Phlugiola

Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello, Oliveira, Jomara Cavalcante De, Alves-Oliveira, João Rafael & Rafael, José Albertino, 2017, New species and new behavioral data of Phlugiola Karny, 1907 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from the Brazilian Amazonian Rainforest, Zootaxa 4243 (3), pp. 503-520 : 504

Key of male to species of the Phlugiola

(Three species are known only from females and thus they are not included here: P. appendiculata , P. dahlemica and P. redtenbacheri ).

1. Subgenital plate apex not divided, elongate; styli straight and in close proximity to each other medially; cerci distinctly curved inwards; ( Figs 1 C–E)..................................................................................2

- Subgenital plate apex bifurcate; styli distinctly curved and apart from each other medially; cerci nearly straight; ( Figs 1 A–B)................................................................................................... 4

2. Cerci apex acuminate; styli with apex expanded ( Figs 1 D–E)...................................................3

- Cerci with apex rounded; Styli with apex not expanded distally).................................. Phlugiola laurae

3. Subgenital plate extending well beyond cercal apex ( Fig. 1 D).................................... Phlugiola arborea

- Subgenital plate ending at cercal apex ( Fig. 1 E)....................................... Phlugiola longipedes sp. nov.

4. Subgenital plate ending well beyond cercal apex ( Fig. 1 A). Styli not touching apically ( Fig. 1 A). Posterior margin of titillator with one recurved tooth ( Fig. 1 F)......................................................... Phlugiola amazonia

- Subgenital plate ending slightly before cercal apex ( Fig. 1 B). Apex of styles touching each other ( Fig. 1 B). Posterior margin of titillator with three recurved tooth ( Fig. 1 G)............................................ Phlugiola igarape sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Cerci and subgenital plate of Phlugiola male specimens, dorsal view. A: P. amazonia Gorochov, 2012 (adapted from Gorochov, 2012); B: P. igarape sp. nov.; C: P. laurae Cadena-Castañeda & García García, 2014 (adapted from Cadena- Castañeda & García García, 2014); D: P. arborea Nickle, 2002 (adapted from Nickle, 2002); E: P. longipedes sp. nov.