotypes of Warramaba, all held in the Australian National Insect Collection: a) W. picta (Key 1976), b) W. whitei sp. nov., c) W. flavolineata sp. nov., d) W. grandis sp. nov., e) W. virgo (Key 1963), f) W. ngadju sp. nov. The Width of the pin in each photo is 0.6 mm.

FIGURE 5. Warramaba whitei sp. nov. ♂ a) lateral and b) frontal images of an individual from Bullabulling, Western Australia, as Well as phallic complex (genitalia prep. OrG2286) of an individual from 6 km SW of Melita H.S., S of Leonora in c) dorsal, d) lateral and e) caudal vieW. The scale bar refers to the photographs of the phallic complex.