Tropicophyllum curupira 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 curupira

description: Tropicophyllum curupira sp. nov.
Figures 188–192
Diagnosis. Vein MA with three main branches reaching wing margin (Fig. 189). Tegmina with five large asymmetric hyaline bands; hyaline bands without spots; cell MP–CuA quadrangular (Fig. 189). Mesobasisternum triangular, anteriorly straight; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally straight, posterolaterally forming a posterolateral blunt tip and posteriorly concave (Fig. 188E). Metabasisternum triangular, anteriorly concave; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally slightly straight, posteriorly straight, posterolaterally forming an angle of 90° (Fig. 188E).
Description. Holotype Male.
Thorax. Mesobasisternum triangular, anteriorly straight; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally straight, posterolaterally forming a posterolateral blunt tip and posteriorly concave (Fig. 188E). Metabasisternum triangular, anteriorly concave; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally slightly straight, posteriorly straight, posterolaterally forming an angle of 90° (Fig. 188E).
Wings. Vein MA with three main branches reaching wing margin (Fig. 189). Tegmina with five large asymmetric hyaline bands; hyaline bands without spots; cell MP–CuA quadrangular (Fig. 189). Left stridulatory file curved; basal teeth larger and more spaced (Fig. 190A). Total file length of 3.1 mm, greater vein width of 0.5 mm and a total of 69 teeth. Rigth stridulatory sinuose; basal and apical teeth smaller (Fig. 190B). Total file length of 2.3 mm, greater vein width of 0.4 mm and a total of 64 teeth.
Legs. All femora ventrally with several small spines and bristles (Figs. 188F–H).
Abdomen. Cercus curved inwards, with the apex not expanded (Figs. 188I–K). Apex of cercus with small curved triangular projection with a dark brown color (Fig. 188K). Stylus fusiform (Fig. 188I). Space between the base of the slightly convex stylus (Fig. 188H).
Internal male genitalia. Ejaculatory vesicles reniform (Figs. 191A–D). Upper folds of ventral lobe large and asymmetric (Figs. 191A–B). Titillator process large and elliptic (Figs. 191A–D). Lower folds of ventral lobe large, bilobate, posteriorly convex and not exceeding the dorsal lobes (Figs. 191A–B). Dorsal lobes anteriorly projected, laterally curved and posteriorly convex (Figs. 191A–D). Dorsal folds elongated and asymmetrical (Figs. 191C–D).
Coloration. Based on photos of preserved specimen (Fig. 188). Body and tegmina yellowish. Eyes light brown. Dorso-lateral suture large and black.
Female: Unknown.
Etymology. The epithet is in apposition, curupira comes from the Brazilian Tupi-guarani indigenous language, curu [min] (boy) + pira (body) and means “boy’s body”, in reference to the legend of Curupira, a mythological figure that belongs to Brazilian folklore, known as the protector of the fauna and flora.
Distribution. Brazil: Amazonas (Fig. 192).
Type material. Holotype ♂. BRASIL, Amazonas, Coari, rio Urucu, Angelim, 5°3'33"S / 65°14'48"W, 23/ xi–02/xi/1992, P.F. Bührnheim & N.O. Aguiar leg. // à luz mista de mercúrio (INPA).
Observation of behavior. Occurrence in area of endemism of the Inambari.
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 164-168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5564.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14612164