Warramaba grandis Kearney 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Kearney, Michael R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Morabidae
Warramaba
Warramaba grandis

description: Warramaba grandis sp. nov.
Holotype (Fig. 2d): ♂, Reg. No. ANIC 7318, in Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra; bearing THE fOLLOwING LAbELS: (1) ‘8 mI. W Of WARARGA, WA 11.II.1967 M. J. D. WHITE’; (2) ‘3469’; (3) ‘K. H. L. KEY GENITALIA PREP. OG1-605’.
Paratypes: Paratype 1 ♂ (1) 8 mi. W of Wararga, WA 11.ii.1967 M. J. D. White; (2) ‘M.J.D. WHITE Ctyol. PREP. 5073’; (3) ‘GENITALIA PREP. OG1603 K. H. L. KEY’; (4) ‘P125’; (5) ‘ANIC DATAbASE NO. 14 007136’.; Paratype 2 ♂ (1) 8 mi. W of Wararga, WA 11.ii.1967 M. J. D. White; (2) ‘Subexemplar used by Key (1976) ’, (3) ‘Genitalia prep. OG1604 K. H. L. Key’; (4) ‘P125’; (5) ‘ANIC Database No. 14 007137’.; Paratype 3 ♀ (1) 8 mi. W Of WARARGA, WA 11.II.1967 M. J. D. WHITE; (2) ‘3469’, (3) ‘P125-1’; (4) ‘ANIC DATAbASE NO. 14 007140’.; Paratype 4 ♀ (1) 8 mi. W of Wararga, WA 11.ii.1967 M. J. D. White; (2) ‘3469’, (3) ‘Subexemplar used by Key (1976) ’; (4) ‘P125-2’; (5) ‘ANIC Database No. 14 007141’.; Paratype 5 ♀ (1) 8 mi. W of Wararga, WA 11.ii.1967 M. J. D. WHITE; (2) ‘3469’, (3) ‘ANIC DATAbASE NO. 14 007143’.
Description: SEE TAbLE 1 fOR mORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS Of THE HOLOTYPE, FIGURE 7 fOR PHOTOGRAPHS Of LIvE SPECImENS AND GENITALIA, AND APPENDIX 1 fOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS Of LIvE SPECImENS. THE REmAINDER Of THIS SECTION IS TRANSCRIbED fROm KEY’S NOTES AT THE ANIC, ALSO TO bE fOUND IN M. J. D. WHITE ARCHIvES (ITEm 8-7):
Phallus. OvERALL LENGTH CAUDAD fROm APICES Of CAUDAL PROjECTIONS Of EPIPHALLUS 1.1–1.4 mm (1.29 IN fIGURED SPECImEN); mAXImUm bREADTH 1.1–1.3 mm (1.21 mm IN fIGURED SPECImEN, Fig. 7). SHAfT STRONGLY COmPRESSED DORSOvENTRALLY, SmOOTH AND STRONGLY SCLEROTISED DORSAD ON EACH SIDE Of A mEmbRANOUS, ImPRESSED, mEDIOLONGITUDINAL REGION, wHICH bROADENS CEPHALAD TOwARDS EPIPHALLUS, mEmbRANOUS LATERAD AND vENTRAD, wITH SENSILLA IN CAUDAL REGION DORSAD, LATERAD, AND vENTRAD; IN DORSAL vIEw wITH LATERAL mARGINS vERY SHORT, SOmEwHAT CONvEX, STRONGLY CONvERGING CEPHALAD, ROUNDING CAUDAD INTO CAUDAL mARGIN Of DORSAL fOLD, PARTLY mEmbRANOUS; IN PROfILE wITH DORSAL OUTLINE CONvEX IN CEPHALIC 1/2, NEARLY STRAIGHT IN CAUDAL 1/2; IN CAUDAL vIEw wITH DORSAL OUTLINE mEmbRANOUS AND DEEPLY AND NARROwLY ImPRESSED mESAD, SCLEROTISED AND STRONGLY AND EvENLY CONvEX ON EACH SIDE; LATERAL wALLS mEmbRANOUS, STRONGLY CONvEX, vENTRAD PASSING bEHIND vENTRAL fOLD. DORSAL fOLD IN DORSAL vIEw OvERLAPPING bASES Of vALvES, ITS CAUDAL mARGIN CONSIDERAbLY PROjECTING, EXTENDING THE ENTIRE wIDTH Of SHAfT AND CONTINUOUS LATERAD wITH LATERAL mARGINS Of SHAfT, mESAD mEmbRANOUS AND mORE OR LESS INvOLvED wITH LONGITUDINAL fOLDS Of DORSAL SURfACE, ON EACH SIDE CONvEX, PARTLY SCLEROTIzED, RUNNING STRONGLY mESOCAUDAD; IN LATERAL vIEw wITH CAUDAL mARGIN DIPPING UNEvENLY mESAD, OvERALL CONCAvE ON EACH SIDE; DISTANCE fROm CAUDAL PROjECTIONS Of EPIPHALLUS TO CAUDAL mARGIN Of fOLD mESAD c. 4/9 Of OvERALL LENGTH (0.60 mm IN fIGURED SPECImEN). DORSAL POCkET NOT SEPARATELY RECOGNISAbLE (PRObAbLY INCORPORATED wITH vENTRAL POCkET); A SAC-LIkE, mEmbRANOUS, “mESAL” LObE ARISES fROm INNER fACE Of DORSAL wALL AND PROjECTS CAUDAD bEYOND DORSAL fOLD, GIvING RISE DISTAD, fROm A SHALLOw
vENTROCAUDAL INvAGINATION, TO A bILATERAL PAIR Of mEmbRANOUS, fINELY SHAGREENOUS, “CAUDAL” SAC-LObES, wHILE LATERAD A bILATERAL PAIR Of mEmbRANOUS, mORE COARSELY SCLEROTISED-SHAGREENOUS, “LATERAL” SAC-LObES ARISE wELL fORwARD wITH SHAfT AND EXTEND CAUDAD ON EACH SIDE Of mESAL LObE; ALL THESE LObES vISIbLE IN DORSAL, LATERAL, AND CAUDAL vIEw. (IN THE LIGHT Of P 16 2 9, THE “ LATERAL ” LObES SHOULD bE REGARDED AS EvAGINATION Of THE LATERAL wALLS Of THE vENTRAL POCkET, NOT THE DORSAL wALL Of THE SHAfT.) VALvES SCLEROTISED, UNIRAmOUS, LONGITUDINAL, LATERALLY COmPRESSED, SUbHORIzONTAL; IN DORSAL vIEw ARISING AT LATEROCAUDAL SHOULDERS Of SHAfT, fROm wHICH THE LATERAL mARGINS RUN SmOOTHLY AND CONvEXLY mESOCAUDAD AND DISAPPEAR bENEATH LATERAL LObES Of DORSAL wALL Of SHAfT, RE-EmERGING bEHIND mESAL LObE GRADUALLY, NARROwING AND STRONGLY PROjECTING CAUDAD, THE LATERAL mARGINS HERE SLIGHTLY SINUATE, mESAL mARGINS CONvEX, mESAL fACE mEmbRANOUS AND CONCAvE IN TRANSvERSE SECTION, ITS vENTROmESAL EDGE PARTLY vISIbLE, APEX wITH A LARGE, fALCATE, LATEROCAUDAD-CURvING TERmINAL SPINE, A SmALLER, SUbAPICAL, SLIGHTLY CURvED SPINE DIRECTED ALmOST LATERAD, AND A fEw SmALL TEETH ON DISTAL PART Of DORSAL fACE; IN LATERAL vIEw wITH THE GREATER PART SUbTRIANGULAR, mAXImAL bREADTH mUCH GREATER IN DORSAL vIEw, DORSAL mARGIN TOwARDS CEPHALIC EXTREmITY STRONGLY CONvEX AND DESCENDING vENTROCAUDAD, SOON bENDING SHARPLY INTO THE NEAR-HORIzONTAL AT A LEvEL wELL bELOw DORSAL OUTLINE Of SHAfT AND RUNNING THENCE mORE OR LESS STRAIGHT TO APEX, SUbAPICALLY wITH A fEw SmALL TEETH, vENTRAL mARGIN SIGmOID, RISING DORSOCAUDAD, APEX STRONGLY NARROwED, SUbAPICAL SPINE CURvING SOmEwHAT DORSAD ON EXTERNAL fACE, vENTROCEPHALIC bOUNDARY CONCAvE, OvERLAIN bY A fOLD Of mEmbRANOUS LATERAL wALL Of SHAfT; IN CAUDAL vIEw wITH DORSAL mARGINS STRONGLY CONvEX AT THE DORSOLATERAL SHOULDER ImmEDIATELY bENEATH LATERAL EXTREmITIES Of DORSAL fOLD, THENCE DESCENDING vENTROmESAD bEHIND LATERAL LObES Of DORSAL wALL, mESAL mARGINS mEmbRANOUS, SINUATE, SUbvERTICAL, vENTRAL mARGINS SINUATE, DIRECTED vENTROmESAD fROm SHOULDER, APEX SPLAYED LATERAD. VENTRAL fOLD ARISING bETwEEN vENTROCEPHALIC EXTREmITIES Of vALvES, vISIbLE IN DORSAL vIEw bEHIND SHAfT AND LATERAD Of vALvES, REACHING CAUDAD TO CAUDAL REGION Of vALvES. VENTRAL SACS mEmbRANOUS, SHAGREENOUS, CLEARLY vISIbLE ONLY IN EXTRUDED CONDITION (SEE bELOw). NO CEPHALIC RING, NO SHEATH. PHALLOTREmE DEEPLY INvAGINATED IN A CAPACIOUS, SUbLINGUIfORm, vENTRAL POCkET Of SHAfT, wHICH IN THE RESTING CONDITION USUALLY EXTENDS CEPHALAD bEYOND CAUDAL mARGIN Of EPIPHALLUS, bEARING NUmEROUS SENSILLA IN mESAL REGION Of ITS DORSAL wALL, ITS LATERAL mARGINS IN DORSAL vIEw mORE OR LESS CONvERGING CEPHALAD AND CEPHALIC mARGIN CONvEX OvERALL; THE STRUCTURE Of THE PHALLOTREmE ITSELf CANNOT bE SATISfACTORILY DISCERNED THROUGH THE DORSAL wALL; wHAT APPEARS TO bE THE PHALLOTREmE OPENING, wITH SUbPARALLEL LATERAL mARGINS AND CONvEX CEPHALIC mARGIN, IS fLANkED bY SCLEROTISED LATERAL ARmS, HAvING CONvEX LATERAL mARGINS AND POINTED CAUDAL EXTREmITIES AND mORE OR LESS UNITED CEPHALAD TOwARDS CEPHALIC EXTREmITY Of vENTRAL POCkET, THE wHOLE mORE OR LESS ENCLOSED IN A TRANSvERSELY ELLIPTICAL, SHAGREENOUS, wEAkLY SCLEROTISED RING, wHICH LARGELY fILLS THE CEPHALIC 1/2 Of vENTRAL POCkET.
Epiphallus. DISk SHIELD-SHAPED, AbOUT AS LONG AS ITS wIDTH CAUDAD, LATERAL mARGINS SLIGHTLY SIGmOID, CONvERGING CEPHALAD, CEPHALIC mARGIN NARROw, OvERALL CONCAvE, THE EvAGINATION OCCUPIED bY mEmbRANE, CAUDAL mARGIN bROADLY AND UNEvENLY CONCAvE, OfTEN POORLY DEfINED. LATERAL PLATES THIN, mODERATELY ELEvATED, SUbvERTICAL, fRINGED wITH mEmbRANE DORSAD AND CEPHALAD; IN DORSAL vIEw SIGmOID, DIvERGING CAUDAD; IN LATERAL vIEw wITH DORSAL mARGIN STRONGLY CONvEX OvERALL, vENTRAL mARGIN SUbHORIzONTAL IN CEPHALIC 2/3, RISING DORSOCAUDAD IN CAUDAL 1/3, OvERALL HEIGHT AbOvE vENTRAL mARGIN 3/8–1/2 Of OvERALL LENGTH. CAUDAL PROjECTIONS bROAD bUT LITTLE PROmINENT EXTENSIONS Of LATEROCAUDAL EXTREmITIES Of LATERAL PLATES. LOPHI AbSENT.
Variation. SHAfT IN LATERAL vIEw wITH DORSAL OUTLINE OvERALL HORIzONTAL TO SOmEwHAT DESCENDING CAUDAD. DORSAL fOLD IN DORSAL vIEw wITH CAUDAL mARGIN OvERALL CONvEX TO ANGULATE; IN LATERAL vIEw mORE PROjECTING CAUDAD THAN SHOwN. SAC-LIkE LObES PROjECTING fROm INNER fACE Of DORSAL wALL Of SHAfT vERY fLEXIbLE AND HENCE vARIAbLE IN SHAPE AND ORIENTATION; mESAL LObE CONSIDERAbLY LESS PROjECTING, GLAbROUS TO fINELY PILOSE THROUGHOUT, ITS CAUDAL mARGIN IN DORSAL vIEw CONvEX TO TRUNCATE; CAUDAL LObES ONLY jUST vISIbLE bEYOND mESAL LObE IN DORSAL IN DORSAL vIEw TO wELL PROjECTING, IN PROfILE LINGUIfORm AND HORIzONTAL TO IRREGULAR IN OUTLINE, vERTICAL, AND RISING AbOvE DORSAL fOLD TO LEvEL Of DORSAL OUTLINE Of SHAfT; LATERAL LObES fALLING SHORT Of CAUDAL mARGIN Of mESAL LObE TO REACHING CAUDAL EXTREmITY Of CAUDAL LObES. VALvES IN DORSAL vIEw SUbPARALLEL AND LESS SEPARATED THAN SHOwN TO mORE SEPARATED AND DIvERGING CAUDAD, THE SUbAPICAL TOOTH SOmEwHAT SmALLER; IN LATERAL vIEw wITH DORSAL OUTLINE Of SUbHORIzONTAL PART STRAIGHT TO SLIGHTLY SINUATE OR OvERALL SLIGHTLY CONCAvE, RUNNING SLIGHTLY vENTROCAUDAD TO SLIGHTLY DORSOCAUDAD, vENTRAL mARGIN mORE EvENLY SIGmOID THAN SHOwN, OR wITH THE POINT Of GREATEST CONvEXITY NEARER THE mIDDLE, APEX POINTED TO NARROwLY ObLIqUE-TRUNCATE. VENTRAL fOLD REACHING CAUDAL EXTREmITIES Of vALvES OR ONLY TO AbOUT THEIR CAUDAL 1/4. VENTRAL POCkET IN RESTING CONDITION REACHING CAUDAL mARGIN Of EPIPHALLUS, OR EXTENDING bEYOND IT fOR c. 2/5 Of LENGTH Of DISk, LATERAL mARGINS SLIGHTLY TO STRONGLY CONvEX-CONvERGING CEPHALAD, CEPHALIC mARGIN bROAD (AS SHOwN) TO mUCH NARROwER, OvERALL SHALLOwLY TO STRONGLY CONvEX, fLATTENED, OR CONCAvE OR SLIGHTLY INDENTED mESAD. EPIPHALLIC DISk SCLEROTISED TO SUb-mEmbRANOUS, CEPHALIC mARGIN CONCAvE TO ANGULATELY EmARGINATE; LATERAL PLATES IN PROfILE wITH DORSAL mARGIN EvENLY CONvEX TO SIGmOID CEPHALAD AND CAUDAD Of THE CONvEX CENTRAL REGION; CAUDAL PROjECTIONS SOmEwHAT mORE PROjECTING LATERAD THAN SHOwN.
2. Warramaba flavolineata sp. nov.
IN ONE SPECImEN fROm 3 mI. SE Of MEEkATHARRA THE PHALLUS IS PARTLY INfLATED AND SHOwS THE fOLLOwING PRINCIPAL DIffERENCES fROm THE RESTING CONDITION: CAUDAL LObES Of DORSAL wALL IN DORSAL vIEw SLIGHTLY mORE PROjECTING, SEPARATED mESAD; LATERAL LObES INfLATED, IN DORSAL vIEw SPREADING LATERAD AS fAR AS LATERAL mARGINS Of SHAfT, IN CAUDAL vIEw IRREGULARLY OvAL, DESCENDING vENTROLATERAD OvER vALvES. VALvES IN DORSAL vIEw wIDELY SPREADING LATERAD, THEIR mESAL mARGINS TRANSvERSE AND LATERAL mARGINS DIvERGING SLIGHTLY CONvEXLY LATEROCAUDAD; IN LATERAL vIEw DIRECTED STRONGLY vENTROCAUDAD, THEIR DORSAL mARGIN wIDELY SEPARATED fROm vENTRAL mARGIN Of mESAL LObE Of DORSAL wALL AND ALSO fREE fROm vENTRAL mARGIN Of LATERAL LObE; IN CAUDAL vIEw STRONGLY DIvERGING vENTROLATERAD. VENTRAL SACS (AS HERE INTERPRETED) vISIbLE IN CAUDAL vIEw bENEATH CAUDAL LObES AND bETwEEN LATERAL LObES, AS mEmbRANOUS, SHAGREENOUS, SUbCIRCULAR SACS, AND IN LATERAL vIEw bETwEEN LATERAL LObE AND vALvE (AND THROUGH THE fORmER), wHERE LINGUIfORm AND SUbHORIzONTAL. VENTRAL POCkET fALLING wELL SHORT Of EPIPHALLIC DISk; PHALLOTREmE SITUATED IN AbOUT CENTRE Of SHAfT.
Colouration: THE COLOURATION IS GREEN OvERALL (OCCASIONALLY GREY—SEE APPENDIX 1), wITH wHITE, ORANGE OR RED PATCHES ON EITHER SIDE Of THE THORACIC AND AbDOmINAL TERGITES. MAGENTA COLOURATION IS OfTEN PRESENT ON fACE AND INNER fEmUR.
Diagnosis: Warramaba grandis sp. nov. IS THE LARGEST SPECIES Of THE GENUS. IT HAS A UNIqUE kARYOTYPE wITH 2 n ♂ = 15 AND 2 n ♀ = 16, AND AN XO SEX DETERmINING SYSTEm. IT CAN bE DISTINGUISHED mORPHOLOGICALLY fROm OTHER mEmbERS Of THE GENUS bY A COmbINATION Of THE RELATIvE PROPORTIONS Of THE SUbGENITAL PLATE AND COLOURATION, AS DESCRIbED IN THE kEY bELOw. IN ADDITION, THE PHALLUS (fROm KEY’S NOTES) “DIffERS fROm W. picta / P152 PRINCIPALLY IN THE COmPLEX Of mEmbRANOUS SAC-LObES ISSUING fROm bENEATH DORSAL fOLD AND IN DORSAL vIEw ObSCURING vALvES IN THEIR CENTRAL REGION; IN THE vALvES bEING LOCATED mUCH LOwER ON THE SHAfT, THEIR DORSAL mARGIN IN PROfILE RISING AbRUPTLY AND CONvEXLY TOwARDS ITS CEPHALIC EXTREmITY, bUT STILL REmAINING wELL bELOw LEvEL Of DORSAL OUTLINE Of SHAfT; IN THE OvERALL mORE DEEPLY CONCAvE LATERAL mARGINS Of THE vALvES IN DORSAL vIEw; IN THEIR CEPHALIC bORDER IN LATERAL vIEw bEING OvERLAIN bY A fOLD Of LATERAL wALL Of SHAfT; IN THE LARGER TERmINAL SPINE Of vALvES; IN THE mORE ELEvATED LATERAL PLATES Of EPIPHALLUS; IN THE vENTRAL SACS bEING NOT vISIbLE IN THE RESTING CONDITION Of THE PHALLUS; AND IN THE EPIPHALLIC DISk NARROwING mORE STRONGLY CEPHALAD.”
Distribution and seasonal cycle: THIS SPECIES OCCURS ALONG THE COAST Of WESTERN AUSTRALIA fROm APPROXImATELY 22.93°S TO 28.53°S, EXTENDING INLAND AS fAR AS 119.38°E IN THE SOUTH (FIG. 1A & f). IT HAS ONLY ONE GENERATION PER YEAR THROUGHOUT ITS RANGE (UNIvOLTINE), wITH ADULTS PRESENT IN mID TO LATE SUmmER. ADULTS AND NYmPHS HAvE NOT bEEN ObSERvED IN THE wINTER.
Material examined: 2 mALES, 13 km SE Of CARNARvON (113.75, -24.95), 27 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE, 3 km NE Of DENHAm HUmmOCk, SE Of CARNARvON (113.87, -25.23), 27 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE, 5 km N Of YALObIA H.S., NR. CARNARvON (114.03, -24.22), 29 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 2 fEmALES, YALObIA H.S., NR. CARNARvON (114.03, -24.27), 29 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, 39 km E Of ALISON POINT, NR. EXmOUTH GULf (114.15, -23.5), 31 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE, 39 km NE Of MINILYA H.S. (114.22, -23.58), 29 APR, 1971, KEY, UPTON & MITCHELL; 1 mALE, 10 km W Of MIA MIA H.S., NR. EXmOUTH GULf (114.32, -23.37), 29 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE, 13 km SW bY W Of WINNING H.S. (114.43, -23.22), 29 APR, 1971, KEY, UPTON & MITCHELL; 1 fEmALE 1 mALE, MARILLA STN [MARRILLA HOmESTEAD] (114.47, -22.97), APR, 1970, FORTE,P.N.; 1 fEmALE, MARRILLA STN (114.47, -22.97), APR, 1970, FORTE,P.N.; 1 fEmALE 1 mALES, 6 km N Of WINNING H.S. (114.55, -23.1), 30 MAR, 1971, RIEk,E.F.; 1 fEmALE, 12 mLS. N NORTHAmPTON (114.63, -28.15), 15 JAN, 1972, RICHARDS,K.T.; 1 fEmALE, 6 km N Of NORTHAmPTON (114.63, -28.3), 2 FEb, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, 11 km NE Of WINNING H.S. NR. EXmOUTH GULf (114.65, -23.03), 30 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, BINNU, N Of NORTHAmPTON (114.67, -28.03), 2 FEb, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 7 fEmALES 7 mALES, 23 km WSW Of BARRADALE [BARRADALE ROADHOUSE] (114.75, -22.93), 28 APR, 1971, KEY, K.H.L., UPTON, M.S. & MITCHELL,N.; 3 fEmALES, 8 km S Of LYONS RIvER H.S., NR. KENNEDY RA. (115.33, - 24.68), 26 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, 5 km SSW Of MT. SANDImAN H.S., NR. KENNEDY RA. (115.38, -24.45), 26 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 2 fEmALES, MULLEwA (115.5, -28.53), UNkNOwN, MAY,F.; 1 fEmALE, 20 km NW Of DALGETY DOwNS H.S., S bY E Of CARNARvON (116.07, -25.13), 25 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 5 fEmALES 5 mALES, 8 mI. W Of WURARGA (116.15, -28.42), 11 FEb, 1967, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 mALE, 2 mI. W Of WURARGA (116.25, -28.42), 11 FEb, 1967, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE 1 mALE, 4 mI. SE Of WURARGA (116.32, -28.45), 11 FEb, 1967, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE 1 mALE, 8 km S Of MT. PUCkfORD, W Of LANDOR H.S. (116.47, -25.23), 25 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 2 fEmALES 2 mALES, 10 km SE Of MT. PUCkfORD, W Of LANDOR H.S. (116.53, -25.23), 25 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE, 11 mI. SW Of YALGOO (116.53, -28.47), 11 FEb, 1967, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE, WAGGA WAGGA, E Of YALGOO (116.93, - 28.33), DEC, 1939, H.P.; 1 fEmALE, WAGGA WAGGA (116.93, -28.33), DEC, 1939, H.P.; 1 fEmALE, 23 km NW Of ERAbIDDY H.S. [ERRAbIDDY] (116.95, -25.32), 22 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 7 fEmALES 7 mALE, 20 mI. WSW Of MT. MAGNET (117.55, -28.18), 11 FEb, 1967, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE, 1 km E Of HOPE R., 14 km SE Of BELELE H.S., NR. MEEkATHARRA (118.12, -26.45), 22 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 3 fEmALES 3 mALES, HOPE R., 14 km SE Of BELELE H.S. NR. MEEkATHARRA (118.12, -26.45), 22 JAN, 1972, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE 1 mALE, 10 mI. SW Of NANNINE (118.23, - 26.97), 10 FEb, 1967, WHITE,M.J.D.; 7 fEmALES, 85 km W Of SANDSTONE (118.43, -27.97), 14 FEb, 1975, WHITE & WEbb; 8 fEmALES 8 mALES, 3 mI. SE Of MEEkATHARRA (118.5, -26.63), 10 FEb, 1967, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE, 2 km E Of WINDSOR H.S., NR. SANDSTONE (118.57, -28.02), 23 JAN, 1974, WHITE,M.J.D.; 1 fEmALE 1 mALES, 13 km ENE Of ANkETELL H.S., NR. SANDSTONE (118.97, -27.97), 1 MAR, 1982, WHITE,M.J.D.
Taxonomic discussion: FORmER ANIC CODE NUmbER P125
Etymology: NAmED fOR ITS LARGE bODY SIzE. THIS NAmE wAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED bY K.H.L. KEY
Biology: THIS SPECIES mAY OCCUR SYmPATRICALLY wITH W. picta AND W. whitei sp. nov. IN THE INLAND AND SOUTHERN LImITS Of ITS RANGE, RESPECTIvELY, bUT ON DIffERENT fOOD PLANTS. IT HAS bEEN fOUND ON SHRUbS AND TREES Of THE GENUS Acacia AND OCCASIONALLY IN Hakea.
description: Published as part of Kearney, Michael R., 2018, The matchstick grasshopper genus Warramaba (Morabidae: Morabinae): a description of four new species and a photographic guide to the group, pp. 201-244 in Zootaxa 4482 (2) on pages 215-219, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1453205