Pseudoeurycorypha, Massa, 2023

Massa, Bruno, 2023, Biodiversity hotspot in the Sangha Trinational Protected Area revealed through Orthoptera Tettigoniidae, Zootaxa 5331 (1), pp. 1-67 : 40-41

Pseudoeurycorypha new genus

Figs. 25a–25f , 26a–26d

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Type species here designated: Pseudoeurycorypha civilettorum n. sp.

Description. The description of this genus, being presently monotypic, is also the description of the sole known species. Thus, only those general characters that distinguish this genus from others of the same subfamily have been included in the diagnosis. The new genus Pseudoeurycorypha is very characteristic for the absence of a spine on the fore coxae, the elongate and oval eyes, the face with evident frontogenal carinae, whitish oblique veinlets on tegmina, rounded dorsal margins of fore tibiae, and pronotum as long as it is high.

Etymology. Pseudoeurycorypha n. gen. is named after the vague resemblance to some small species of Eurycorypha (tribe Amblycoryphini ). The name Pseudoeurycorypha means ‘false’ (from Greek ψευδής) Eurycorypha .

Figures

FIGURE 25. Habitus (a), dorsal view of the head, pronotum and stridulatory area (b), frontal view of the head (c), lateral view of the head and pronotum (d), dorsal rounded margin of fore tibia (e), and stridulatory file under the left tegmen (f) of male of Pseudoeurycorypha civilettorum n. gen. n. sp. Arrows indicate the peculiar shape of pronotum carinae.

FIGURE 26. Habitus of the female (a), ventral view of the subgenital plate and ovipositor (b), male subgenital plate and cerci (c) and dorsal view of male cerci (d) of Pseudoeurycorypha civilettorum n. gen. n. sp. The arrow shows the bulges on lateral sides of the ovipositor.