Betiscoides meridionalis Sjoestedt , 1924

Matenaar, Daniela, 2024, Application of extended depth of field 3 D imagery to tackle the challenges of cryptic species: a use case in the genus Betiscoides Sjoestedt, 1924 (Orthoptera, Caelifera, Lentulidae) and its taxonomic implications, Evolutionary Systematics 8 (1), pp. 65-90 : 65

Betiscoides meridionalis Sjoestedt, 1924

Remarks.

Specimens of DEL 3 from Cape Point, Table Mountain NP, are hereby considered as Betiscoides meridionalis as they coincide with its overall morphological diagnostic characters. The large and slender body, the 24-jointed, ensiform, antennae, the very elongate head with the Fv nearly twice the length of the eye as well as the extremely elongate and acutely pointed subgenital plate, reason this allocation. The specimens occur in sympatry with the specimen from DEL 8.

Material.

Male. HLMD-Cael-380, LB11, Genbank Acc: KU206332, KU214602, 34°19'2.30"S, 18°25'12.66"E, 42 m above sea level, South Africa, Western Cape, Table Mountain National Park, Cape Point, Restio wetland, November 2013, L. Bröder leg.

Vol: 88.3974 mm 3 or 8.83974e- 08 m3; Vol. eye: 1002540337.66 µm 3, ratio eye length/ fastigium length: 1.30, Subgenital plate degree: 31.6°

Female. HLMD-Cael-383, B24, Genbank Acc: MG243742.1, MG244116.1, MG243841.1, MG243940.1, MG244036.1, 33°57'32.18"S, 18°23'16.06"E, South Africa, Western Cape, Table Mountain National Park, Twelve Apostle, Restio wetland, March 2012, S. Wirtz leg.

Upper valve degree: 52°, upper valve distance = 182 µm, upper valve width = 201 µm, protrusion degree = 129°, Pr line 1 = 146 µm, Pr line 2 = 75 µm, Pr distance = 205 µm, Pr distance to tip of the dorsal valve = 280, 11 µm, Pr vertical distance = 78 µm, Pr straight-lined, apex acute.