Agroecotettix modestus Bruner, 1908

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

Agroecotettix modestus Bruner, 1908 stat. nov.

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Agroecotettix modestus Bruner, L., 1908 . Biologia Centrali-Americana 2: 312.

Agroecotettix modestus modestus Bruner, 1908: Fontana et al. 2008: 155.

Agroecotettix modestus modestus Bruner, 1908: Barrientos-Lozano et al. 2013 b: 211–212.

Diagnosis.

None of the diagnostic characters used here or typically in the Melanoplinae for species level diagnosis are available as this species is known only from the female type.

Female measurements (mm.

(n = 1) Body length 28.7; pronotum length 6.9; tegmen length 5.0; hind femur length 15.5; dorsal ovipositor valve length 2.0; ventral ovipositor valve length 2.0.

Holotype examined.

• 1 ♀, Mexico, Durango, Lerdo, November . Deposited in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.

Habitat.

Bruner (1908) did not report any habitat or environmental data, but it is likely desert scrub as with other members of the genus.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 25 ).

Note.

Given that the only known specimen of this species is female, and it is a distributional outlier with other species occurring between its distribution and that of its subspecies, A. modestus is raised to species level.

Etymology.

modestus Latin = modest.

Suggested common name.

Modest aridland scrub jumper.

Figures

Figure 6. Habitus of type specimen of Agroecotettix modestus.

Figure 25. Distribution of Agroecotettix species.