Brasilodontus itabunensis
Creators: name: Campos, Lucas Denadai De
name: De Mello, Francisco De A. G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Haglotettigoniidae
Brasilodontus
Brasilodontus itabunensis

description: Brasilodontus itabunensis de Mello & Campos, n. sp.
Figs. 4, 6, 15, 16
Type specimens. Holotype male, 2 male, 2 female paratypes [MZSP]; 3 male, 1 female paratypes kept at Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP—São Paulo State University, Botucatu campus.
Etymology. Toponymic, referring to the city of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil.
Diagnosis. the median ocellus smaller (fig. 4D); male fore wings reaching hind margin of second abdominal segment (fig. 4A, F), stridulatory vein with ca. 100 teeth; subgenital plate dark yellow to light brown, posterior margin distinctly round (fig. 4I); apex of pseudepiphallus clavate (Fig. 6 A, B, C); fringe of bristles on main lobes of pseudepiphallus located distally (figs. 6A, B, C), rows of denticles on distal portion of main lobe of pseudepiphallus small, dorsally located; pseudepiphallus parameres short; copulatory papilla elongate, the lateral lines as seen from dorsum somewhat concave, the apex white (fig. 15A1), the proximal margin ventrally blunt (fig 15A2).
Description. Male. Head: dark brown (fig. 4A); top of the head and occiput dark brown; three ocelli present, the median smaller (fig. 4D); maxillary palpi light brown (fig. 4G); frons, gena and clypeus medium brown on a yellowish background, labrum whitish (fig. 4D). Thorax: pronotum medium brown (fig. 4A); thoracic sternites as in fig. 4K. Fore wings reaching posterior margin of second abdominal tergite (fig. 4A, F); dorsal field with three harp veins; stridulatory vein with ca. 100 teeth (fig. 16A); lateral field with two parallel veins. Legs: light brown except for the dark brown hind femur; tibia I with only the internal tympanum present (fig. 4J). Abdomen: general color light brown on dorsum, lighter ventrally; supra-anal plate yellowish, without whitish lines on distal pigmented area, posterior margin rounded (fig. 4H); subgenital plate dark yellow to light brown, posterior margin distinctly round (fig. 4I). Phallic Complex (figs. 6A, B, C): pseudepiphallus slightly up-curved (fig. 6C), its main lobe wider at the second third (fig. 6A, B), the apex clavate, fringe of bristles apical, dorsally located, row of small denticles present anteriorly to the fringe; pseudepiphallic parameres short, rounded, apart from one another; tip of ectophallic fold located at the level of the distal margin of pseudepiphallic parameres; ectophallic apodeme very long, curved. Female: general coloration darker as the male (fig. 4B); copulatory papilla yellowish, elongate, the lateral lines as seen from dorsum somewhat concave, the apex white (fig. 15A1), the proximal margin ventrally blunt (fig 15A2).
Material examined. 6 male and 3 female. Brazil, Bahia, Itabuna, Mata do CEPLAC (14°47'S; 39°13'W), i.2001, F. A. G de Mello & S. S. Nihei leg. All specimens preserved in 80% alcohol.
description: Published as part of Campos, Lucas Denadai De & De Mello, Francisco De A. G., 2014, Taxonomic studies on the Neotropical Landrevinae with description of new taxa (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Gryllidae), pp. 151-178 in Zootaxa 3852 (2) on page 160, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/249658