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Melaneremus harmandi

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Description

Melaneremus harmandi (Griffini, 1912c)

Figs. 75 P–Q

Material examined. India: West Bengal, Darjeeling, (27°2'N, 88°16'E), coll. Harmand, 2854-90 — 1 female (holotype) (Paris MNHN).

Diagnosis. In contrast to M. fruhstorferi, the female of M. harmandi has a long, substraight ovipositor with unmodified tip (Fig. 75P). The subgenital plate is wider than long with converging lateral margins and subtruncate to faintly concave apical margin (Fig. 75Q).

Measurements after Griffini 1912c (1 female).—body w/o wings: 19.2; pronotum: 4.2; tegmen: 1.3; hind femur: 12.5; ovipositor: 24.6 mm.

Notes

Published as part of Ingrisch, Sigfrid, 2018, New taxa and records of Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera, Stenopelmatoidea) from South East Asia and New Guinea with a key to the genera, pp. 1-278 in Zootaxa 4510 (1) on page 214, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4510.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10072806

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Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN
Scientific name authorship
Griffini
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Gryllacrididae
Genus
Melaneremus
Species
harmandi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Melaneremus harmandi (Griffini, 1912) sec. Ingrisch, 2018

References

  • Griffini, A. (1912 c) Descriptions de nouvelles especes de Gryllacrididae et Stenopelmatidae du Museum d' Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Bulletin du Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 18, 16 - 76.