Arboraptor viridis Mendes & Oliveira & Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello
name: Oliveira, Jomara Cavalcante De
name: Chamorro-Rengifo, Juliana
name: Rafael, José Albertino
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Arboraptor
Arboraptor viridis

description: Arboraptor viridis Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael sp. nov.
Figures 1–9 and 19
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Etymology. From Latin viridis = green. Refers to the greenish general body coloration.
Diagnosis. Hind wings with apex of not extending beyond tergite X (Fig. 2A). Tergite X with posterior margin bilobated, with the inner margins of the lobes straight in dorsal view (Fig. 2I). Cerci short, broadened and with three projections in the inner portion (Fig. 2I). Styli longer than cerci, median part of styles touching each other (Fig. 2I –K).
Type material. Holotype ♂: BRASIL, Amazonas, Tefé, Estrada da EMADE, km 20, Comunidade Bom Jesus, 06°07'29"S / 68°02'41"W, 29-30.x.2016, coleta manual, D.M.M. Mendes & J.C. Oliveira leg. (INPA); Paratypes: same data of holotype (2♂ e 1♀ — INPA); idem, 08.vii.2017 (1♂ e 1♀ — INPA).
Geographical records. Brazil: Amazonas (Fig. 19).
Description. Holotype Male.
Head. Compound eyes rounded. Fastigium of vertex straight without projections (Fig. 2B). Frons, clypeus and labrum smooth. Frons with medium width 1.5X longer than clypeus height (Fig. 2B). Distal half of the left mandible brownish (Fig. 2B).
Thorax. Pronotum dorsally straight without carinae (Fig. 2 C-D). Lateral lobes in ventral antero-lateral margin concave and posteriorly straight in lateral view (Fig. 2D). Posterior portion of pronotum slightly curved upward in lateral view (Fig. 2D). Mesobasisternum trapezoidal (Fig. 2F). Metabasisternum hexagonal, with bilobed posterior margin and with rounded lobes (Fig. 2F).
Wings. Tegmina short, with apex not extending beyond the cerci and styli (Fig. 2A and 2E). Tegmina five times longer than broad in the median portion; costal margin with base initially curved forming a line descending to the apex; apex rounded (Fig. 3); anal margin expanded. Right stridulatory vein with 41 teeth, curved at the proximal portion, becoming straight at the medial portion until the beginning of the distal region, where it curves sharply again at the apex (Fig. 4B). Total length of the right stridulatory file 0.7 mm, larger width of the vein 0.2 mm. Basal teeth smaller, increasing in size and width to the medial portion of the file (Fig. 4B). Teeth of the median portion of the file larger and closer to each other (Fig. 4B). Absence of teeth from the beginning of the apical region to the end of the file (Fig. 4B). Left stridulatory file curved at the basal portion, median portion fairly curved to the distal portion, becoming curved to the apex (Fig. 4A). Total length of the left file 0.1 mm, larger width of the vein 1.2 mm and with 62 teeth. The basal and apical teeth progressively smaller in relation to the teeth in the median portion (Fig. 4A).
Legs. Fore tibia with open tympanum; tympanic region about 4 times shorter than the fore tibia (Fig. 2G); internal face with five antero-ventral spines slightly curved apically (Fig. 2G). Mid femur clavate, without spines
(Fig. 2G). Mid tibia with two ventral spines placed in the medial portion (Fig. 2G). All legs covered with small black bristles (Figs. 2A, 2G, 2H).
Abdomen. Posterior margin of tergite X fairly convex, with two small lateral lobes (Fig. 2I). Cerci short, broad, covered with numerous bristles, located mainly on the outer margin, with three projections on its inner margins, one near the base, almost rectangular (Fig. 2I –K) and two more apical in position, the subapical larger, rounded with a small black spine and the apical projection brownish smaller slightly bilobated (Fig. 2I). Subgenital plate anteriorly concave, laterally narrowing towards the apex and posteriorly convex (Fig. 2J). Styli connected posterolaterally to subgenital plate, with space between them equal to the width of one style (Fig. 2I –K). Styli long, slender, flattened dorsoventrally and somewhat parallel-sided, touching each other only in the median portions (Fig. 2I –K). Apex of cerci rounded. Subgenital plate and styli three times longer than cerci length (Fig. 2K).
Phallus: Ejaculatory vesicles suboval (Fig. 5A–D). Upper folds of ventral lobe asymmetrical, with the posterior margin connecting to the median region of the lower folds (Fig. 5A–B). Lower folds triangular, posteriorly rounded, with numerous small rounded nodules (Fig. 5A–B). Titillator and titillator sclerite forming two c-shaped opposing pieces, slightly overlapping in the median portion and covered by numerous triangular projections, presenting the aspect of a grater (Fig. 5A–B). Triangular projections of the titillator with dark brown apex (Fig. 5A–B). Sclerites of apodemes elongate, narrow and anteriorly curved (Fig. 5A–B); dorsal lobes slightly curved (Fig. 5A–D); dorsal folds short, asymmetrical and bilobate (Fig. 5C–D).
Coloration (based on photos of live specimens). Body light green alternating with dark green areas (Fig. 7A). Antennae brown with black bands at apex. Eyes mainly yolk yellow, anteriorly light green and posteriorly dark yellow. Pronotum mainly light green, with posterior portion of pronotal disk brownish. Tegmina green, dorsally yellowish, the stridulatory region and tegminal margins brown. Femora light green with apex brown. Fore and mid tibiae with green medium portion, being the base and apex brown. Hind tibiae and tarsi brownish. Abdomen, cerci and subgenital plate light green.
Female. Similar to male (Fig. 6A–K), except for the following features:
Head. Head in frontal view smaller than in male, distance between genae about 2 times more than distance between eyes (Fig. 6B). Symmetrical jaws (Fig. 6E).
Wings. Basal region of tegmina with a median black spot at the anal margin (Fig. 6E). No stridulatory organ.
Abdomen. Cerci with numerous bristles (Fig. 6I). Cerci conical slightly curved inwards with acuminate apex (Fig. 6I). Subgenital plate trapezoidal, with the posterior margin convex and laterally rounded. (Fig. 6J). Ovipositor curved with acuminate apex and with small teeth on the apical portion of the ventral valve (Fig. 6K). Total length of the ovipositor 5X longer than the subgenital plate.
Coloration. Posterior portion of the pronotal disk dorsally dark brown and posteriorly with a black elliptical spot that connects to a similar spot on the tegmen base (Fig. 7B).
Nymph. Very similar to adults, with differences only in the coloration and in the terminalia morphology (Fig. 8). Body mainly light green with small asymmetrical dark green areas. Eyes anteriorly and posteriorly light green, with the median portion yellowish green. Apex of hind femora and tarsi brownish. Wings pads light green. First and second abdominal segments dorsally with a whitish yellow spot.
Measurements (mm). Holotype: TL: 12; TegL: 7,4; TegH: 1,7; WF: 1,8; PL: 3,9; FF: 4,4; LF: 5,4; MF: 4,8; MT: 5,8; HF: 11; HT: 12,1; Lsp: 3,3; LC: 1,4. Paratypes: Male (n = 6): TL: 13,9–11; TegL: 8,3–8,2; TegH: 2,1– 1,8; WF: 2,1–1,9; PL: 4–3,9; FF: 4,5–4,2; LF: 5,8–5,1; MF: 4,8–4,6; MT: 5,8–5,2; HF: 11,2–10,6; HT: 11,7–11,6; Lsp: 3,7–3,4; LC: 1,6–1,5. Females (n = 3): TL: 15–12,5; TegL: 8,8–8,3; TegH: 1,8–1,5; WF: 1,8–1,5; PL: 3,5–3,4; FF: 4,2–4,1; LF: 5,2–5,1; MF: 4,6–4,4; MT: 5,7–5,3; HF: 11,3; HT: 12–11,6; Lsp: 1,3–1; LC: 2,7–2,1; OL: 5,8–5,4.
description: Published as part of Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello, Oliveira, Jomara Cavalcante De, Chamorro-Rengifo, Juliana & Rafael, José Albertino, 2018, Two new genera of predatory katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from the Amazon rainforest, pp. 261-282 in Zootaxa 4438 (2) on pages 266-271, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1294807