Anapolisia cacaia Mendes & Rafael 2025, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello
name: Rafael, José Albertino
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Anapolisia
Anapolisia cacaia

description: Anapolisia cacaia Mendes & Rafael sp. nov.
Figures 79–83
Diagnosis. Vein MA with four main branches reaching wing margin (Fig. 80). Mesobasisternum lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally and posteriorly straight, forming a posterolaterally blunt tip (Fig. 79E). Metabasisternum anteriorly straight; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally straight and posteriorly convex, posterolaterally forming an angle of 120° (Fig. 79E). Apex of cercus with rectangular projection and lateral spine, both with narrow with a dark brown color (Fig. 79K).
Description. Holotype Male.
Thorax. Mesobasisternum triangular, anteriorly straight; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally and posteriorly straight, forming a posterolaterally blunt tip (Fig. 79E). Metabasisternum triangular, anteriorly straight; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally straight and posteriorly convex, posterolaterally forming an angle of 120° (Fig. 79E).
Wings. Vein MA with four main branches reaching wing margin (Fig. 80). Left stridulatory file slightly curved; basal teeth smaller and close together (Fig. 81A). Total file length of 4 mm, greater vein width of 0.7 mm and total of 123 teeth. Right stridulatory slightly curved; basal half teeth more spaced apart (Fig. 81B). Total length file of 3.2 mm, widest vein of 0.1 mm and total of 104 teeth.
Legs. Hind femur with expanded region equivalent to 1/2 of the total femur length (Fig. 79H).
Abdomen. Cercus curved inwards, with the apex expanded (Figs. 79I–K). Apex of cercus with rectangular projection and lateral spine, both with narrow with a dark brown color (Fig. 79K). Stylus small and triangular (Fig. 79I).
Internal male genitalia. Ejaculatory vesicles reniform (Figs. 82A–D). Upper folds of ventral lobe small, rounded and not connected (Figs. 82A–B). Titillator process bilobed (Figs. 82A–D). Lower folds of ventral lobe large, bilobed and exceeding the dorsal lobe (Figs. 82A–B). Dorsal lobes anteriorly straight, anterolaterally with two small projections and posteriorly convex (Figs. 82A–D). Dorsal folds elongated, narrow and with acuminate apex (Figs. 82C–D).
Coloration. Based on photos of preserved specimen (Fig. 79). Body yellowish-brown. Eyes brown.
Female. Unknown.
Etymology. The epithet is in apposition, cacaia (ka’a + kaî + a) comes from the Brazilian indigenous language Nheengatu and means “burnt forest”, in reference to the Cerrado, the environment in which this species is native, which suffers from periodic natural fires.
Distribution. Brazil: Maranhão (Fig. 83).
Type material. Holotype ♂. BRASIL, Maranhão, Mirador, Parque Estadual Mirador, Base Geraldina, 06°37'25"S – 45°52'08"W, 30.vii–06.viii.2011, Armadilha luminosa, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira & T. T. A. Silva leg. (CZMA). Paratype: Idem, 21–26.viii.2006, Armadilha luminosa, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira leg. (1♂ INPA).
Measurements (mm). Holotype: (♂): TL: 24,4; TegL: 39,7; TegH: 10,6; WF: 3,4; PL: 5,8; PH: 6,5; FF: 4,7; FT: 6,7; MF: 7,1; MT: 7,4; HF: 16,1; HT: 17,2; Lplac: 3,6; LC: 3,2.
Paratypes (♂): TL: 22,6; TegL: 39; TegH: 11,5; WF: 3,4; PL: 5,8; PH: 5,5; FF: 5,5; FT: 6,6; MF: 8,5; MT: 7,7; HF: 18,2; HT: 19; Lplac: 4,1; LC: 3.
description: Published as part of Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello & Rafael, José Albertino, 2025, Review of Anapolisia Piza, 1980 and Tropicophyllum Koçak & Kemal, 2008 stat. rev. (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Microcentrini), pp. 1-184 in Zootaxa 5564 (1) on pages 72-75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5564.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14612164