Elimaea subcarinata (Stål, 1861), Stal, 1861

Nagar, Rajendra, Mal, Jhabar & Swaminathan, R., 2014, Additions to the reported Elimaea species (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae: Phaneropterinae) from India, Zootaxa 3860 (6), pp. 536-546 : 541-542

Elimaea subcarinata (Stål, 1861) stat. rev., see Ingrisch, 1998

( Figs. 20–28 )

This species differs from Elimaea subcarinata Stal in some morphological parameters, which was initially reported by Ingrisch (1998) from his collections from Thailand / Indo-China region and kept under status review. After having studied this species collected from similar topographical area from the state of Meghalaya, India, we conform to Ingrisch’s description of this species as E. subcarinata sp. nov. The species essentially is smaller in body length up to genitalia than E. subcarinata , but the hind leg is longer. Likewise, the body length measured up to wing tip is more than that of E. subcarinata indicating longer hind wings in this species E. subcarinata sp. nov., however, the tegmina length is shorter than E. subcarinata . Both the male and female specimens are in our repository/ museum. Since this species differing from E. subcarinata was quoted by Ingrisch (1998), we only confirm the distinction.

Material examined (2specimens). Meghalaya: 6.vi.2013 Rajendra Nagar (Dawki); 4.vi.2013 Rajendra Nagar (Umiam)

Male. Stridulatory file with 6–8 large and 2–11 minute teeth ( Fig.24 ); pronotum more or less parallel sided with short Y-shaped sulcus, lateral margin rounded ( Figs. 21, 22 ); tenth abdominal tergite apex broadly rounded; central area setose; epiproct tongue shaped, apex obtuse; cerci strongly curved, apical area compressed and twisted, apex acute ( Fig.23 ); sub-genital plate moderately curved dorsad, split into two obtuse lobes in approximately the apical third part ( Fig.20 ).

Female. Tenth abdominal tergite with apex subtruncate; epiproct triangular, subgenital plate ( Fig.25 ) acutetriangular apex angularly excised with two short triangular lobes; cerci regularly curved, apex sub-obtuse ( Fig.26 ); gonangulum of ovipositor bulbous ( Fig.27 ), somewhat smaller than E. subcarinata and lies in a cleft between dorsal and ventral valves of ovipositor ( Fig.28 ).

Figures

FIGURES 20 – 28. Elimaea subcarinata sp. nov. 20 – 24 Male: 20. Sub-genital plate, 21. Pronotum (dorsal view), 22. Pronotum (lateral view), 23. Cerci, 24. Stridulatory file; 25 – 29 Female: 25. Sub-genital plate, 26. Cerci, 27. Gonangulum, 28. Ovipositor.