Reyesacris zihua Mariño-Pérez &amp; Sanabria-Urbán &amp; Pocco &amp; Foquet &amp; Song 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Mariño-Pérez, Ricardo
name: Sanabria-Urbán, Salomón
name: Pocco, Martina E.
name: Foquet, Bert
name: Song, Hojun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Acrididae
Reyesacris
Reyesacris zihua

description: 2. <i>Reyesacris zihua</i> sp. nov. Mariño-Pérez, Sanabria-Urbán, Pocco, Foquet, &amp; Song Figs. 2A &amp; B, 4, 8 <b>Diagnosis.</b> Hind margin of 10 th abdominal tergite with three small dark knobs. Male supra-anal plate with many small dark knobs. Only tip of lophi sclerotized. Dorsal margin of the sheath of aedeagus slightly pointed in lateral view. Dorsal valves of aedeagus widened at the base, with lateral margins tapering towards the apex, semicircular apex. <b>Male description</b> (Fig. 2A &amp; B). <b>External genitalia</b> (Fig. 4A). Cerci triangular with internal spine in the basal half. Margin of 10 th abdominal tergite thickened and forming three small black projections. Supra-anal plate triangular with dilated margins and many small dark knobs. <b>Internal genitalia</b> (Fig. 4B–E). <b>Epiphallus</b> (Fig. 4B &amp; C). Well sclerotized, bridge almost straight, anterior projections globose and rounded. Ancorae triangular. Lophi prominent with an anterior portion well sclerotized. Semi-circular shape of this anterior portion sclerotized area from dorsal view. Lateral plates poorly developed. Posterior projections enlarged. Oval sclerites semi-triangular. <b>Ecto + Endophallus complex</b> (Fig. 4D &amp; E). <b>Ectophallus.</b> Apodemes of cingulum elongated. Zygoma well-developed. Rami well-developed. Sheath of aedeagus folded at tip with dorsal margin slightly pointed in lateral view. <b>Endophallus.</b> Apodemes of endophallus laterally compressed, arch of aedeagus elevated (almost “L shaped, in lateral view). Dorsal valvae in dorsal view well sclerotized, widened at the base, with lateral margins tapering towards the apex, and semicircular in the apex with anterior outer margin concave and involving laterally ventral ones. Ventral valvae a little longer than dorsal ones, semicircular and with expanded rounded apex. Both valvae almost covered by sheath of aedeagus. <b>Female description.</b> Unknown. <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet is referring to the name given to the zone by local people, which also mean woman in Náhuatl. <b>Male measurements (2).</b> Pronotum length 3.82–4.05; tegmen length 3.85–4.02; hind femur length 10.55. <b>Male</b> <b>holotype.</b> Mexico, Guerrero, 16–20 km NE RT 200, Ixtapa-Altamirano Rd. mountain forest. # 60. 382 m. (17.804 N; 101.445°W), 9-IX-1981. Legit Otte. ANSP. <b>Additional type material.</b> One male paratype same data as above. ANSP. <b>Geographic distribution.</b> This species is only known from its type locality (Fig. 11) which is found in the Pacific Coast biogeographic province near the Northwestern limit of the Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range. <i>Reyesacris zihua</i> is found in the most northern boundary of the genus and in the lowest elevation ranges, probably in association with tropical deciduous forest.
description: Published as part of <i>Mariño-Pérez, Ricardo, Sanabria-Urbán, Salomón, Pocco, Martina E., Foquet, Bert &amp; Song, Hojun, 2021, Studies in Mexican Grasshoppers: Four new species of Reyesacris Fontana Buzzetti &amp; Mariño-Pérez, 2011 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Ommatolampidinae), pp. 518-536 in Zootaxa 5039 (4)</i> on pages 523-524, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5039.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5516017