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Unicorniella hatueyi Yong, 2019, new genus, new species

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Unicorniella hatueyi new genus, new species

Figures 7–10, 17, 21, 24. Table III

"Especie indeterminada, presumiblemente de..." [Neoconocephalus]: Zayas, 1976: 64. Misidentification "Genus unknown 5": Yong & Perez-Gelabert, 2014: 427.

Types. CUBA: Santiago de Cuba Province: Santiago de Cuba Municipality: Cordillera de La Gran Piedra: La Gran Piedra (20º00'35''N - 75º37'42''W, 1,200 m a.s.l.); on the vegetation; 11–16/July/2018; S. Yong, R. Teruel; 1♂ adult holotype (SY, green phase, in ethanol 80%), 1♂ adult (brown phase), 4♂♂ juveniles (green phase), 4♀♀ juveniles (green phase), all paratypes (SY, in ethanol 80%). Same locality; 4–6/October/2015; S. Yong, R. Teruel; 1♂ juvenile, 1♀ juvenile, both paratypes (SY, green phase, in ethanol 80%). Same locality; 11/March/2016; R. Teruel, J. L. Reyes; 1♀ adult paratype (SY, green phase, in ethanol 80%). Same locality; 23/July/2017; S. Yong, R. Teruel; 1♂ juvenile paratype (SY, green phase, in ethanol 80%).

Additional material examined. CUBA: Artemisa Province: San Cristóbal Municipality: Sierra de Rangel (22°44'11"N - 83°11'29"W, 600 m a.s.l.); 12–15/January/1934; J. Acuña, A. R. Otero; 1♀ adult (brown phase, FZ, dry pinned). Cienfuegos Province: Cumanayagua Municipality: Guamuhaya Massif: Pico San Juan (21°59'23"N - 80°08'51"W, 1,140 m a.s.l.); 7–14/August/2015; S. Yong, E. Fonseca, T. M. Rodríguez-Cabrera; 3♂♂, 9♀♀ adults (both green and brown phases, now lost). Guantánamo Province: Baracoa Municipality: Nibujón (20°30'26"N - 74°39'13"W, 10 m a.s.l.); 6/March/1979; L. B. Zayas; 1♂ adult (green phase, IES, dry pinned). DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Santo Domingo Province: San Felipe de Villa Mella Municipality: Sierra Prieta (18°38'56"N - 69°58'22"W, 150 m a.s.l.); 12/September/2016; R. Teruel; 1 ♂ juvenile (green phase, SY, in ethanol 80%). Note. The complete sample from Pico San Juan was destroyed shortly after being collected, by an ant attack in the field. Fortunately, the specimens were photographed in situ when found, so the evidence remains (see figs. 17b, d herein).

Diagnosis. See genus diagnosis above.

Etymology. This species is named after Hatuey (birth date unknown, murdered by fire at stake in 1512), the well-known Taino cacique. He was the first rebel native to America and coincidently, he lived in the same two islands where this species occurs: Cuba and Hispaniola.

Notes

Published as part of Yong, Sheyla, 2019, Three new genera and four new species of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Cuba and Hispaniola, Greater Antilles, pp. 222-256 in Ecologica Montenegrina 20 (2019) on pages 235-238, DOI: 10.37828/em.2019.20.19, http://zenodo.org/record/13359746

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Biodiversity

Collection code
R, FZ, T, IES, SY , R, SY
Event date
1934-01-12 , 2015-10-04
Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Unicorniella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Yong
Species
hatueyi
Taxonomic status
new genus, new species
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1934-01-12/2016-09-12 , 2015-10-04/2018-07-16
Taxonomic concept label
Unicorniella hatueyi Yong, 2019

References

  • Zayas, F. de (1976) Entomofauna Cubana. Tomo III. Introduccion a la seccion Polyneoptera. Editorial Cientifico-Tecnica, Havana, pp. 1 - 130.
  • Yong, S. & Perez-Gelabert, D. E. (2014) Grasshoppers, crickets and katydids (Insecta: Orthoptera) of Cuba: an annotated checklist. Zootaxa, 3827 (4), 401 - 438.