Unicorniella hatueyi Yong, 2019, new genus, new species
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Description
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.
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Additional details
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.