Diponthus virgatus
Creators: name: Pocco, Martina E.
name: Lange, Carlos E.
name: Cigliano, María Marta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Romaleidae
Diponthus
Diponthus virgatus

description: Diponthus virgatus (Gerstaecker, 1873)
(Figs. 4e, f, 7a, b, 8o, 9a, b, 10o, 11o, 12a, b, and 13).
Acridium virgatum Gerstaecker, 1873 (holotype, female, Brazil, Salto Grande, ZMHB Berlin Mus.)
Diponthus virgatus: Carbonell, 1994; Otte, 1995: 44; Cigliano et al., 2023.
Diponthus bilineatus Rehn, 1920 n. syn.
Diponthus bilineatus Rehn, 1920: 246 (holotype, male, Brazil, Santa Catarina, ANSP Philadelphia); Liebermann, 1955: 337; Cigliano et al., 2023.
Diponthus invidus Carl, 1916 n. syn.
Diponthus invidus Carl, 1916: 507 (hololectotype, male, Brazil, MHNG Geneva Museum; allolectotype, female, Brazil, Santa Catarina, Teresopolis; these specimens were selected as lectotypes by CSC, and here designated); Liebermann, 1955: 337; Cigliano et al,. 2023.
Nomenclatural comments. Based on the comparison of the original descriptions, morphology of type specimens, and from materials examined from the distribution range of the species (Brazil), we consider that Diponthus virgatus, D. bilineatus, and D. invidus constitute the same species since there are no differences in the characters that were originally established as diagnostic (pattern of coloration of head, pronotum, and tegmina) for them. Therefore, the synonymy between them is established herein.
Diagnosis. Disc of pronotum brown with mid-dorsal longitudinal band, anterior and posterior margins and lateral lobes of metazoan light brown (Figs. 4e, f, and 7a, b). Tegmina with greenish or light brown background, longitudinal veins cream colored in discal area; longitudinal vein cubital posterior (Cu2) prominent and strong yellow (figs. 4e, f, and 8o); transverse veins brown delimiting irregular cells (Fig. 8o). Hind wings green with dark venation. Prosternal tubercle straight, with round apex. Male epiproct oval, with pointed tip, tubercles on distal half; furculae lobed with pointed apex (Fig. 9b). Male cerci slightly curved downwards, with blunt apex, barely exceeding the end of epiproct (Fig. 9a). Dorsal valves of aedeagus with distal portion strongly curved downwards, expanded apex (Figs. 10o, and 11o). Valves of cingulum as in D. porphyerus, with posterior margin of the distal portion straight (Figs. 10o, and 11o). Epiphallus with lophi parallel to the bridge, subrectangular, expanded towards the posterior processes of lateral plates (Fig. 12a, b).
Redescription and chromatic characters, and material examined. See Appendix 1
Measurements (in mm). Body length: male: 30; females: 42.5 (40–47). Hind femur length: male: 16; females: 22.5 (22–23). Tegmina length: male: 21; females: 26.2 (26–26.5).
Distribution. This species is distributed in Brazil (San Pablo, Santa Catarina) (Fig. 13).
description: Published as part of Pocco, Martina E., Lange, Carlos E. & Cigliano, María Marta, 2023, Relationships and taxonomy of the genus Diponthus Stål (Orthoptera: Acridoidea Romaleidae), pp. 33-81 in Zootaxa 5336 (1) on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8268533