Euconocephalus farooqii, Shah & Usmani, 2022

Shah, Muzamil Syed & Usmani, Mohd Kamil, 2022, The Notched-frons Katydids of Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir) India: new records and a new species of Euconocephalus (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae Copiphorini), Zootaxa 5128 (2), pp. 284-294 : 288-290

Euconocephalus farooqii sp. nov.

Figs. (18–32)

Description

Male: Body slender and large sized; fastigium of vertex conical, elongate and separated from fastigium of frons by a notch with a small ventral tubercle present at the base of fastigium; fastigium 1.5 times as long as broad and its base is 2.2 times as wide as scapus; apex rounded; eyes more or less spherical; tegmina longer than hind wings but not extending beyond the hind wings; apices obtusely rounded; wings surpassing the middle of hind tibia when folded pronotum: dorsal lateral sulcus visible; posterior dorsal margin broadly rounded, anterior margin almost straight; lateral carinae present; lateral lobes of pronotum longer than high with distinct humeral sinus; prosternum bispinose, mesosternal and metasternal lobes more or less triangular; thoracic auditory spiracle large and oval completely covered under the lateral lobe of pronotum; stridulatory file with 58 teeth; stridulatory file straight, long, medially wide and depressed, and relatively narrow on distal end than the proximal end. Legs: genicular lobes of fore femora spineless on both side; genicular lobes of mid femora spines on inner side with a single spine and spineless on outer side; genicular lobes of hind femora with a single spine on both inner and outer side; fore coxae with a long spine; all femora dorsally spineless; fore femora ventrally with 3 small spines on inner margin and spineless on outer margin; mid femora ventrally spineless on inner margin and 3-5 small spines on outer margin; hind femora ventrally with 9-11 small spines on inner margin and 6-7 minute to small spines on outer margin; tympanum on fore tibia conchate, tympanal slits facing forward with a pair of small elongated pits laterally just below the tympanum; fore and mid tibiae dorsally spineless; fore tibiae ventrally with 6 small spines each on inner and outer margin; mid tibiae ventrally with 7-8 small spines each on inner and outer margin; dorsally hind tibiae with12-14 small sized spines each on inner and outer margin; ventrally hind tibiae with 7-8 small spines on inner margin and 10-11 small spines on outer margin; single dorsal pair of spurs and two ventral pairs (outer large and inner being small) of spurs present at the apical region of hind tibiae; male tenth abdominal tergite with two incurved lobes on apical margin and wide triangular excision between them, median carina distinct; supra-anal plate triangular with dorsal basal groove, apex subobtuse; subgenital plate long, both lateral and middle ridges well developed, basal V shaped ridges converge to form a middle fringe; apical margin with wide triangular excision; styles conical and long; cerci thick with two incurved apical teeth, dorsal tooth shorter than ventral.

Material examined: Holotype Male. India: Jammu and Kashmir; Kashmir, Pulwama (33.8600° N, 74.8289° E), 01 male, 25.08.2020, on grass, (coll. Muzamil Syed Shah).

Paratype: Male: India: Jammu and Kashmir; Kashmir, Shopian (33.8600° N, 74.8289° E), 05.09.2020, on grass, (coll. Muzamil Syed Shah).

Distribution: India, Kashmir

Remarks: The new species has been reported from the southern region of Kashmir and during the field surveys, it was observed that Euconocephalus farooqi sp. nov. fed exclusively in the cultivated agricultural field habitats in the planer region of Kashmir valley. These areas were dominated by tall grasses, meadow grass, bushes, and other vegetation.

Measurements (length in mm)