Pseudonicsara (Cercana) bomberi Ingrisch 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Ingrisch, Sigfrid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Pseudonicsara
Pseudonicsara bomberi

description: <i>Pseudonicsara (Cercana) bomberi</i> sp. n. Figs. 83, 114, 190, 243, 294, 324, 342, 377, 409, map 4. Holotype (male): Indonesia, Papua: New Guinea, Neth., Vogelkop: Bomberi [Jazirah Bomberai 3° 0' S, 133° 0' E], 700–900 m, 5.VI.1959, J.L. Gressitt, depository: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM). <b>Diagnosis.</b> The new species is unique within the genus in that the male cercus has a single internal process only, little behind middle of length; the process is diagonally twisted: basal and dorsal areas are laterally compressed, terminating in a short cone, while ventral and apical areas are dorso-ventrally compressed, widening and terminating into two short obtuse lobes (Fig. 190). The male subgenital plate has as unique character that the central part is projecting between the styli (Fig. 294). The apical parts of the titillators are long and narrow, at base with a fold, while the margin is elongate cap-shaped (Fig. 377). Another unique feature is the stridulatory file with the teeth standing about twice as dense as in most other species of the genus (Fig. 83). <b>Description.</b> Small for the genus. Fastigium verticis in front of eyes 0.7 mm, from base 1.1 mm; dorsal eye length 1.1 mm; greatest diameter of eye 1.3 mm; index fastigium verticis from base: eye length 0.9. Face rugose but shining. Brachypterous; wings not reaching apices of hind femora; tegmen gradually narrowed behind basal widening; apex narrowly rounded. Femora with the following number of spines on ventral margins: fore femur 7–8 external, 6–7 internal; mid femur 6 external, 2 internal near base; hind femur 8–10 external, 0 internal. Male. Stridulatory area of left tegmen greatly projecting; stridulatory vein concave, at apex convex; 1.8 mm long; teeth near apex very dense and indistinct; with 120 teeth or 67.3 teeth per mm; in middle 58.1 teeth per mm (Fig. 83). Mirror narrowing posteriorly; longer than wide; caudal margin of mirror convex; 1.2 mm long 1.0 mm wide; index length:width 1.2. Tenth abdominal tergite slightly globular in basal half, prolonged behind; apical margin with ovoid excision; projections on both sides of excision obliquely truncate with internal margins approaching each other (Fig. 114). Epiproct rounded, faintly grooved; with two small tubercles near apex. Cerci short-cylindrical; little projecting behind tenth tergite; with internal projection at beginning of apical third; projection compressed, widening towards three-lobate apex (Figs. 190, 243); basal of process with a projecting tubercle visible in ventral view only (Fig. 243). Subgenital plate broad; apex almost truncate but with a shallow triangular excision in middle; styli thin (Fig. 294). Titillators sclerotised; separate. Basal parts very short and narrow; apical parts with a wide socket, then angular, narrowed and parallel-sided; apex truncate; surface of apical parts densely covered with clinging hairs; apico-lateral margin triangular with prolonged base, enlarged, coarsely granular; at caudal angle with a small spinose carina (Figs. 324, 342, 377, 409). Baso-lateral sclerites elongate, faintly undulate. Apico-lateral sclerites oval, darkened. Female unknown. <b>Coloration.</b> Brown. Face with black vertical band widening ventrad; scapus black; mandibles with apical area black. Pronotal disc indistinctly infumate. Tegmen with dark cells and light veinlets. Fore tibia with three black marks: at and below tympana and before apex. <b>Measurements of male:</b> body 22; pronotum 5.8; tegmen 13; hind femur 14 mm. <b>Etymology.</b> Named after the type locality; noun in apposition.
description: Published as part of <i>Ingrisch, Sigfrid, 2009, Revision of the genus Pseudonicsara Karny, 1912 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae: Agraeciini) 2185, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 2185</i> on pages 50-51