Subria crassicerca Naskrecki and Morris, sp. n.
Creators: name: Naskrecki, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2000
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Subria
Subria crassicerca

description: <i>Subria crassicerca</i> Naskrecki and Morris, sp. n. Common name: Greater subria Figs. 33 D, 33F, 33H, 38F, 50H, Map 17 Type locality: Costa Rica: Puntarenas Prov., Albergue, Cerro de Oro; type depository: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia – holotype male <i>Diagnostic description.—</i> General characteristics as described above; very similar to <i>S. scutellaris</i> but distinctly larger. Tegmina surpassing apices of hind femora by about 1/5 of their length. Male pronotum with metazona expanded, entirely or almost entirely covering stridulatory apparatus (Figs. 33 D, 33F). Stridulatory file of male weakly curved, 2.14 mm long, with 202 (n=1) wide and thin teeth, maximum width of file 141 μm (Fig. 50 H); teeth of file uniform in thickness, evenly spaced and smoothly narrowing towards proximal end. Male cercus weakly incurved, nearly as thick as long, with large apical spine (Fig. 38 F); apices of titillators expanded and flattened, with several large teeth (Fig. 33 G). Ovipositor distinctly curved upwards and clearly widened midlength, slightly longer than half of hind femur (ratio ovipositor/hind femur 0.64-0.75). <i>Coloration</i>.— General coloration straw brown to chestnut brown, with wide, dark band extending across the top of the head, pronotum, and posterior edges of tegmina; tegmina with irregularly distributed, small, diffused darker spots; outer pagina of hind femur with distinct reticulate pattern. No green form is known for this species. <i>Measurements</i>.— Table 25. <i>Bioacoustics.—</i> Song unknown. <i>Distribution — S. crassicerca</i> most likely occurs only in the Pacific portion of Costa Rica (Map 17). <i>Etymology.—</i> The specific epithet reflects the shape of the male cercus, which is thicker and stouter than in other members of the genus. <i>Material examined</i> (holotype and paratypes). <i>—</i> <b>COSTA RICA: Alajuela Prov.</b>, Río Surubres, near San Mateo, elev. 250 m, (coll. P. Biolley) - 1 female (ANSP); <b>Puntarenas Prov.</b>, Albergue, Cerro de Oro, elev. 270 m, 14 - 19 March 1995 (coll. R. Villalobos) - 1 male (holotype) (ANSP); Estac. Agujas, Río Agujas, Sendero Ajo, elev. 300 m, 1 - 3 June 1997 (coll. M. Lobo) - 1 male (INBio); Estac. Quebrada Bonita, R.B. Carara, elev. 50 m, 15 April 1989 (coll. R. Zuniga) - 2 females (INBio); Fila Guerra, Península de Osa, elev. 1 - 100 m, 15 March 1991 (coll. J. Quesada) - 1 female (INBio); nr. Rincón, Osa Peninsula, 23 February 1966 (coll. H.R. Roberts) - 1 male (ANSP); Península de Osa, Corcovado N. P., elev. 10 - 100 m, 25 March 1977 (coll. D.H. Janzen) - 2 females (INBio); same locality, elev. 10 - 100 m, 27 March 1982 (coll. D.H. Janzen and W. Hallwachs) - 2 males, 4 females (INBio, PN collection); Rincón, Osa Peninsula, forest trail, 19 February 1965 (coll. H.R. Roberts) - 1 female (ANSP); Rincón, Osa Peninsula, stream trail, S ride air strip II, 22 - 23 February 1966 (coll. H.R. Roberts) - 1 male (INBio); Sirena, Corcovado N.P., elev. 0 - 100 m, 15 April 1989 (coll. R. Blanco and G. Fonseca) - 1 female (INBio).
description: Published as part of <i>Piotr Naskrecki, 2000, Katydids of Costa Rica / Vol. 1, Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae sensu lato)., Philadelphia, PA :The Orthopterists Society at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,</i> on page 123, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.270035