Habetia spada, Brunner, 1898

Ingrisch, Sigfrid, 2021, Revision of the genera Habetia Kirby, 1906 and Parahabetia gen. nov. from New Guinea (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Agraeciini), Zootaxa 5020 (2), pp. 201-256 : 209

Habetia spada (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1898)

Figs 1A , 3G , 5A , Map 1(1).

Holotype (female): Papua New Guinea, Madang, Konstantinhafen [= Enke Port, the label reads “Konstantinshafen Deutsch-Neuguinea”], (5°30’S, 145°56’E), coll. BrW. 20.597—depository: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien ( NMW).

Diagnosis. H. spada differs from other species by the shape of the female subgenital plate that is flattened and has the lateral margins not markedly upcurved, the apical margin is wide-triangularly incised and the spines at apico-lateral angles are nearly rectangularly upcurved. The females from Toricelli Mountains that Karny identified as H. spada , however, differ significantly from the type of H. spada by the shape of the subgenital plate despite of the general similarity between both taxa as described below under H. pedala sp. nov., which has a domed subgenital plate while in H. spada it is flattened.

Description. Index fastigium verticis: eye diameter 1.70: 1.96 mm. Coloration of face of light general color; mandibles fully black; antennal scrobae and tip of fastigium frontis light brown ( Fig. 3G ). Femora with the following number of spines on ventral margins: Femur spines: (1) a 6 p 8; (2) a 7 p 3; (3) a 12–14 p 13–14.

Male unknown.

Female. Subgenital plate rather flat with converging lateral margins and with a medial furrow; at posterior-lateral angles with up-bent, acute cones; apical margin between cones wide, triangularly incised ( Fig. 5A ). Ovipositor about one and half time as long as body; behind basal constriction straight with dorsal valves in basal half only faintly convex ( Fig. 1A ).

Measurements (1 female).—Body w/o wings: 42; pronotum: 9.3; tegmen: 38; hind femur: 28.5; ovipositor length: 63 mm.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habetia sp. females: habitus lateral view; species with very long ovipositor: A. H. spada (Brunner, 1898) holotype; B. H. tuta sp. nov. (Keram River); C. H. pedala sp. nov. (Toricelli Mts); D. H. pallida sp. nov. (Sentani); E–F. H. multispinulosa Griffini, 1908 (E holotype, F Rigo Dorom). Scales 10 mm.

FIGURE 3. A, Habetia pilleata sp. nov. male (Wau 1200m); B, H. pallida sp. nov. female (Hollandia); C, H. tuta sp. nov. male (Quelllager); D–F, H. curvata sp. nov. (D, male Albatros Bivak, E–F, female Prauwenbivak); G, H. spada (Brunner, 1898) female holotype (Konstantinhafen); H, H. multispinulosa Griffini, 1908 female holotype (Dilo); I, H. pedala sp. nov. female (Toricelli Mountains).—Frons (A–E, G–I), female dorsal view (F). Scales 5 mm (A–E, G–I), 10 mm (F).

FIGURE 5. Female subgenital plate of Habetia species in oblique ventral (A, J), ventral (C, E, G, L), apico-ventral (B, D, G, K), apical (H), and lateral (F, I) view.—A, H. spada holotype; B–C, H. multispinulosa (B holotype, C from Dorom), D, H. pedala sp. nov. (Toricelli Mts); E–F, H. tuta sp. nov. (Keram river); G, H. curvata sp. nov. (Prauwenbivak); H–L, H. pallida sp. nov. (H–I Jutefa Bay, J Bewani, K Ifar, L Hollandia).—Scales 1 mm; A, D, G not to scale.