Anapolisia pucu 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
Anapolisia
Anapolisia pucu

description: Anapolisia pucu Mendes & Rafael sp. nov.
Figures 108–113
Diagnosis. Vein MA with four main branches reaching wing margin (Fig. 109). Mesobasisternum anteriorly convex; lateral lobes anterolaterally and laterally convex, posteriorly straight, forming a posterolaterally acuminate tip (Fig. 108E). Metabasisternum diamond-shaped, anteriorly convex with two small convex lateral protuberances; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally and posteriorly straight, posterolaterally with blunt pit forming an angle of 120° (Fig. 108E). Apex of cercus with rectangular projection and small lateral spine, with a dark brown color (Fig. 108K).
Description. Holotype Male.
Thorax. Mesobasisternum triangular, anteriorly convex; lateral lobes anterolaterally and laterally convex, posteriorly straight, forming a posterolaterally acuminate tip (Fig. 108E). Metabasisternum diamond-shaped, anteriorly convex with two small convex lateral protuberances; lateral lobes anterolaterally convex, laterally and posteriorly straight, posterolaterally with blunt pit forming an angle of 120° (Fig. 108E).
Wings. Vein MA with four main branches reaching wing margin (Fig. 109). Left stridulatory file curved; basal and apical teeth minor (Fig. 110A). Total file length of 2.1 mm, greater vein width of 0.4 mm and total of 46 teeth. Rigth stridulatory curved; basal half teeth smaller and more spaced apart (Fig. 110B). Total length file of 1.9 mm, widest vein of 0.2 mm and total of 50 teeth.
Legs. Hind femur with expanded region equivalent to 1/2 of the total femur length (Fig. 109H).
Abdomen. Cercus curved inwards, with the apex expanded (Figs. 108I–K). Apex of cercus with rectangular projection and small lateral spine, with a dark brown color (Fig. 108K). Stylus long and rectangular (Fig. 108I).
Internal male genitalia. Ejaculatory vesicles reniform (Figs. 111A–D). Upper folds of ventral lobe short, triangular and not connected (Figs. 111A–B). Titillator process assymmetric (Figs. 111A–D). Lower folds of ventral lobe bilobed, rounded and not exceeding the dorsal lobe (Figs. 111A–B). Dorsal lobes anteriorly convex (Figs. 111A–D). Dorsal folds elongated and asymmetric (Figs. 111C–D).
Coloration. Described based on photos of live specimens (Fig. 112). Body light green. Eyes beige with light brown spots. Abdomen whitish green. Dark green legs with light green asymmetric spots. Cercus light green. Tegmina slightly hyaline, with light green coloring; radial branches with numerous small circular yellow spots; cubital and median branches with small black spots; margins of tegmina and apex of the membranous wing with a narrow yellow band.
Female. Unknown.
Etymology. The epithet is in apposition, pucu [puku] comes from the Brazilian Tupi indigenous language and means “long”, in reference to elongated shape of this katydid.
Distribution. Brazil: Acre (Fig. 113).
Type material. Holotype ♂. BRASIL, Acre, Bujari, Floresta Estadual Antimary, 09°20’01”S / 68°19’17”W, 25–27.viii.2016, armadilha luminosa, D.M.M. Mendes, F.F. Xavier F°, A.A. Agudelo & J.A.Rafael leg. (INPA). Paratype: Idem (1♂ INPA).
Measurements (mm). Holotype: (♂): TL: 25; TegL: 43,9; TegH: 12,7; WF: 3,8; PL: 6,2; PH: 6,5; FF: 6,5; FT: 5,7; MF: 8,2; MT: 8,5; HF: 18,8; HT: 19,2; Lplac: 3; LC: 2,9.
Paratypes (♂): TL: 25,2; TegL: 43,4; TegH: 12,5; WF: 4,3; PL: 5,9; PH: 6,2; FF: 6,7; FT: 5,1; MF: 5,7; MT: 8,4; HF: 17,9; HT: 18,7; Lplac: 3,1; LC: 3.
Observation of behavior. Occurrence in area of endemism of the Inambari.
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 94-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5564.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14612164