Amyttopsis bakowskii Naskrecki, 2008, n. sp.
Creators: name: Naskrecki, Piotr
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Amyttopsis
Amyttopsis bakowskii

description: Amyttopsis bakowskii n. sp.
(Figs. 1F; 4C, M; 5C)
Differential diagnosis. Similar to A. palmulicerca n. sp., from which it differs in the general shape of the cercus (Fig. 1F) and the epiphallus (Fig. 5C). From other species of the genus it differs in having the apical part of the cercus distinctly distended apically.
Description. (male only, female unknown).
General. Body small, slender; macropterous.
Head. Fastigium of vertex triangular, blunt apically, not reaching apex of antennal sockets, flat dorsally; antennae about twice as long as body; frons flat, vertical; eyes circular, weakly protruding.
Thorax. Lateral lobe of pronotum higher than wide; humeral sinus of pronotum present; anterior margin of pronotum flat; metazona flat; posterior edge of metazona narrowly rounded.
Legs. Legs slender. Front tibia unarmed dorsally, with 5 spines on posterior and 4 on anterior ventral margin; tympanum bilaterally open; genicular lobes of front femur unarmed; front femur unarmed ventrally. Mid tibia unarmed dorsally; thickened in proximal 3/4. with 4 spines on posterior and 5 on anterior ventral margin; mid femur unarmed ventrally; genicular lobes of mid femur unarmed. Hind femur unarmed ventrally; genicular lobes of hind femur unarmed.
Wings. Tegmen surpassing apex of hind femur; anterior margin straight; hind wing slightly longer than tegmen. Costal field not dilated at base; veins Sc and R diverging towards apex of tegmen; vein Rs branching off before middle of tegmen, with 3 apical branches; right stridulatory area with small but well developed mirror; left stridulatory area with small, roughly rectangular mirror (Fig. 4 M). Stridulatory file elevated on thickened vein, straight, with 106 teeth, 0.84 mm long, 0.05 mm wide (Fig. 4C).
Abdomen. Tenth tergite with posterior, lower corners forming pair of elongate, apically flattened projections; epiproct small, triangular. Cercus unarmed, strongly dilated and extended apically, paddle-like; apex strongly flattened dorso-ventrally and distended laterally; paraprocts unmodified (Fig. 1F); epiphallus with large denticles arranged in small, evenly distributed clusters along posterior edge (Fig. 5C). Subgenital plate unmodified, broadly trapezoidal, with deep, triangular incision; styli cylindrical, about 3 times as long as wide (Fig. 1F).
Coloration. Coloration light green; antennae concolorous; eyes uniformly colored; face without darker markings; pronotum without markings; tegmen without any markings; hind wing hyaline; hind legs uniformly colored; abdominal sterna without markings.
Measurements (3 males). body w/wings: 20.5–22.2 (21.2±.9); body w/o wings: 12–14 (13±1); pronotum: 3.8–4 (3.9±.1); tegmen: 16–19 (17.3±1.5); hind femur: 9 mm.
Material examined. GHANA: Eastern Region, Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve, elev. 300–320 m (6°22'2.3''N, 1°1'58''W), 26–30.viii. 2006, coll. P. Naskrecki, V. Awotwe-Pratt and M. Bakowski (Camp 1) - male holotype (ANSP), 2 males (paratypes) (MCZ).
Etymology. Named in honor of the Polish entomologist, Dr Marek Bakowski.
description: Published as part of Naskrecki, Piotr, 2008, New species of arboreal predatory katydids from West Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 1732 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.181351