Lebinthus dannybaletei Baroga-Barbecho & Robillard, 2020

Baroga-Barbecho, Jessica B., Tan, Ming Kai, Yap, Sheryl A. & Robillard, Tony, 2020, Taxonomic study of Lebinthus Stål, 1877 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae) with description of six new species in the Philippines, Zootaxa 4816 (4), pp. 401-438 : 416-419

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.4.1
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scientific name	Lebinthus dannybaletei Baroga-Barbecho & Robillard
status	sp. nov.

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Lebinthus dannybaletei Baroga-Barbecho & Robillard sp. nov.

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Type material. Holotype male. Philippines. [Visayas]: [Panay Island], [Antique] Sibalom National Park, Mt. Porras , 11.x.2015 ( JBB154 ), coll. N.M. Barbecho & M.D.M. Asio ( PNM 13589) . Allotype female. Same locality as holotype, NC [night collection] along T1 [Transect 1], 18.x.2015 ( JBB151 ), coll. N.M. Barbecho, M.D.M. Asio & A.C. Diesmos ( PNM 13586) . Paratypes (4♂, 11♀): same locality as holotype, 1♀ ( JBB155 ) ( PNM 13590) (MNH-EO- ENSIF10754); 3♀ ( JBB156–158 ) ( PNM 13591–13593 View Materials ), 1♀ ( JBB152 ), 13.x.2015, coll. N.M. Barbecho & M.D.M. Asio ( PNM 13587); 1♂ ( JBB159 ) ( PNM 13594), 17.x.2015, coll. N.M. Barbecho (MNHN-EO-ENSIF11061); 1♀ ( JBB160 ), 17.x.2015, coll. N.M. Barbecho ( PNM 13595); NC along T1: 1♀ ( JBB145 ), 15.x.2015, coll. N.M. Barbecho ( PNM 13580); 1♂ ( JBB146 ) ( PNM 13581), 18.x.2015, coll. N.M Barbecho, left mid leg for molecu- lar analysis (L139); 1♂ ( JBB147 ) ( PNM 13582), 18.x.2015, coll. N.M Barbecho (MNHN-EO-ENSIF10752); 2♀ ( JBB149–150 ), 18.x.2015, coll. N.M. Barbecho ( PNM 13584–13585 View Materials ); 1♀ ( JBB148 ) ( PNM 13583) (MNHN-EO- ENSIF10753), 18.x.2015, coll. N.M. Barbecho.

Additional material. Philippines. Same locality as holotype, 1♂ juvenile ( JBB153 ), 13.x.2015, coll. N.M. Barbecho & M.D.M. Asio ( PNM 13588) .

Type locality. Philippines. Visayas: [Panay Island], [Antique] Sibalom National Park, Mt. Porras

Distribution. Philippines: Panay Island, Antique, Sibalom, Mt. Porras.

Etymology. The name of the species is dedicated to the late Mr. Danilo “Danny” S. Balete, a well-known Filipino Mammalogist and conservationist, for his contribution to science and Philippine conservation. He was the mentor of JBB in the mentoring program of the Biodiversity Conservation Society of the Philippines during its Annual Scientific Conference in 2010.

Diagnosis. The species differs from congeners by its general coloration dark brown, including face and head vertex. Male genitalia close to that of L. puyos , from which they differ by pseudepiphallus thinner and slightly longer, and from pseudepiphallic parameres with inverted L-shaped (C-shaped in L. puyos ).

Description. Size average for the genus ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 ; Table 1). Coloration yellow brown and dark brown. Head dorsum ( Fig. 20A View FIGURE 20 ) dark brown, region posterior to eyes and vertex black, with 2–3 thick yellow bands, not distinct. Fastigium darker than vertex, wider than long, setose golden brown, with a thin yellow band apically; upper facial part dark brown, with black markings. Scapes brown, antennae brown basally, then progressively darker. Face and mouthparts (except labium) dark brown, covered with black markings. Maxillary palpi and labium brown. Lateral part of head yellow with a brown area ( Fig. 21A View FIGURE 21 ). Dorsal disk of pronotum with anterior lateral edge brown, posterior golden brown. Lateral lobes of pronotum dark brown ( Fig. 21A View FIGURE 21 ), with thin brown patterns near ventral margin; ventral edge black. Fore and median legs brownish; femora with dark brown spots; tibia with dark rings. Hind femora brown, with strong striated dark brown patterns on outer face; knees black; hind tibia dark brown without dark or faint rings. Hind tarsomeres with 3–4 spines on dorsal outer edge and 0–1 on outer faces (n=6). Abdomen brown, with small black spots dorsally, lighter ventrally. Cerci brown, with dark rings near apex.

Male. FWs ( Fig. 22A View FIGURE 22 ) not reaching abdomen mid-length. Cells brown, not translucent, veins dark brown. Lateral field with yellow longitudinal veins and faint black transverse veins. 1A curved, without a clear angle; CuP not visible. Diagonal vein clearly visible on anterior half, faint posteriorly. Harp wide, with a strong semi-circular vein, poly-furcated anteriorly, and delimiting rounded false mirror, with curved area of CuA. CuA curved on inner side, near apex, its distal part weak, posterior to curved area surrounding the median fold, small and located on abdomen dorsum. Posterior part of diagonal vein visible. Longitudinal veins very strong. Mirror (d1) not differentiated. Apical field very short. Lateral field with 6 strong longitudinal veins, R vein underlined with thin black linings. Subgenital plate elongate, clog shaped.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 9 View FIGURE 9 A–C). Close to L. puyos . Pseudepiphallic sclerite elongate (slightly longer but thinner than L. puyos ), convex dorsally, trapezoidal shaped, narrowed posteriorly, with short individualized lophi, separated by a V-shaped indentation; anterior margin of pseudepiphallic sclerite slightly bisinuated, its lateral margins slightly curved and raised dorsally. Rami short, straight, not diverging apically. Pseudepiphallic parameres inverted L-shaped (C-shaped in L. puyos ), their anterior lobe rectangular and slightly curved, posterior ones elongate. Ectophallic arc wide, complete, deeply curved posteriorly, its base with long ventro-posterior expansions well sclerotized. Ectophallic fold membranous, with a rounded preapical sclerite and two short antero-lateral sclerotizations. Ectophallic apodemes very long, almost parallel. Endophallic sclerite very long, more or less straight, exceeding anterior margin of pseudepiphallus, its posterior apex with a small median expansion and short lateral arms; endophallic apodeme made of lateral lamella, without median crest.

Female. FWs ( Fig. 23A View FIGURE 23 ) rather short, not reaching posterior margin of second tergite, slightly overlapping basally. Veins dark brown, not translucent, darker than cells. Dorsal field with five strong dark brown longitudinal veins. Lateral field darker, with four strong dark brown longitudinal veins. Ovipositor shorter than hind femora; apex of ovipositor lanceolate, denticulate on dorsal edge. Copulatory papilla ( Figs. 9D, 9E View FIGURE 9 ) small, slightly conical and narrow dorso-ventrally, with wide, V-shaped basal sclerotized ring; apex rounded and slightly enlarged, with some corrugations on its lateral margins.

Measurements (in mm). See Table 1.

Habitat. The type material was found in secondary forested areas where vegetation ranges from average to high, some in grasslands and leaf litter. Most of the specimens were collected during night.