Scaria granti Cadena-Castañeda, Mendes & Silva, 2019

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello, Silva, Daniela Santos Martins, Granda, Juan Manuel Cardona, García, Alexander García & Tumbrinck, Josef, 2019, Systematics and biogeography of the genus Scaria Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Batrachideinae), Zootaxa 4675 (1), pp. 1-65 : 45-47

Scaria granti Cadena-Castañeda, Mendes & Silva sp. nov.

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Type specimen. Holotype: ♂. Brazil, Acre, Bujari, Floresta Estadual Antimary 09°20’01”S / 68°19’17”W, 25– 27.viii.2016, malaise J.A. Rafael leg. ( INPA).

Description. Male. Pronotal disc greenish blue; postocular strip, strip of the upper half of the lateral lobes of pronotum, tegmina, wings, and dorsal portion of the abdominal and thoracic tergites black ( Fig. 26A ), although the tegmina has a yellowish-white stripe running from the base to the tip between the Cu vein and the anal margin, besides a subapical ovoid spot ( Fig. 26C ); face, lower half of the lateral lobes of the pronotum, lateral margin of the thorax, and abdomen grey on a yellow backdrop; legs light brown with irregular grey spots on all legs. Head elongated and thin in frontal view, eyes globose and prominent, expanding moderately towards the sides; frontal costa rounded in side view, narrow in frontal view with parallel margins, forming a narrow scutellum; frontal carina short and divergent towards the clypeal triangle, dorsal carinae very short and inconspicuous ( Fig. 26B ). Pronotum, flat and not tectate, extending noticeably beyond the abdomen tip; medial line of the pronotal disc going through the pronotum from the anterior to the posterior margin, finely delineated with black from the anterior margin to close half its length; anterior spine stout, anterior arcuate, ascendant to anterior edge, but not curving downwards in the distal portion ( Fig. 26D ); lateral lobes wider than tall; lateral shoulder carinae rounded and poorly protruding ( Fig. 26C ). Tegmina ovoid, reaching the base of the first abdominal tergite ( Fig. 26C ). Legs slender and elongate, fore femora with a very poorly developed sulcation above, without apical spine; mid femora with a well-developed internal dorso-apical spine; hind femora with an undeveloped pregenicular spine. Abdomen. Subgenital plate wider than long, a little upturned ( Figs. 26 E–G), almost subacuate; penultimate sternite with a medial prolongation; lateral margins of this sternite with a medial prolongation, lateral borders of this sternite protruding in the dorsal margin ( Fig. 26F ); cerci cylindrical, slim and keeping the same width from the base to the tip, distal portion rounded ( Fig. 26G ); epiproct lance-shaped, with a rounded tip ( Fig. 26E ).

Female. Unknown.

Measurements: CFP: 14,3; VE: 1; HE: 1; VW: 1,2; PL: 14; PLB: 2,6; IL: 2,2; FF: 3; FL: 3,2; MFL: 3,3; MTL: 3,5; HL: 6,9; HW: 1,9; HL: 5,8.

Distribution. Only known from the type locality.

Etymology. In memory of Harold Grant Jr., as an acknowledgement for his contributions to tetrigidae and other Neotropical orthopterans.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Scaria granti sp. nov. (male). A. Habitus in lateral view. B. Frons. C. Head and pronotum in lateral view. D. Habitus in dorsal view. E–G. Male terminalia. E. Terminalia in dorsal view. F. ventral view and G. lateral view respectively.