Ultragryllacris pulchra Gorochov et Dawwrueng, 2015

Dawwrueng, Pattarawich, Gorochov, Andrei V. & Suwannapoom, Chatmongkon, 2023, Revision of the genus Ultragryllacris (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Gryllacridinae), with description of new species, Zootaxa 5389 (4), pp. 445-458 : 451

Ultragryllacris pulchra Gorochov et Dawwrueng, 2015

Figs. 31, 40, 49 , 66, 74

Ultragryllacris pulchra pulchra Gorochov et Dawwrueng in Gorochov et al., 2015; Ingrisch, 2018; Cadena-Castañeda, 2019

Materials examined. Known only from description ( Gorochov et al., 2015)

Note. This subspecies is known only from Thailand (Lampang, Buan Pa Mieng)

Discussion. After we re-studied all of subspecies of U. pulchra sensu lato from specimens in our collections and from literatures ( Ingrisch, 2018; Bin & Bian, 2021). The characteristics of both male and female of U. p. pulchra , U. p. nan and U. p. rubricapitis were distinctly different, then we decided to raise its taxonomic status from the subspecies to full species. The discussions on each species are given below.

Figures

FIGURES 29–63. Apex of male abdomen. Ultragryllacris alboclypeata alboclypeata (29, 38, 47, 56); Ultragryllacris a. triangula (30, 39, 48, 57); Ultragryllacris pulchra (31, 40, 49); Ultragryllacris nan (32, 41, 50, 58); Ultragryllacris rubricapitis from Mengla’s population (33, 42, 51, 59) and from Simao’s population (34, 43, 52, 60); Ultragryllacris intermediata sp. nov. (35, 44, 53, 61); Ultragryllacris jiaranaisakuli sp. nov. (36, 45, 54, 62); Ultragryllacris chandra sp. nov. (37, 46, 55, 63): 9th abdominal tergite, dorsal view (29–37), lateral view (38, 40, 42–46), lateral and slightly dorsal view (39, 41), ventral view (47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55); distal half of subgenital plate, ventral view (56–63); abdominal apex, ventral view (49). Modified from Gorochov et al., 2015 (31, 40, 49), from Ingrisch, 2018 (30, 32, 39, 41, 48, 50, 57–58), from Bin & Bian, 2021 (33, 42, 51, 59) and Lu et al., 2023 (34, 43, 52, 60).

FIGURES 64–80. Apex of female abdomen: Ultragryllacris alboclypeata alboclypeata (64, 72); Ultragryllacris a. triangula (65, 73); Ultragryllacris pulchra (66, 74); Ultragryllacris nan (67, 75); Ultragryllacris rubricapitis from Mengla’s population (68, 76) and Simao’s population (77); Ultragryllacris intermediata sp. nov. (69, 78); Ultragryllacris jiaranaisakuli sp. nov. (70, 79); Ultragryllacris chandra sp. nov. (71, 80). Ovipositor, lateral view (64–71); subgenital plate, ventral view (72–80). Modified from Gorochov et al., 2015 (66, 74), from Ingrsich, 2018 (65, 73), from Bin & Bian, 2021 (68, 76) and Lu et al., 2023 (77). Note for subgenital plate: small dots near greyish area (75, 79, 80) denote membranous area; greyish area of all subgenital plate denote sclerotized band excepted basal part of this plate (73) is not pictured (no clue about sclerotized band from Ingrisch, 2018).