Raggophyllum rubrofemoratum Mendes & Rafael 2020
Creators: name: Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello
name: Rafael, José Albertino
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Phaneropteridae
Raggophyllum
Raggophyllum rubrofemoratum

description: Raggophyllum rubrofemoratum Mendes & Rafael, 2020
Figures 8–13
Diagnosis. Femora green with red regions; Apex of hind femur dark red; Tibiae red (Fig. 12). Tergite XI with curved triangular projection (Fig. 8K). Cercus sinuose, in dorsal e ventral view; Apex of cercus with a small, curved spine (Fig. 8I). Styles with base as wide as distal portion, in lateral view (Fig. 8K). Titillator enlarged sclerite, with expanded and acuminate apex (Fig. 11F).
Description. Male.
Thorax. Furcal suture connected, laterally straight (Fig. 8C). Lateral lobe of mesobasisternum triangular, anterolaterally rounded, laterally and posteriorly straight, posterolaterally with small blunt tip, forming an angle of 90º (Fig. 8E). Metabasisternum lozenge-shaped, anteriorly triangular with a rounded lateral projection each side (Fig. 8E); lateral lobe anterolaterally convex, laterally and posteriorly straight, posterolaterally forming an angle of 160º (Fig. 8E).
Wings. Vein M with three branches reaching wing margin (Fig. 9). Left stridulatory file with 122 teeth, length of 2.9 mm and greatest width of the vein of 0.6 mm (Fig. 10A). Right stridulatory file with 105 teeth, length of 2.1 mm and greatest width of the vein of 0.4 mm (Fig. 10B).
Abdomen. Tergite XI with curved triangular projection (Fig. 8K). Cercus sinuose, in dorsal e ventral view; Apex of cercus with a small curved spine (Fig. 8I). Styles with base width similar to distal portion, in lateral view (Fig. 8K).
Internal male genitalia. Dorsal lobes with convex anterior margin (Fig. 11A–B). Titillator enlarged sclerite, with expanded apex and later acuminated (Fig. 11F). Lower folds of ventral lobe wide, asymmetrical and extending beyond posterior margin of dorsal lobe (Fig. 11F).
Coloration. Described based on photos of live specimens (Fig. 12). Body dark green; abdomen light green ventrally. Eyes light purple with brown spots. Fastigium-vertex with beige side stain. Palpus light red. Pronotal disc margin with a narrow red-whitish band. Tegmina dark green, with a stridulatory dark brown region; posterior margin of tegmina with a narrow yellow band. Fore and mid femora dorsally light green, laterally and ventrally red. Hind femur light green, with distal half laterally red. Tibiae red with a light green apex.
Female. Unknown.
Etymology. From Latin rubro (red) + femoratum (legs) = red legs, in reference to the striking coloring of the legs.
Type material. Holotype ♂: BRASIL, Amazonas, Careiro Castanho, BR –319, km 180, Fazenda São Paulo, 4°12’48”S – 60°49’04”W, 28–29.viii.2016, armadilha luz, D.M.M. Mendes, F.F. Xavier F°, A.A. Agudelo & J.A. Rafael leg. (INPA); Idem, Ramal do Panelão, 03°50’42”S – 60°26’03”W, 04–05.xi.2010, J.A. Rafael, D.M. Takiya, F.F. Xavier F°, M.J. Holanda & D.M.M. Mendes, Arm. luminosa móvel, 03:00–05:30h / Gênero 1, Det. Priscila Dias (2011) (2♂ INPA); Idem, Coari, Rio Urucu, Petrobrás, RUC–30, 07–14.ix.1992, P. Bührnheim & N.O. Aguiar leg. / à luz mista de mercúrio (1♂ UFAM); Idem, Rio Urucu, Ig. Marta–3, 04°50'0.73”S – 65°02’37”W, 18–19.viii.1993, P.F. Bührnheim et al. leg. / Armadilha Pennsylvania luz negra BLB (1♂ UFAM); Idem, 17–18.viii.1993 (1♂ UFAM); Idem, Rio Urucu, SUC–2, 04°57'58”S – 65°19’38”W, 23–24.v.1993, P.F. Bührnheim et al. leg. / Armadilha Pennsylvania luz negra BLB (1♂ UFAM); Idem, Rio Urucu, Angelim, 05°3'33”S – 65°14'48”W, 23–29.xi.1992, P. Bührnheim & N.O. Aguiar leg. / Armadilha Pennsylvania luz negra BLB (1♂ MZSP); Idem, Rio Urucu, RUC–27, 04°49'34”S – 65°15’37”W, 05–18.iii.1994, P.F. Bührnheim et al. leg. / à luz mista de mercúrio (1♂ UFAM); Idem, Ipixuna, Rio Gregório, Comunidade lago grande, 07°10’11.7”S – 70°49’10.3”W, 22–23.v.2011, 22:00–01:00 h, Armadilha luminosa dossel, J.A. Rafael, J. T. Câmara, R. F. Silva, A. Somavilla, C. Gonçalves, A. Agudelo leg. (1♂ INPA); Idem, Tefé, Locação São Mateus, 04°43'24”S – 65°40'06”W, 07–16.ix.1994, P.F. Bührnheim et al. leg. / à luz mista de mercúrio (1♂ INPA).
Measurements (mm). Holotype (♂): TL: 25,4; TegL: 34,7; TegH: 14,5; WF: 3,4; PL: 5,9; FF: 5; FT: 5,7; MF: 6,6; MT: 7; HF: 13,3; HT: 13,5; Lplac: 3,4; LC: 3,3.
Geographical records. Brazil: Amazonas (Fig. 13).
Habitat. The specimens were collected in a terra firme upland forest.
description: Published as part of Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello & Rafael, José Albertino, 2021, Redescription of Raggophyllum Nickle, 1967 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) with description of a new species from Brazilian Amazon Rainforest and placement in Microcentrini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878, pp. 547-560 in Zootaxa 4950 (3) on pages 554-559, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/4650111