Published May 26, 2020 | Version v1
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Eurycoplangiodes Massa 2020, new genus

  • 1. Department of Agriculture, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale Scienze Bd 5 A, 90128 Palermo, Italy (retired) bruno. massa @ unipa. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2127 - 0715
  • 2. Association Insectes du Monde, Sabine, 09230 Sainte Croix Volvestre, France. pannoyer @ hotmail. com
  • 3. 3, chemin du Tarda, 31190 Mauressac France. samuel. danflous @ espaces-naturels. fr
  • 4. 24, avenue Lucien Servanty 31700 Blagnac, France. guilhem. duvot @ gmail. com

Description

Eurycoplangiodes Massa, new genus. Figs. 21–26a

Type species: Eurycoplangiodes sanghaensis n. sp., here designated

Diagnosis. The shape of the eye is not much elongated as in Eurycorypha, more similar to that of Plangiodes, but more prominent. Lateral carinae of forehead stout, lateral carinae on pronotum, dorsal margin of fore tibiae rounded, mirror of right tegmen absent.

Description. General habitus. Head and antennae. Fastigium of vertex scarcely wider than first antennal segment, not contiguous with fastigium of frons. Eyes a little elliptical, prominent, face smooth with lateral carinae, higher than wide. Thorax. Pronotum with lateral carinae, as long as high, with a well-developed humeral excision, lateral lobes widely rounded. Legs. Short, fore coxae armed with a fine spine, fore, mid and hind femora armed, fore tibiae dorsally rounded, fore and mid tibiae ventrally armed, genicular lobes of hind femora armed with 2 spines on inner and outer margins. Open tympana on inner and on outer margins of fore tibiae. Tegmina narrow, well-developed, shorter than hind wings. Stridulatory area lacking mirror. Styli absent.

Etymology. The name Eurycoplangiodes derives from the two genera Eurycorypha Stål, 1873 and Plangiodes Chopard, 1954, with which this genus shares some characters.

Remarks. Eurycoplangiodes new genus is related to Eurycorypha and to Plangiodes. According to Chopard (1954) the genus Plangiodes from Kenya has a general aspect of Eurycorypha, with which it shares a distinct longitudinal carina on either side of forehead, eyes elliptical and lateral carinae on the pronotum, but the fastigium verticis is scarcely wider than the first antennal segment 1. Eurycoplangiodes n. gen. has eyes less elliptical than Eurycorypha, forehead carinae stouter, fastigium of vertex scarcely wider than first antennal segment and lacks mirror on the right tegmen.

Notes

Published as part of Massa, Bruno, Annoyer, Philippe, Perez, Cyrille, Danflous, Samuel & Duvot, Guilhem, 2020, Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Conocephalinae, Hexacentrinae, Phaneropterinae Mecopodinae, Hetrodinae) from some protected areas of Central African Republic, pp. 401-447 in Zootaxa 4780 (3) on page 411, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4780.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3855195

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Massa
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Eurycoplangiodes
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Eurycoplangiodes Massa, 2020

References

  • Chopard, L. (1954) s. n. In: Chopard, L. & Mc Kevan, D. K. E., Orthoptera-Ensifera from Kenya and Jubaland. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 105, pp. 315 - 353. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1954. tb 00767. x