Tropicophyllum tucuramiri 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
Tropicophyllum
Tropicophyllum tucuramiri

description: Tropicophyllum tucuramiri sp. nov.
Figures 158–162
Diagnosis. Vein MA with five main branches reaching wing margin (Fig. 159). Tegmina with five asymmetric hyaline bands and large (Fig. 159). Mesobasisternum triangular, anteriorly convex; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally and posteriorly straight, forming a posterolateral blunt tip (Fig. 158E). Metabasisternum triangular, anteriorly slightly triangular; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally straight and posteriorly convex, posterolaterally forming an angle of 90° (Fig. 158E). Left stridulatory file slightly sinuose with total of 98 teeth (Fig. 160A).
Description. Holotype Male.
Thorax. Mesobasisternum triangular, anteriorly convex; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally and posteriorly straight, forming a posterolateral blunt tip (Fig. 158E). Metabasisternum triangular, anteriorly slightly triangular; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally straight and posteriorly convex, posterolaterally forming an angle of 90° (Fig. 158E).
Wings. Vein MA with five main branches reaching wing margin (Fig. 159). Tegmina with five asymmetric hyaline bands and large (Fig. 159). Posterior region of tegmina with several small black spots (Fig. 159). Left stridulatory file slightly sinuose; basal teeth and apicals smaller (Fig. 160A). Total file length of 2.7 mm, greater vein width of 0.5 mm and a total of 98 teeth. Right stridulatory with slightly curved basal half and sinuose apical half; medium teeth larger and close together (Fig. 160B). Total length file of 2.3 mm, widest vein of 0.2 mm and total of 93 teeth.
Legs. All femora ventrally with several small spines (Figs. 158F–H).
Abdomen. Cercus curved inwards, with the apex not expanded (Figs. 158I–K). Apex of cercus with curved triangular projection, with a dark brown color (Fig. 158K). Stylus small and fusiform (Fig. 158I). Apex of stylus exceeding half of cercus length, in ventral view (Fig. 158I).
Internal male genitalia. Ejaculatory vesicles reniform (Figs. 161A–D). Upper folds of ventral lobe large, bilobed and connected (Figs. 161A–B). Titillator process large and trapeziodal (Figs. 161A–D). Lower folds of ventral lobe large, trapeziodal, bilobed and not exceeding the dorsal lobes (Figs. 161A–B). Dorsal lobes anteriorly with median triangular projection, laterally and posteriorly convex (Figs. 161A–D). Dorsal folds elongated and asymmetrical (Figs. 161C–D).
Coloration. Based on photos of preserved specimen (Fig. 158). Body yellowish–green. Eyes light brown. Dorso-lateral suture black. Tegmina slightly hyaline, with dark green coloring.
Female: Unknown.
Etymology. The epithet is in apposition, tucuramiri comes from the Brazilian Tupi indigenous language, tucura (katydid) + miri (little) and means “little katydid”, in reference to the small size of this katydid in relation to the other species of Tropicophyllum.
Distribution. Brazil: Maranhão (Fig. 162).
Type material. Holotype ♂. BRASIL, Maranhão, Bom Jardim, REBIO – Reserva Biológica Gurupi, armadilha luminosa base / 02–11.ix.2010, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, J.C. Silva, J.A. Silva & M.M. Abreu leg. (CZMA). Paratype: Idem (5♂ CZMA and 1♂ MNRJ); idem, 05–15.vi.2010, J.C. Silva, J.A. Silva, A.A. Santos & T. T. A. Silva leg. (1♂ INPA); idem, 01–05.i.2011, M.M. Abreu, E.A.S. Barbosa & A.A. Santos leg. (2♂ CZMA); idem, 01–06.xi.2010, M.M. Abreu, J.A. Silva, G.A. Reis & E.A.S. Barbosa leg. (1♂ INPA); idem, 01–06.iii.2011, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, M.M. Abreu & J.A. Silva leg. (1♂ MZSP).
Measurements (mm). Holotype: (♂): TL: 20; TegL: 32,9; TegH: 10,3; WF: 3,1; PL: 5,3; PH: 4,4; FF: 4,5; FT: 6,8; MF: 6,9; MT: 8; HF: 16; HT: 15,6; Lplac: 3,3; LC: 2,9.
Paratypes (♂): TL: 33,3–30,5; TegL: 49,9–48,2; TegH: 17,3–15,8; WF: 4,3–4,1; PL: 7,1–6,5; PH: 7,8–6,7; FF: 8,6–7,8; FT: 9,2–8,9; MF: 10,4–10,2; MT: 21,1–21; HF: 22,3–21,3; HT: 22–21; Lplac: 2,6–2,4; LC: 1,3–1; LO: 4,8–3,9.
Species-group Tropicophyllum sentum comb. nov.
Figures 163–175
Coments. Group formed by three native species from the Atlantic Forest biome (Figs. 163, 167, 171). As previously mentioned in Tropicophyllum sentum comb. nov., these are the largest katydids of this genus. Characterized by enlarged tegmina (Figs. 164, 168, 172); vein MA with five main branches reaching wing margin (Figs. 164, 168, 172); tegmina with five narrow and well-defined hyaline bands, overlapping the branches of the M and CuA veins (Figs. 164, 168, 172); hyaline bands with small black spots grouped together forming large asymmetrical spots (Figs. 164, 168, 172); vein MP and last branch of CuA vein forming a pentagonal cell (Figs. 164, 168, 172); all femora ventrally with several small spines (Figs. 163F–H, 167F–H, 171F–H).
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 138-144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5564.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14612164