Tropicophyllum ubatuba 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 ubatuba

description: Tropicophyllum ubatuba sp. nov.
Figures 171–175
Diagnosis. Vein MA with five main branches reaching wing margin (Fig. 172). Tegmina with five narrow and well-defined hyaline bands; hyaline bands with small black spots grouped together forming large asymmetrical spots (Fig. 172). Mesobasisternum triangular, anteriorly concave; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally straight, posteriorly concave, forming a posterolateral acuminate tip (Fig. 175E). Metabasisternum triangular; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally and posteriorly straight, posterolaterally forming an angle of 90° (Fig. 171E). Left stridulatory with basal portion with teeth little smaller, curved and total 7 teeth (Fig. 173A).
Description. Holotype Male.
Thorax. Mesobasisternum triangular, anteriorly concave; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally straight, posteriorly concave, forming a posterolateral acuminate tip (Fig. 171E). Metabasisternum triangular; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally and posteriorly straight, posterolaterally forming an angle of 90° (Fig. 171E).
Wings. Vein MA with five main branches reaching wing margin (Fig. 172). Tegmina with five narrow and well-defined hyaline bands, overlapping the branches of the M and CuA veins; hyaline bands with small black spots grouped together forming large asymmetrical spots (Fig. 172). Left stridulatory file slightly curved; basal teeth little smaller, curved and total 7 teeth (Fig. 173A). Total file length of 3.9 mm, greater vein width of 0.7 mm and a total of 83 teeth. Rigth stridulatory file curved; apical teeth small and curved (Fig. 173B). Total length file of 3 mm, widest vein of 0.4 mm and total of 81 teeth.
Legs. All femora ventrally with several small spines (Figs. 171F–H).
Abdomen. Cercus curved inwards, with the apex not expanded (Figs. 171I–K). Apex of cercus with curved convex projection and small lateral spine, with a dark brown color (Fig. 171K). Stylus small and fusiform (Fig. 171I). Apex of stylus not exceeding half of cercus length, in ventral view (Fig. 171I).
Internal male genitalia. Ejaculatory vesicles rounded (Figs. 174A–D). Upper folds of ventral lobe small and connected (Figs. 174A–B). Titillator process elongated (Figs. 174A–D). Lower folds of ventral lobe small, posteriorly convex and not exceeding dorsal lobes (Figs. 174A–B). Dorsal lobes anteriorly, laterally and posteriorly convex (Figs. 174A–D). Dorsal folds elongated and asymmetrical (Figs. 174C–D).
Coloration. Based on photos of preserved specimen (Fig. 171). Body and tegmina yellowish green. Eyes brown. Hyaline bands with small dark brown spots grouped together forming asymmetrical spots.
Female: Unknown.
Etymology. The epithet is in apposition, ubatuba comes from the Brazilian Tupi indigenous language, u’ubá (cana-de-flecha: type of grass used to make arrows) + tyba (grouping) and means “arrow grass grouping”, this being the name given to the municipality of São Paulo where the holotype was collected.
Distribution. Brazil: Espirito Santo and São Paulo (Fig. 175).
Type material. Holotype ♂. BRASIL, São Paulo, Ubatuba, Praia vermelha (MZSP). Paratype: Idem, Espirito Santo, Santa Teresa, Estação Biológica de Santa Lúcia, 22–28.i.2012, Buys, Antunes & Bide leg. (1♂ INPA).
Measurements (mm). Holotype (♂): TL: 30; 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.
Paratype (♂): TL: 33,3; TegL: 49,9; TegH: 17,3; WF: 4,3; PL: 7,1; PH: 7,8; FF: 8,6; FT: 9,2; MF: 10,4; MT: 21,1; HF: 22,3; HT: 22; Lplac: 2,6; LC: 1,3; LO: 4,8.
Species-group Tropicophyllum zonatum comb. nov.
Figures 176–208
Coments. Group formed by five species with wide distribution in the Amazon biome, occurring from the east edge of the biome (Brazil: Maranhão) to the west edge with Andean influence. They are registered in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador. Characterized by enlarged tegmina (Figs. 177, 185, 189, 194, 198, 207A); vein MA with four main branches reaching wing margin (Figs. 177, 185, 189, 194, 198, 207A); tegmina with five large asymmetric hyaline bands (Figs. 180, 184, 189, 197, 201A); hyaline bands with small marks thin and dark (Figs. 184, 186B, 201A) or without spots (Figs. 180, 189, 192, 197); vein MP and last branch of CuA vein forming a tetragonal (Figs. 180, 184, 189, 197, 201A); all femora ventrally with several small spines (Figs. 179F–H, 183F–H, 188F–H, 196F–H, 201A).
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 151-153, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5564.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14612164