Melaneremus harmandi ( Griffini, 1912c )

Ingrisch, Sigfrid, 2018, New taxa and records of Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera, Stenopelmatoidea) from South East Asia and New Guinea with a key to the genera, Zootaxa 4510 (1), pp. 1-278 : 214

Melaneremus harmandi ( Griffini, 1912c)

Figs. 75 P–Q

Material examined. India: West Bengal, Darjeeling , (27°2'N, 88°16'E), coll. Harmand, 2854-90 — 1 female (holotype) (Paris MNHN) .

Diagnosis. In contrast to M. fruhstorferi , the female of M. harmandi has a long, substraight ovipositor with unmodified tip ( Fig. 75P ). The subgenital plate is wider than long with converging lateral margins and subtruncate to faintly concave apical margin ( Fig. 75Q ).

Measurements after Griffini 1912c (1 female).—body w/o wings: 19.2; pronotum: 4.2; tegmen: 1.3; hind femur: 12.5; ovipositor: 24.6 mm.

Figures

FIGURE 75. Genus Melaneremus: A–E, M. fruhstorferi (Griffini, 1914) male (A–B), male holotype (C), female freshly molted (D–E); F–I, M. sikkimensis sp. nov. holotype; J–K, M. atrotectus (Brunner, 1888) holotype; L–O, M. pupulus (Bolivar, 1900) type; P–Q, M. harmandi (Griffini, 1912) type?.—Male abdominal apex in apical (A, C distorted, F, K, L), ventral (B, G, J, M) and dorsal view (H, O), female seventh abdominal sternite, subgenital plate and base of ovipositor in ventral view (D), female abdomen with ovipositor (E, P), female subgenital plate (Q), stridulatory pegs on second and third abdominal tergites, front is right (I).