Tropicophyllum bururama 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 bururama

description: Tropicophyllum bururama sp. nov.
Figures 176–183
Diagnosis. Vein MA with four main branches reaching wing margin (Fig. 177). Tegmina with five large asymmetric hyaline bands; hyaline bands without spots (Fig. 177); cell MP-CuA wide (Fig. 177). Mesobasisternum triangular, anteriorly straight; lateral lobes anterolaterally and laterally convex, posteriorly slightly concave, forming a posterolateral blunt tip (Fig. 176E). Metabasisternum diamond-shaped, anteriorly concave; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally straight, posteriorly convex, posterolaterally forming an angle of 90° (Fig. 176E).
Description. Holotype Male.
Thorax. Mesobasisternum triangular, anteriorly straight; lateral lobes anterolaterally and laterally convex, posteriorly slightly concave, forming a posterolateral blunt tip (Fig. 176E). Metabasisternum diamond-shaped, anteriorly concave; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally straight, posteriorly convex, posterolaterally forming an angle of 90° (Fig. 176E).
Wings. Vein MA with four main branches reaching wing margin (Fig. 177). Tegmina with five large asymmetric hyaline bands; hyaline bands without spots (Fig. 177); cell MP-CuA wide (Fig. 177). Left stridulatory file slightly sinuose; teeth on basal half wider and sparser than teeth on apical half (Fig. 178A). Total file length of 2.8 mm, greater vein width of 0.5 mm and a total of 75 teeth. Rigth stridulatory file sinuose; teeth on basal half wider and sparser than teeth on apical half (Fig. 178B). Total file length of 1.9 mm, greater vein width of 0.4 mm and a total of 72 teeth.
Legs. All femora ventrally with several small spines (Figs. 176F–H).
Abdomen. Cercus curved inwards, with the apex not expanded (Figs. 176I–K). Apex of cercus with small curved convex projection with a dark brown color (Fig. 176K). Stylus fusiform (Fig. 176I). Apex of stylus exceeding half of cercus length, in ventral view (Fig. 176I).
Internal male genitalia. Ejaculatory vesicles reniform (Figs. 179A–D). Upper folds of ventral lobe small, triangular and posteriorly convex (Figs. 179A–B). Titillator process large and elongated (Figs. 179A–D). Lower folds of ventral lobe large, bilobate, posteriorly convex and not exceeding the dorsal lobes (Figs. 179A–B). Dorsal lobes anteriorly convex, laterally straight and posteriorly triangular (Figs. 179A–D). Dorsal folds elongated and asymmetrical (Figs. 179C–D).
Coloration. Described based on photos of live specimens (Fig. 180). General color of body and tegmina dark green. Eyes dark green with small yellow bands. Lateral lobe of pronotum with small asymmetrical yellow spots. Dorso-lateral suture slender and black. Mesothorax and metathorax laterally with a wide white band. Metepimeron with beige large spot. Tegmina with dark green coloring; hyaline bands without spots. Abdomen light green with small white spots. Fore femur, fore tibia, mid femur and mid tibia dark green with two white bands and several small white spots. Hind femur and hind tibia dark green with three white bands and several small white spots. All legs with yellow spines. Cercus yellow.
Female. Unknown.
Nymph. Described based on photos of live specimens (Fig. 181A). Color similar to adults, with a light green body and several small asymmetrical white spots. Head with small asymmetrical yellow spots. Palpus red. Pronotal disc medianally with brown carina. First four segments of the abdomen dorsally with triangular projections. Femora light brown with three dark green bands. Cercus light brown.
Etymology. The epithet is in apposition, bururama (ybyra + rama) comes from the Brazilian indigenous language Nheengatu and means “land of trees”, in reference to the Amazon Rainforest, the environment in which this species is native.
Distribution. Brazil: Amazonas (Fig. 183).
Type material. Holotype ♂. BRASIL, Amazonas, Parque Nacional do Jaú, Margem direita, Baixo rio Jaú, 01°97’S– 51°45’W, 13–14.x.1993, Lenço com luz mista mercúrio, Luz negra BL e BLB, C. Motta, R. Andreazze & J. Vidal leg. (1♂ INPA). Paratypes: idem, 14–15.x.1993 (1♂ UFAM); idem, 11–12.iv.1994 (1♂ UFAM); idem, Igarapé Miratuca, 01°57’8”S – 61°49’19”W, 14–29.vii.1993, R. Andreazze, W. Costa & L. Aquino leg. / Lençol com luz mista mercúrio, luz negra BL e BLB (1♂ INPA).
Measurements (mm). Holotype (♂): TL: 23; 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: 1,4–1; LO: 4,8–4.
Observation on behaviour. An immature was found at night in a Secondary Terra Firme Rainforest (Fig. 182), at 3 m high in leaves of Conceveiba cf. guianensis (Euphorbiaceae) (Fig. 181B). It was observed that the nymph fed on the plant and had a slow movement, even when disturbed. This is the first feeding record for Tropicophyllum and adds another katydid that uses this group of plants, as already registered for Conocephalinae and Meconematinae (Mendes & Oliveira, 2019a; 2019b; Mendes etal., 2017, Mendes etal., 2018, Mendes etal., 2023). Occurrence in area of endemism of the Imeri.
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 154-157, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5564.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14612164