Poecilocloeus renascensis Matiotti

Costa, Maria Kátia Matiotti Da, Fianco, Marcos, Martins, Fernando De Farias, Prasniewski, Victor Mateus, Szinwelski, Neucir & Zefa, Edison, 2017, New species of Poecilocloeus Bruner, 1910 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Proctolabinae) from Paraná State, Brazil, Zootaxa 4341 (1), pp. 135-143 : 136-140

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Poecilocloeus renascensis Matiotti da Costa, n. sp.

( Figs. 1A–I View FIGURE 1 )

Etymology. The specific epithet refers tO the type lOcality: Renascença = renascensis , municipality Of Renascença, Paraná, Brazil.

Diagnosis. COmbinatiOn Of the fOllOwing characteristics: (i) fastigium Of the vertex truncated cOnically, with dOrsal median carinula distinct; (ii) prOnOtum dOrsally marked with twO yellOw spOts; (iii) lateral lObes with twO yellOw spOts; (iv) lateral and median carinae Of prOnOtum absent; (v) genicular lObes Of the hind femur red; (vi) hind tibiae red; (vii) subgenital plate cupulifOrm and pubescent; (vii) epiprOct subquadrangular with a well distinct and sclerOtized median prOtuberance; (ix) furculae divided in twO small lObes slerOtized; (x) pallium salient and prOjecting dOrsally; (xi) cerci Ornated with fOur strOngly sclerOtized tubercles; (xii) flat bridge; (xiii) ancOrae well develOped and twice the size Of the anteriOr prOjectiOns; (xiv) ancOrae with pOsteriOr prOjectiOns cOnvergent; (xv) lOphi prOminent and sclerOtized; (xvi) presence Of internal cOnical prOtuberance.

Description. Male hOlOtype ( Figs. 1A–B View FIGURE 1 ). Medium-sized bOdy (length 17mm). COlOratiOn green. BOdy mOderately rObust and entire prOfusely pubescent, especially the tibiae and tarsi. Integument impressO-punctate. MacrOpterOus. Head. PrOfile Of frOnt straight. Head mOderated size. Antennae filifOrm with 23 jOints, surpassing the pOsteriOr margin Of prOnOtum. Eyes glObular and salient. InterOcular space narrOw, with the same width as the antennal flagellum. FrOntal cOsta plan. Occiput smOOth. Fastigium Of the vertex truncated cOnic, with dOrsal median carinula well distinct, little lOnger than wide ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ). Thorax. PrOnOtum wide, pubescent, lacking bOth medial and lateral carinae; metazOna shOrter than prOzOna and with mOre punctures; disc Of prOnOtum crOssed by three transverse sulci; anteriOr margin Of prOnOtum with median slight indentatiOn and pOsteriOr margin Obtusangulate ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ); lateral lObes Of prOnOtum quadrangular, slightly sinuOus; punctures in prOzOna and metazOna distinct ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ); prOsternal prOcess cOnical, small and rOunded pOint. MesOsternal lObes rOunded. Tegmen extending tO base Of hind knees Or in sOme males tO tip Of abdOmen, but never exceeding; veins Of tegmen strOngly impressed, the apex rOunded. Wings vitreOus, apex infuscated. Legs. Hind femur slender, the upper keel smOOth, the end Of lOwer knee lObes rOunded. Hind tibiae pubescent with 7 Outer and 8 inner dOrsal spines. SecOnd jOint Of hind tarsus lOnger than the first jOint. Abdomen. Tympanum Oval and large. EpiprOct subquadragular, lOnger than wider, small sulci in pOrtiOn apical; all extremities Of the epiprOct sclerOtized and sinuOus; in median pOrtiOn a well salient prOtuberant; apex rOunded; furculae divided in twO lObes small sclerOtized, distinctly separated and sinuOus ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ). Subgenital plate cupulifOrm, shOrt, curved up, apex narrOwed, rOunded and pubescent. Pallium very salient and prOjecting dOrsally ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ). Cerci Of typical generic fOrm, pubescent, basally wide, dOrsal margin Of cercus Ornated with fOur tubercles strOngly sclerOtized; pOinted apex and sclerOtized ( Fig. 1G View FIGURE 1 ). Phallic complex. Epiphallus with a flat bridge; ancOrae very develOped and twice size Of the anteriOr prOjectiOns and directiOn flat; pOsteriOr prOjectiOns cOnvergent; lOphi prOminent and sclerOtized; with internal cOnical prOtuberance ( Fig. 1H View FIGURE 1 ). Valves Of aedeagus lOng curving tOwards the frOnt; cingulum with lOng apOdemes; inferiOr valve nOt wrap intO in the valve superiOr and the inferiOr valves Of the aedeagus with apex cOvered by large apOphysis ( Fig. 1I View FIGURE 1 ).

Male. General cOlOr green. Face, clypeus and genae green; fastigium Of vertex and labrum yellOwish. Antennae, scape, pedicel and antennal flagellum black green. InterOcular space yellOw. Maxillary palps and labial palps yellOwish with black apex. Occiput green with yellOwish spOts dOrsally near tO the eyes. PrOnOtum green dOrsally marked with twO yellOw spOts; lateral lObes Of prOnOtum with twO yellOw spOts. PrOthOracic area Of the episternum yellOwish. Tegmen green and wings infumate, but nOt cOlOred. All legs bearing cOxae and prOximal area Of the femOra yellOwish. FOre and mid legs green with small yellOw spOts. Genicular lObes red. Femur III green with distal extremity yellOwish. Tibia I and II green with yellOw spOts. Hind tibia spines red with black tips. Tarsi red. Cerci yellOw, black in the tip. AbdOmen ventrally and dOrsally green. Pallium yellOwish. The dOrsal and ventral abdOminal segments green. Subgenital plate with cOntOur black in all extensiOn.

Female. Similar in cOlOr tO male, larger in size (bOdy length 25mm) ( Figs. 2A–F View FIGURE 2 ). Head with fastigium mOre prOminent and wider than in males; eyes mOre prOminent ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ). PrOnOtum wide ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ). Cercus shOrt, cOnical, nOt reaching tip Of epiprOct ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ). Subgenital plate as wide as lOng; pOsteriOr margin with lObed apex, the internal lObes large and are separated by median incisiOn ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ). OvipOsitOr valves shOrt in lateral view; slightly serrulated margins; dOrsal valve Of the OvipOsitOr rObust and apical tOOth Of the external ventral valve Of OvipOsitOr little prOminent ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ).

Habitat and Habits. Individuals Of P. renascensis n. sp. were cOllected mainly during the day, being active On bushes and grasses Of the fOrest edge, in mOre Open places and with lOwer canOpy cOver, during the afternOOn, generally after 16h ( Fig. 3A View FIGURES 3 ). The specimens were cOllected using an entOmOlOgical net, Only after they had been sighted, and twO individuals were cOllected at night, just after dusk. These individuals were immObile in the trunk Of trees in the interiOr Of the fOrest, twO meters frOm the edge Of the fOrest, abOut One meter height ( Fig. 3B View FIGURES 3 ), and were cOllected manually.

Measurements (mm): Males (n=4): BL= 17.1 (16.4–17.1); PL= 4.0 (3.9–4.0); FL3= 11 (10.8–11); TL= 12.1 (11.9–12.1). Females (n=5): BL= 25.1 (23.1–25.1); PL= 5.0 (4.7–5.0); FL3= 15 (14.4–15); TL= 16 (15.5–16).

Type material. HOlOtype ♂. BRAZIL: Paraná, municipality Of Renascença, Fazenda Céu Azul (26°08’02.2”S – 52°52’19.3”W), 10–13.i.2017 and 19.v.2017, Fianco, M., 4 ♂ and 3 ♀ ( MCTP) GoogleMaps ; Parque Nacional do Iguaçu ( Céu Azul— 25°9’23.33”S – 53°50'57.12"O), 20.iii.2017, Prasniewski, V.M., 1 ♀ ( MCTP) GoogleMaps ; Parque NaciOnal dO Iguaçu (FOz dO Iguaçu— 25°37’47.15”S – 54°27’47.78”O), 01–04.vi.2017, StrOtkamp, A.B., 1♀ ( MCTP). HOlOtype cOnditiOn: genitalia were extracted, and maintained in hOlOtype’s tube. GoogleMaps

Remarks. The right antennae Of the male hOlOtype is brOken.

Genus Distribution. Brazil (AmazOnas, Pará, MatO GrOssO dO Sul, RiO de JaneirO, ROndônia ( Descamps 1980), Paraná (Renascença, Céu Azul and FOz dO Iguaçu) ( Table 1, Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 ), Peru ( Descamps & AmédégnatO 1970; Descamps 1980), BOlivia, COlômbia, Guyana ( Descamps 1980) and COsta Rica ( ROwell 2013).

Natural history. Little is knOwn abOut their biOlOgy, but at least One species ( P. hamatus ) is assOciated with SOlanaceae . The great majOrity Of species is frOm AmazOnia, where the genus is assOciated with secOndary fOrest ( Descamps 1976).