Sishiniheia diamantina de Mello & Souza-Dias, n. sp.
Creators: name: Souza Dias, Pedro G. B.
name: Mello, Francisco De Assis Ganeo De
name: Vieira, Lelisberto Baldo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Phalangopsidae
Sishiniheia
Sishiniheia diamantina

description: Sishiniheia diamantina de Mello & Souza-Dias n. sp.
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Type locality. Brazil, Bahia State, Lençóis, Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina. 12°35'16''S, 41°24'35''W. Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the Chapada Diamantina, type locality of this species.
Type material. Holotype, allotype, 20 male paratypes, 8 female paratypes. Holotype: BRASIL, BA [Bahia], Lençóis, Pq. Nac. [National Park] da Chapada Diamantina. 12o35’16”S 41o24’35”W. Alt.: 600– 900m. 13- 19.ii.2013. de Mello leg. CNPq-SISBIOTA (MZSP). Allotype (copulatory papilla removed and kept with the allotype): same data as the holotype (MZSP). Paratypes: 7 males, 4 females paratypes, same data as the holotype (MZSP); 1 male paratype, same data of the holotype, labeled ‘GRYLLO/CDI/NB0FG’, with complex phallic removed and kept with the specimen (MZSP); 1 male paratype, same data of the holotype, labeled ‘GRYLLO/CDI/ 9B918’, with thorax removed for SEM analysis (MZSP); 1 male, 1 female paratypes, same data as the holotype (MPEG); 10 males, 3 females paratypes, same data as the holotype (Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu).
Diagnosis. General coloration dark brown, almost uniform. Occiput, vertex and fastigium dark brown, with small bristles; frons and gena dark brown. Pronotum dark brown; metanotum with glandular area composed of two rounded, whitish humps. Male FWs dark brown, coriaceous, glabrous, reduced, not surpassing the third tergite; longitudinal venation yellowish and connected to the rounded apex of the FW; glandular thickening absent; hind wings absent. Tergites dark brown, with medium brown spots; without tergal glands. Male and female genitalia as described for the genus.
Description. In addition to the characters of the genus:
Head. Occiput and vertex dark brown, without bristles (Fig. 1 B). Fastigium dark brown, with small bristles (Figs. 1 B, D, E). Antennal scape medium brown, dark brown on inner face (Figs. 1 B, D, H). Frons and gena dark brown; frons with a thin, medium brown, vertical stripe (Figs. 1 D, E, H).
Thorax. Pronotum DD dark brown, with short bristles restricted to the cephalic and caudal margins (Figs. 1 B, E); DD cephalic and caudal margins sub-straight (Fig. 1 B); LL ventro-cephalic angle rounded, ventro-caudal margin gradually ascendant (Fig. 1 E).
Legs. TI bearing a large tympanum on both sides; FI and FII dark brown, not annulated (Fig. 1 A); TI and TII dark brown annulated with medium brown (Fig. 1 A); TI with two same-sized ventral apical spurs; TII with two inner and two outer apical spurs. Posterior legs not annulated (Fig. 1 A). FIII medium to light brown, with medium brown diagonal, thin stripes on outer face, apical third medium brown. TIII dark brown. Basitarsus III yellowish brown, with a double row of spines.
Abdomen. Abdomen pubescent; tergites dark brown, with medium brown spots (Figs. 1 A, B); without tergal glands. Sternites medium brown. Cerci dark brown. Supra-anal plate pubescent, medium brown; with dark brown maculae in the center (Fig. 1 K); proximal margin slightly concave; distal margin rounded, with very short extended angles(Fig. 1 K). Subgenital plate pubescent, medium brown (Fig. 1 L).
Male. Male FWs dark brown with longitudinal veins yellowish and connected to the apex (Figs. 1 A, B). FWs covering part of the abdomen, not surpassing the third tergite (Figs. 1 A, B); posterior part of internal margin and apex yellowish (Figs. 1 A, B, E); internal margins well separated over its length or touching at the median part (Fig. 1 B); apex rounded, not truncated distally.
Male genitalia as described for the genus.
Female. Larger than male; general coloration medium brown, marbled (Fig 1 C). Female FWs similar to those of male, even more reduced, also bearing yellowish longitudinal veins (Fig. 1 C). Subgenital plate short, distal margin bilobate (Fig. 1 J). Supra-anal plate similar to male, distal margin rounded (Fig. 1 I).
Female genitalia as described for the genus.
Measurements (mm). Males (n=10): HW—3.42 (3.25–3.75); IOD—1.54 (1.35–1.80); PL—2.72 (2.20– 3.10); AWP—3.61 (3.50–4); PWP—4.05 (3.50–4.50); PW—4.66 (4.25–5.00); FWL—4.66 (3.80–5.55); FWW— 2.67 (2.30–3.25); LFIII—14.71 (12.90–17.55); WFIII—3.77 (3.50–4.20); LTIII—13.27 (12.15–15); LBt-III—4.19 (3.70–5).
Females (n=5): HW—3.81 (3.60–4); IOD—1.77 (1.70–1.85); PL—2.68 (2.25–3); AWP—4.14 (3.95–4.45); PWP—4.91 (4.55–5.20); PW—5.32 (4.85–5.55); FWL—2.65 (2.25–3); FWW—1.77 (1.35–1.95); LFIII—15.66 (13.50–15.15); WFIII—4.12 (4–4.50); LTIII—15.51 (14.55–17.25); LBt-III—4.16 (3.70–4.70); OL—16.32 (15– 17.25)..
description: Published as part of Souza Dias, Pedro G. B., Mello, Francisco De Assis Ganeo De & Vieira, Lelisberto Baldo, 2016, A new genus and species of cricket from the Chapada Diamantina National Park, northeastern Brazil (Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae; Luzarinae), pp. 258-266 in Zootaxa 4121 (3) on pages 262-265, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/257437