Paraclodes guyanensis Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure & Faberon, Léo, 2020, Phalangopsidae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) from the Mitaraka biological survey, French Guiana, Zoosystema 42 (32), pp. 739-797 : 779-780

Paraclodes guyanensis Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992

( Fig. 24 ; Table 15)

Laranda aptera Chopard, 1912: 404 (secondary homonymy of Endacustes apterus Giglio-Tos, 1897 , valid as Paraclodes aptera (Giglio-Tos, 1897)) .

Paraclodes guyanensis Desutter-Grandcolas 1992b: 189 (synonymy in Desutter-Grandcolas 1994: 324).

Uvaroviella (Paraclodes) guyanensis – Gorochov 2007: 1187.

TYPE LOCALITY. — French Guiana, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.

TYPE MATERIAL OF LARANDA APTERA. — Holotype by original designation. French Guiana • 1 female juvenile; St Laurent du Maroni ; collection Le Moult; MNHN-EO-ENSIF6827 .

TYPE MATERIAL OF PARACLODES GUYANENSIS. — Holotype by original designation. French Guiana • 1 ♂; Arataye, Afflt. Approuague, 8 km NE saut Pararé, station de recherche des Nouragues; 9.VI.1988; L. Desutter leg.; MNHN-EO-ENSIF3042.

Allotype. French Guiana • 1 ♀; same locality, date and collector as the holotype; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5422.

Paratypes: 66 males, 46 females. French Guiana • 7 ♂ 5 ♀; same locality and collector as the holotype; IV.1988; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5428, 5429, 5434, 5439, 5442, 5476, 5481, 5484, 5486, 5506-5508 • 3 ♂ 3 ♀; same locality and collector as the holotype; V.1988; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5430, 5431, 5436, 5479, 5492, 5500 • 19 ♂ 8 ♀; same locality as the holotype; VI.1988; L. Desutter & P. Grandcolas leg.; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5424, 5426, 5427, 5433, 5435, 5443, 5454, 5469, 5475, 5478-5480, 5482, 5483, 5485, 5487-5491, 5493, 5495, 5496, 5501, 5502, 5504, 5505 • 4 ♂ 6 ♀; same data as preceding; VII.1988; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5425, 5437, 5438, 5440, 5441, 5544, 5494, 5497, 5498, 5503 • 1♀; same locality as the holotype; IX.1989; P. Grandcolas leg.; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5432 • 16 ♂ 11 ♀; Arataye , Afflt. Approuague, aval du saut Pararé; VII.1988; L. Desutter & P. Grandcolas leg.; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5509-5524, 5423, 5455-5464 • 4♂ 1♀; Sinnamary , Paracou, forêt sur sable blanc: VIII.1988; L. Desutter & P. Grandcolas leg.; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5526-5529, 5465 • 2 ♂ 3 ♀; same data as preceding; IX.1988; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5525, 5530, 5466-5468 • 8♂ 1 ♀; Sinnamary , Piste de St Elie, PK 15; VIII.1988; L. Desutter & P. Grandcolas leg.; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5531-5538, 5474 • 1 ♂; Sinnamary , crique Grégoire; XI.1968; A. Delplanque & J. Bonfils leg.; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5539 • 1 ♂ 4 ♀; Saül ; VIII.1988; L. Desutter & P. Grandcolas leg.; MNHN-EO-ENSIF5540, 5470-5473 • 1 ♂ 1♀; ZIN .

MATERIAL FROM THE MITARAKA. — French Guiana • 1 ♂; Monts Tumuc-Humac , Massif du Mitaraka, Layon A; entre 54.4509 O 2.2357 N et 54.4547 O 2.2405 N; alt. entre 280 m et 365 m; 23.II.-10.III.2015; F. Legendre & S. Hugel leg.; SH265, de nuit; MNHN • 1♀; same data as for preceding; fn SH311, de nuit; MNHN • 1♂; Monts Tumuc-Humac , Massif du Mitaraka, D 2; 54.451125 O 2.234786 N; alt. 300 m; 23.II.-10.III.2015; F. Legendre & S. Hugel leg.; fn. SH074, de nuit; MNHN .

REMARK

Specimens (see Fig. 24 ) fitting the description of P. guyanensis for their general shape and male FW size and venation (Desutter-Grandcolas 1992b, figure 37), face coloration (Desutter-Grandcolas 1992b, figure 41), the structure of male genitalia (Desutter-Grandcolas 1992b, figure 38), and female copulatory papilla (Desutter-Grandcolas 1992b, figure 44). They differ by their larger size (compare measurements) and number of stridulatory teeth (n = 118, n = 1, against 60-83 teeth in the specimens from the type locality), and a very short yellow line between median ocellus and the face (in the place of two yellow spots in type material). Male and female genitalia are too similar to P. guyanensis to consider these specimens as a different species, and the lack of samples through the guianese territory impedes a correct appreciation of species variation.

MEASUREMENTS (IN MM). — See Table 15.

Figures

FIG. 24. — Paraclodes guyanensis Desutter-Grandcolas, 1992 n. stat. from the Mitaraka, male SH265 foraging at night on a tree trunk. Photo: Sylvain Hugel.