Matuanus elegans Otte, 1987

Robillard, Tony & Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2008, Systematics of Matuanus Gorochov (Grylloidea, Podoscirtidae, Podoscirtinae) from New Caledonia: new data and the analysis of venation diversity, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 273-290 : 277-279

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Matuanus elegans Otte, 1987 View in CoL

Figs 2, 6A, 27A

Matuanus elegans Otte View in CoL , in Otte et al., 1987: 450. — Desutter-Grandcolas 1997: 154.

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype male, 25 km Col des Roussettes , 6.II.1963 (Krauss) , ANSP. Paratypes: 1 ♂ (Yoshimoto), Yahoué , 20.II.1963, BPBM; 1 ♂ (Krauss), id., 60-100 m, II.1980, ANSP; 1 ♂ (Krauss), Col de Pitehikara , 300-450 m, 8.I.1969, BPBM; 1 ♂ (Krauss), Mt. Panié , 8.II.1963, BPBM; 1 ♂ (Straatman), Pouébo, 26.I.1964, BPBM; 1 ♂ (Gressitt & Maa), Col d’Amieu, 650 m, 31.III.1968, BPBM; 1 ♂ (Krauss), Col des Roussettes , 450-550 m, 4.II.1963, BPBM; 1 ♂ (Yoshimoto), Mt. Koghi , 27.I.1963, BPBM; 1 ♂ (Krauss), id., II.1962, BPBM; 1 ♂ (Krauss), id., I.1969, BPBM; 1 ♂ (Yoshimoto & Krauss), id., 26.I.1963, ANSP; 1 ♀ (Krauss), id., II.1973, ANSP; 1 ♀ (Gressitt), id., 5.III.1960, BPBM; 1 ♀, id., I.1969, BPBM; 1 ♀ (Yoshimoto), id., 27.I.1963, BPBM; 1 ♀ (Krauss), id., II.1973, BPBM; 1 ♂ (Sedlacek), Forêt de Thy , 100-200 m, 10.III.1961, ANSP; 1 ♀ (Gressit), id., 550 m, 6.III.1960, BPBM; 1 ♀ (Sedlacek), id., 100-300 m, 25.III.1961, BPBM; 1 ♂ (Krauss), Poindimié, 11.II.1963, BPBM; 1 ♀ (Gressit), Col d’Amieu, 750 m, 3.III.1960, BPBM; 1 ♀ (Krauss), 25 km Col des Roussettes, 6.II.1963, BPBM; 1 ♀ (Krauss), Col des Pirogues , 14.II.1963, BPBM; 1 ♀ (Krauss), Col des Roussettes, 4.II.1963, BPBM; 1 ♀ (Yoshimoto), between La Foa and Canala, 480-500 m, 30.I.1963, BPBM; 1 ♀ (Alexander, Cade & Otte), Koné, mountain forest, Panaki rd., 7.III.1983, ANSP .

TYPE LOCALITY. — New Caledonia, 25 km Col des Roussettes.

FIGS 1-5. Male FW venation. 1, M. priapus . 2, M. elegans . 3, M. rectinervus . 4-5, male genitalia in dorsal and lateral views of M. rectinervus . Dotted areas on FWs represent patterns of coloration (high density of dots: dark areas; low density of dots: whitish, yellow areas). Dotted areas on male genitalia represent membranous parts. Scale bars = 1 mm.

ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS. — Fastigium longer than in M. rectinervus (Fig. 6A).

Male: FW venation (Fig. 2). Very close to M. priapus , the vein 1Aa fused with CuA1 at FW midlength, while it runs up to the apical field in M. rectinervus . Stridulatory file with 93 teeth (n = 1).

Female: ovipositor reaching the tip of hind wings or slightly longer; apex of dorsal valves finely striated on outer surface, with a smooth area dorsally (Fig. 27A).