Salomona maculifrons Stål, 1877

Tan, Ming Kai, Ingrisch, Sigfrid, Robillard, Tony, Baroga-Barbecho, Jessica B. & Yap, Sheryl A., 2018, New taxa and notes on spine-headed katydids (Orthoptera: Conocephalinae: Agraeciini) from the Philippines, Zootaxa 4462 (3), pp. 331-348 : 347

Salomona maculifrons Stål, 1877

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Material examined. 1 female, Philippines, Luzon , Los Baños, Mount Makiling, October 1974, coll. A.A. Barroso ; 1 male, Philippines, Luzon , Los Baños, Puting Lupa, 2 June 1983, coll. B.M.A. Laigao ; 1 female, Philippines, Luzon , Los Baños, Soledad, February 1992, coll. R. Rubles (all UPLBMNH).

Remarks. Salomona brevicollis was described based on a female but was later synonymised under Salomona maculifrons by Willemse (1959). After examining both male ( Fig. 12A ) and female specimens ( Fig. 12B ) of S. maculifrons from UPLBMNH, we found that the female holotype of S. brevicollis differs from that of S. maculifrons by the black pattern on the frons that is more elaborated instead of resticted to a single oval spot in the latter [ Fig. 12C ]), the fastigium verticis is shorter and stouter instead of long, conical and with acute apex [ Fig. 12C ]), the female ovipositor appears wider (higher) in subapical than in subbasal area ( Fig. 12D ). The colour pattern of the frons on S. maculifrons does not vary drastically between specimens, indicating that the different colour pattern in the female holotype of S. brevicollis is a genuine species differences, rather than a conspecific variation.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Salomona maculifrons male (A) and female (B) habitus in lateral view; face of female in anterior view (C); female abdominal apex in lateral (D) view; female subgenital plate in ventral view (E). Scale bars: 5 mm (A, B), 2 mm (C, D), 1 mm (E).