Agroecotettix forcipatus, Hill, 2024

Hill, JoVonn G., 2024, Desert diversification: revision of Agroecotettix Bruner, 1908 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae) with descriptions of sixteen new species from the United States and Mexico, ZooKeys 1218, pp. 177-230 : 177-230

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1218.133703
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scientific name	Agroecotettix forcipatus
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Agroecotettix forcipatus sp. nov.

Figs 2 O View Figure 2 , 4 O View Figure 4 , 5 O View Figure 5 , 22 A – J View Figure 22 , 25 View Figure 25

Diagnosis.

Differentiated from other species in the genus by the combination of male cerci with dorsal and ventral branches that are short but equal or subequal in length and widely separated as in Fig. 2 N View Figure 2 ; sheath of aedeagus thin and lightly sclerotized (Fig. 5 O View Figure 5 ); in lateral view, the valves of the aedeagus are acutely pointed apically and are greatly widened in their lower half; in caudal view the apical margins of the valves are slightly curved distally as in Fig. 4 O View Figure 4 .

Male measurements (mm).

(n = 12) Body length 21.0–23.5 (mean = 22.1); pronotum length 4.3–5.5 (mean = 4.8); tegmen length 2.5–4.1 (mean = 3.3); hind femur length 10.6–12.2 (mean = 11.4); cerci length 1.2–1.5 (mean = 1.3); basal width of cercus 0.6–0.8 (mean = 0.7); mid-cercal width 0.3–0.5 (mean = 0.4); cerci dorsal fork length 0.3–0.4 (mean = 0.4); cerci dorsal fork apex width 0.2–0.3 (mean = 0.3); cerci ventral fork length 0.3–0.5 (mean = 0.4); cerci ventral fork apex width 0.1 (mean = 0.1).

Phallus measurements (mm).

(n = 4) Length 1.3–1.4 (mean = 1.4); apex width 0.4–0.5 (mean = 0.5); middle width 0.5–0.6 (mean = 0.5); basal width 0.9–1.0 (mean = 1.0); lateral apex width 0.3–0.4 (mean = 0.3); lateral medial width 0.6 (mean = 0.6); lateral basal width 0.6–0.8 (mean = 0.7).

Female measurements (mm).

(n = 10) Body length 24.0–27.5 (mean = 25.2); pronotum length 5.1–6.2 (mean = 5.6) tegmen length 3.5–4.2 (mean = 3.8); hind femur length 12.0–14.2 (mean = 13.3); dorsal ovipositor valve length 1.5–2.0 (mean = 1.6); ventral ovipositor valve length 1.5–2.0 (mean = 1.6).

Holotype.

• 1 ♂, Mexico, Coahuila, 22.6 mi S Castaños , (11.2 mi N of San Lazaro), 19 August 1961, I. J. Cantrall, T. J. Cohn. UMMZI-00057993 . Deposited in the Mississippi Entomological Museum.

Specimens examined.

Mexico, Coahuila: • 25 mi S Castaños , 3 August 1959, T. J. Cohn 3150 ft (8 ♂, 9 ♀) • 5 mi S Monolova , 2 August 1959, T. J. Cohn, 2300 ft (6 ♂, 2 ♀) .

Habitat.

Cohn (1959) described the habitat at 5 mi S. Monolova as rich lush desert, with very little grass consisting of a few species, but many types of succulent stem bushes in abundance along with leguminous bushes and broad leaf black berries.

Distribution.

Found southern Coahuila, Mexico in the vicinity of the Sierra de la Gloria (Fig. 25 A View Figure 25 )

Etymology.

forceps Latin = forceps, pincers and atus Latin = “ provided with ”.

Suggested common name.

Pincered aridland scrub jumper.