Homogryllacris buyssoniana ( Griffini, 1912c ), 2018

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 : 199

Homogryllacris buyssoniana ( Griffini, 1912c) comb. nov.

Figs. 70 D–G

Material examined. Bhutan: Pedong , 1.i.–31.xii.1900, coll. R. Oberthür— 1 male ( holotype) (Paris, MNHN-EO- ENSIF1147) .

Diagnosis. Face medium brown; a spot at fastigium verticis, antennal scrobae, and two rings at scapus black. Pronotum with black rim; abdominal tergites dorsally black. Strongly brachypterous, tegmen hardly overlapping in midline, reaching to second abdominal tergite in male, with subparallel veins. Male ninth abdominal tergite in dorsal view convex ( Fig. 70D ). Male abdominal apex with rather short and curved, acute projections from below ninth abdominal tergite, probably from tenth tergite ( Figs. 70 F–G). Male subgenital plate with bilobate apex and small styli ( Fig. 70E ). Female unknown.

Measurements after Griffini (1912c) ( 1 male).—body w/o wings: 18.7; pronotum: 4; tegmen: 5.1; hind femur: 12.7 mm.

Links to photographs at MNHN Paris: http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif1147.

Figures

FIGURE 70. A–C, Homogryllacris artinii (Griffini, 1913) male (A–B) and female (C); D–G, Homogryllacris buyssoniana (Griffini, 1912) male; H–J, Homogryllacris kurseonga (Griffini, 1913) male (H–I) and female (J); K–M, Homogryllacris? maindroni (Griffini, 1913) male; N–P, Niphetogryllacris succinea (Bolivar, 1900) male.—Male abdominal apex in apical (A, F, I, M), ventral (B, E, L, O), dorsal (D, N), and lateral view (G–H, K); female subgenital plate (C, J); male subgenital plate (P). Abbreviations: 9th ninth abdominal tergite; ce cercus; pr projection of tenth tergite; sg subgenital plate; st stylus.