@article {58429, title = {A New Leaf Litter Toad of Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Sichuan Province, China with Supplementary Description of L. oshanensis}, journal = {Asian Herpetological Research}, volume = {12}, year = {2021}, pages = {143-166}, chapter = {143}, abstract = {

A new species of the Asian leaf litter toad genus Leptobrachella is described from Sichuan Province, China. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences clustered the new species as an independent clade nested into L. oshanensis species group. The new species could be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of following characters: body size moderate (25.8\–32.6 mm in male, 33.7\–34.1 mm in female); distinct black spots present on flanks; toes rudimentary webbed, with narrow lateral fringes, dermal ridges under toes interrupted at articulations; ventral belly cream white with variable brown specking; skin on dorsum relatively smooth with fine tiny granules or short ridges; iris copper above, silver bellow; greyish black patches on posterior thigh absent or small; spines on surface of chest absent in male during breeding season; nasals entirely or partially separated from sphenethmoid in male; dorsal surface of tadpoles semitransparent light brown, spots on tail absent, keratodont row formula I: 3+3(2+2)/2+2: I; calls simple, call series basically consist of repeated long calls, at dominant frequency(4831.9 \± 155.8)Hz and call duration(544.5 \± 146.8)ms. In addition, we made supplementary description on L. oshanensis including holotype, variations, tadpoles, skull and bioacoustics. Besides, this paper reports cases\ of femoral adipose glands in the genus Leptobrachella as first known sexual dimorphism skin glands for males of Megophryidae.

}, keywords = {multiple data, new species, sympatric distribution, taxonomy}, doi = {10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200118}, author = {Shengchao SHI and Yinmeng HOU and Zhaobin SONG and Jianping Jiang and Bin Wang} } @article {58315, title = {Socotracris kleukersi n. gen. n. sp., a new troglobitic cricket from Socotra (Yemen) (Orthoptera: Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae)}, year = {2012}, abstract = {

The cricket Socotracris kleukersi n. gen., n. sp., collected in a cave at Wadi Zerik, Diksam Plateau, Socotra, Yemen is described. The genus and species are characterized by male and female genitalia and external morphology.

}, keywords = {Cave life, Indian Ocean, new species}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3252.110.11646/zootaxa.3252.1.3}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.3252.1https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3252.1.3https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/48838/42297}, author = {Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure and Felix, Rob P. W. H.} } @article {58192, title = {Gryllotalpa weisei Simeu-Noutchom \& Kekeunou sp. nov. and the first record of Gryllotalpa microptera (Chopard 1939) (Orthoptera, Gryllotalpidae) from Cameroon with redescription of the species}, year = {2020}, abstract = {

Gryllotalpa weisei Simeu-Noutchom \& Kekeunou sp. nov. was collected only in Tombel in the South-West region of Cameroon, during a survey conducted from March 2016 to March 2018 in the West, South-West and Centre regions of Cameroon. This species is close to Gryllotalpa microptera, collected for the first time in Cameroon during these investigations, only in the West region. G. weisei is different from G. microptera due to the hind wings that are vestigial; average fore wings length of 5.85\±0.56 mm in male and 5.34\±0.45 mm in female, not reaching the fifth abdominal segment; anal end of fore wings slightly concave; a stridulatory file with 54\±8.02 teeth (47\–71) in average, fairly spaced, with an average of 30\±5.06 teeth per millimeter; hind tibia bearing 11 spines; internal process of ectophallus quite short. G. weisei abounds in mixed crop fields, followed by cocoa agro-forests; it is scarce in grassy fallows and in forest undergrowth. G. microptera was present in all types of vegetations in Bafoussam, Babet\é and Bangoulap in the West region where it has been abundant in mixed crop fields, grass-fallow and coffee agro-forest but rare in forest undergrowth.

}, keywords = {ecology, Mole cricket, new species, Orthoptera, taxonomy, Tombel}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4763.110.11646/zootaxa.4763.1.5}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4763.1https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4763.1.5https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/61010/60629}, author = {SIMEU-NOUTCHOM, ALAIN and KEKEUNOU, SEVILOR and WANDJI, ALAIN CHRISTEL and NZIKE, MARCELLE MBADJOUN and NGOUTE, CHARLY OUMAROU and MESSI, NADEGE BRIGITTE MBEZELE and TAMESSE, JOSEPH LEBEL} } @article {58012, title = {Revision of the cricket genus Cardiodactylus (Orthoptera, Eneopterinae, Lebinthini): the species from both sides of the Wallace line, with description of 25 new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3854}, year = {2014}, month = {Aug-08-2015}, pages = {1}, abstract = {

The genus Cardiodactylus is the most speciose and widely distributed genus of the cricket subfamily Eneopterinae and of the Lebinthini tribe. Along with diverse acoustic features, this genus is also characterized by a wide distribution area running from Japan to Southeast Asia, Northern Australia and in many archipelagos in the Western Pacific, with a high contrast in species distributions. In this paper we start revising Cardiodactylus by focusing on the western region of its wide distribution and the Novaeguineae species group. We describe 25 new species of Cardiodactylus, redescribe 3 species and bring new signalizations for 5 species. Whenever possible, information is provided about species distribution, male calling song and male and female genitalia, forewing venation and habitat.

}, keywords = {Cardiodactylus, Eneopterinae, Gryllidae, new species, revision, Wallace line}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3854.110.11646/zootaxa.3854.1.1}, url = {http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.3854.1}, author = {ROBILLARD, TONY and GOROCHOV, ANDREJ V. and POULAIN, SIMON and SUHARDJONO, YAYUK R.} } @article {57543, title = {A new species of~Megophrys Kuhl \& Van Hasselt (Amphibia: Megophryidae) from Borneo allied to~M. nasuta (Schlegel, 1858)}, year = {2019}, abstract = {

Within Sundaland, the species diversity of the genus Megophrys is richest in Borneo, with some species restricted to the northern highlands of the island. On the basis of molecular, morphological and acoustic evidence, we describe a new species of large-sized Megophrys, once confused with M. nasuta. The new species Megophrys kalimantanensis sp. nov. can be differentiated from all its congeners by large genetic distance more than 6.11\% in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene, much shorter rostral and orbital appendages, and unique advertisement call. This new species has been recorded from medium to high altitudes of mountain forest in southern and northernmost Borneo.

}, keywords = {Megophrys kalimantanensis sp. nov., molecular phylogeny, new species, Southeast Asia, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4679.110.11646/zootaxa.4679.1.1}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4679.1https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4679.1.1}, author = {MUNIR, MISBAHUL and HAMIDY, AMIR and Matsui, Masafumi and ISKANDAR, DJOKO T. and SIDIK, IRVAN and SHIMADA, TOMOHIKO} } @article {57427, title = {Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4682}, year = {2019}, month = {Apr-10-2019}, pages = {1 - 119}, abstract = {

A list of 60 species of the Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) recorded from Gorongosa National Park and provinces Sofala and Manica in central Mozambique is provided and their natural history is discussed. Of these, 58 species are illustrated and bioacoustic data are presented for 47 species. Two new genera and 9 new species are described: Gorongosa carri gen. et sp. n., Ovonotus abreuae gen. et sp. n., Afroagraecia muagurai sp. n., Enyaliopsis iaculator sp. n., Eurycorypha parkeri sp. n., Eurycorypha stalmansi sp. n., Eulioptera carolli sp. n., Eulioptera mutembai sp. n., and Parpyrrhicia guytonae sp. n. Four species of Ruspolia are recognized as potentially new and their bioacoustic data are presented. Pseudorhynchus pungens meridionalis Ragge, 1969 is synonymized with Pseudorhynchus pungens pungens (Schaum, 1853); Angustithorax spiniger Massa, 2015 is synonymized with Oxyecous magnus Ragge, 1956; and the synonymy of Lanista africana (Walker, 1870) with Lanista annulicornis (Walker, 1869) is reversed. Two species, G. carri and O. abreuae, appear to be endemic to Mt. Gorongosa and 24 species are recorded for the first time from Mozambique.

}, keywords = {bioacoustics, endemism, katydids, Mozambique, new genera, new species, Orthoptera, species list}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4682.110.11646/zootaxa.4682.1.1}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4682.1https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4682.1.1}, author = {Piotr Naskrecki and Guta, Ricardo} } @article {53403, title = {Endecous peruassuensis n. sp. (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from caves of Eastern Brazil: evidence of isolation in the subterranean realm and discussion about troglomorphisms}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4032}, year = {2015}, month = {Apr-10-2016}, pages = {297}, abstract = {

We describe a new species of the genus Endecous Saussure (1878), recorded at the Lapa do Cip\ó and Olhos d\’\Água caves, which are located in the Itacarambi municipality, Minas Gerais state, Eastern Brazil. Another species, E. aguassay Mews, 2008 was recordedin the surroundings of the caves. The genus Endecous corresponds to the most common cricket in Bra- zilian hypogean environments. In general, these crickets inhabit the areas around cave entrances up to the aphotic zones of caves. The genus Endecous is the only cave cricket to present troglobiomorphosis, i.e., an apterous condition. The dis- tribution of the new species is limited to these two caves, which suggests an endemism in this karst system similar to the distribution of other endemic animals, such as harvestmen and amblypygid arachnids. This species is the sixth troglobitic one described for Olhos d\’\Água cave, which sets this cave as a spot of subterranean fauna in Brazil.

}, keywords = {cave cricket, new species, Perua{\c c}u Caves National Park, subterranean environment}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4032.310.11646/zootaxa.4032.3.5}, url = {http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4032.3}, author = {Marcio P. Bolfarini and Maria Elina Bichuette} } @article {53378, title = {A new species and a new record of genus Hexacentrus Serville, 1831 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Hexacentrinae) from India}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4526}, year = {2018}, month = {Mar-12-2018}, pages = {547}, abstract = {

The paper deals with a new record Hexacentrus japonicus Karny, 1907 and a new species Hexacentrus bifurcata sp. nov. from India. Necessary and important illustrations with SEM images of stridulatory file of Hexacentrus japonicus and Hexacentrus bifurcata sp. nov. are provided. A key to the Indian species of Hexacentrus and morphometric ranges of all the species have also been included. Type specimens have been preserved for further investigation in Zoology Department, Aligarh Muslim University (ZDAMU).

}, keywords = {Hexacentrinae, India, new species, Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/Zootaxa.4526.410.11646/zootaxa.4526.4.7}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/Zootaxa.4526.4https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4526.4.7} } @article {53319, title = {Bioacoustics and morphology of a new bush-cricket species of the genus Isophya (Orthoptera: Phaneropterinae) from Turkey}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4514}, year = {2018}, month = {Sep-11-2018}, pages = {451}, abstract = {

A new interesting species of the genus Isophya, I. horon sp. n., is described from Northeastern part of Turkey. The new species can clearly be distinguished from the closely related species by the calling song of male, and morphology. Morphologically, the shapes of the pronotum, tegmina, male cerci and ovipositor are distrinctive. The morphology, song structure and distribution clearly indicate that this new species is a member of the I. zernovi species-group. Additionally, some preliminary data on the male calling songs of closely related species (I. zernovi, I. karadenizensis and I. autumnalis) are also given. In addition, the preliminary data related to spermatophore characteristics (spermatophylax and ampulla weights) and sperm number of the new species are provided.

}, keywords = {bioacoustics, Isophya horon sp. n., Karadeniz, new species, Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae, sperm number, spermatophore, Turkey}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4514.410.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.1}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4514.4}, author = {Hasan Sevgili} } @article {53096, title = {Review of genus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) with one new species from India}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4461}, year = {2018}, month = {Oct-08-2019}, pages = {381}, abstract = {

The present paper includes description of one new species Conocephalus (Anisoptera) rentzi sp. nov. and some known species of genus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 from India. Brief diagnosis of genus and subgenus with a key to species of subgenus Anisoptera and morphometric ranges of all the species are provided. The distributional map and illustrations of all the described and reported species with SEM photography of stridulatory files of C. (Anisoptera) maculatus \& C. (Anisoptera) rentzi sp. nov. have also been included. All type specimens have been deposited for posterity in the Zoology Department, Aligarh Muslim University, India (ZDAMU).

}, keywords = {Conocephalinae, Conocephalus, India, new species, Tettigoniidae}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4464.3.4}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4464.3.4}, author = {Mohd Kaleemulla Farooqi and Mohd Kamil Usmani} } @article {50735, title = {A new genus and other new species of Agraeciini from the Eastern Arc Mountains, East Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Conocephalinae; Agraeciini)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4311}, year = {2017}, month = {Oct-08-2018}, pages = {1}, abstract = {

The genus Dendrobia n. gen. is erected to include D. amaniensis n. sp. from the East Usambara Mountains as type species. A second species in this genus, D. octopuncata n. sp., is described from the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. Dendrobia n. gen. is a canopy dweller found only high up on trees in closed submontane and montane forest. The peak frequency of its song is lower than in all other known African Agraeciini, correlating with the large resonant areas in the tegmina. Two new Afroanthracites species, A. ngologolo n. sp. and A. nguru n. sp. are described from the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania. These species are dwellers of understory vegetation in closed forest in the Udzungwa and Nguru Mountains respectively.

}, keywords = {bioacoustics, East Africa, Eastern Arc Mountains, new genus, new species, Orthoptera}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4311.110.11646/zootaxa.4311.1.1}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4311.1https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4311.1.1https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/32748/29080https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/32748/29080}, author = {Claudia Hemp and Ingrisch, Sigfrid and Klaus-Gerhard Heller} } @article {47964, title = {Description of four new species of Burrowing Frogs in the Fejervarya rufescens complex (Dicroglossidae) with notes on morphological affinities of Fejervarya species in the Western Ghats}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4277}, year = {2017}, month = {Aug-06-2018}, pages = {451}, abstract = {

The Rufescent Burrowing Frog, Fejervarya rufescens, is thought to have a wide distribution across the Western Ghats in Peninsular India. This locally abundant but secretive species has a short breeding period, making it a challenging subject for field studies. We sampled 16 populations of frogs morphologically similar to F. rufescens in order to understand the variation among populations found across the Western Ghats. Our study shows significant morphological and genetic differences among the sampled populations, suggesting that F. \‘rufescens\’ is a complex of several undescribed species. Using evidence from morphology and genetics, we confirm the presence of five distinct species in this group and formally describe four as new. The new species were delineated using a phylogeny based on three mitochondrial genes (16S, COI and Cytb) and a haplotype network of a nuclear gene (Rag1). Hereafter, the distribution of F. rufescens is restricted to the state of Karnataka and adjoining regions of northern Kerala. Three new species (Fejervarya kadar sp. nov., Fejervarya manoharani sp. nov. and Fejervarya neilcoxi sp. nov.) are from regions south of Palghat gap in the state of Kerala, and one (Fejervarya cepfi sp. nov.) from the northern Western Ghats state of Maharashtra. These findings indicate that Fejervarya frogs of the Western Ghats are more diverse than currently known. Our results will also have implications on the conservation status of F. rufescens, which was previously categorized as Least Concern based on its presumed wide geographical distribution. Furthermore, in order to facilitate a better taxonomic understanding of this region\’s fejervaryan frogs, we divide all the known Fejarvarya species of the Western Ghats into four major groups\—Fejervarya nilagirica group, Fejervarya rufescens group, Fejervarya sahyadris group and Fejervarya syhadrensis group, based on their morphological affinities.

}, keywords = {amphibians, bioacoustics, India, integrative taxonomy, molecular phylogeny, multi-gene DNA barcoding, new species, species diversity, Western Ghats}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4277.410.11646/zootaxa.4277.4.1}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4277.4https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4277.4.1}, author = {Sonali Garg and S. D. Biju} } @article {47913, title = {A new, morphologically cryptic bush-cricket discovered on the basis of its song in the Carpathian Mountains (Insecta, Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {680}, year = {2017}, month = {Feb-06-2018}, pages = {57 - 72}, abstract = {

A new, morphologically cryptic species of phaneropterine bush-crickets is described from the grasslands of the Romanian Eastern Carpathians. Despite the morphological and acoustic similarities with the recently described Isophya nagyi Sz\öv\ényi, Pusk\ás \& Orci, I. bucovinensis sp. n. is characterized by a peculiar male calling song, with faster syllable repetition rate (160\–220 syllables per minute, at 22\–27\°C) and less complex syllable structure (composed of only two elements instead of three observable in I. nagyi). The morphological description of the new species is supplemented with an oscillographic and spectrographic analysis of the male calling song and male\–female pair-forming acoustic duet. An acoustic signal-based identification key is provided for all the presently known species of the Isophya camptoxypha species group, including the new species.

}, keywords = {bioacoustics, Carpathians, Isophya, new species, taxonomy}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.680.12835}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=12835}, author = {Ionut Stefan Iorgu and Elena Iulia Iorgu and Gergely Sz{\"o}v{\'e}nyi and Kirill M{\'a}rk Orci} } @article {47786, title = {The cricket genus Vietacheta Gorochov, 1992 (Gryllidae, Gryllinae) with description of a new species from China}, journal = {Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology}, volume = {18}, year = {2015}, month = {Jan-12-2015}, pages = {741 - 747}, abstract = {

Vietacheta, a cricket genus found across northern and southern Vietnam, is a rare taxon lacking any additional species discovered after the genus was established. This genus possesses features found across many other genera. Its general appearance is the same as Itaropsis; genitalia ectoparamere is very similar to Phonarellus; inner tympanum is absent, and particularly, the metanotum is armed with several hairs. Now, we found the first species of Vietacheta in China. The new species, Vietacheta harpophyllasp. nov., is close to Vietacheta aquila Gorochov, 1992, but they are different in details of anal plate, epiphallus, and ectoparamere. A description and illustration of this new species, a revision of other Vietacheta, and a key to the genus are provided.

}, keywords = {Grylloidea, new distribution record, new species, Orthoptera, taxonomy}, issn = {12268615}, doi = {10.1016/j.aspen.2015.09.005}, url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1226861515001041}, author = {Ma, Libin and Liu, Yang and Xu, Sheng-Quan} } @article {47344, title = {Review of the Plangia graminea (Serville) complex and the description of new Plangia species from East Africa (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae, Phaneropterinae) with data on habitat, bioacoustics, and chromosomes}, journal = {Organisms Diversity \& Evolution}, volume = {15}, year = {2015}, month = {Jan-09-2015}, pages = {471 - 488}, abstract = {

The Plangia graminea complex is partly reviewed and two new species of Plangia are described, Plangia multimaculata n. sp. from savanna habitats and Plangia satiscaerulea n. sp. from the submontane zones in northern Tanzania. Plangia compressa (Walker 1869) is synonymized with P. graminea (Serville, 1838). Data on habitat, bioacoustics, and chromosomes are provided. Both analyzed Plangia species showed the same chromosomal number. Compared to other investigated African Phaneropterinae, Plangia had a reduced chromosome number and thus shows a derived condition in its genome. The sex chromosomes differed morphologically in both investigated species of Plangia suggesting different mechanisms leading to these differences. Niche specialization and the male calling song are discussed as drivers for speciation in fully alate and thus mobile taxa.

}, keywords = {bioacoustics, chromosomes, Eastern Arc Mountains, Mount Kilimanjaro, new species, speciation, Tanzania}, issn = {1439-6092}, doi = {10.1007/s13127-015-0216-8}, url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13127-015-0216-8}, author = {Claudia Hemp and Klaus-Gerhard Heller and Warcha{\l}owska-{\'S}liwa, El{\.z}bieta and Grzywacz, Beata and Hemp, Andreas} } @article {47343, title = {A new genus and species of African Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), with data on its ecology, bioacoustics and chromosomes}, journal = {Organisms Diversity \& Evolution}, volume = {10}, year = {2010}, month = {Jan-07-2010}, pages = {215 - 226}, abstract = {

A new genus is proposed for a new East African Phaneropterinae species, Lunidia viridis, occurring on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Based on 33 records, notes on distribution and habitat are given, as well as acoustical data provided. Climate and vegetation parameters obtained along several transects on Mt. Kilimanjaro were evaluated describing the ecological niche of the new species. This interdisciplinary approach allows not only a profound characterisation of the ecological demands of the new genus but also predictions of the potential distribution area, which is tested for the first time for an African bush cricket species. Lunidia viridis n. gen. n. sp. occurs within humid and perhumid forests and Chagga home gardens, avoiding subhumid conditions on the mountain. It is found from 1,330 m upwards on the southern slopes, whereas the same ecological conditions are expressed from 1,930 m upwards on the drier northern slopes. Lunidia viridis has an unusually complex and variable song, which is described from field and laboratory recordings. The FISH technique for characterizing chromosomes is applied for the first time for an African species; L. viridis exhibits a karyotype typical for most Tettigoniidae.

}, keywords = {East Africa, Eastern Arc, ecological niche, Mount Kilimanjaro, new species}, issn = {1439-6092}, doi = {10.1007/s13127-010-0013-3}, url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13127-010-0013-3}, author = {Claudia Hemp and Klaus-Gerhard Heller and Warcha{\l}owska-{\'S}liwa, El{\.z}bieta and Hemp, Andreas} } @article {47340, title = {Gnominthus gen. nov., a new genus of crickets endemic to Papua New Guinea with novel acoustic and behavioral diversity (Insecta, Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Eneopterinae)}, journal = {Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology}, volume = {258}, year = {2015}, month = {Jan-09-2015}, pages = {82 - 91}, abstract = {

The present study describes Gnominthus, a new genus of Eneopterinae crickets from New Guinea Island (Papua New Guinea), which belongs to the tribe Lebinthini. Descriptions focus on general morphology, male and female genitalia, and forewing venation. Bioacoustical analyses of the calling song and the description of the mating behavior are also provided. The novelties found here increase the idea hypothesized before that the Lebinthini may represent a very diverse group in terms of shapes, behaviors and acoustic signals.

}, keywords = {Gryllidae, high frequency, Insecta, mating behavior, new genus, new species, Orthoptera, Papua New Guinea}, issn = {00445231}, doi = {10.1016/j.jcz.2015.06.005}, url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0044523115300024}, author = {Natallia M. Vicente and Olivero, Paola and Lafond, Augustin and Jiajia Dong and Tony Robillard} } @article {47335, title = {The genus Aerotegmina (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Hexacentrinae): chromosomes, morphological relations, phylogeographical patterns and description of a new species}, journal = {Organisms Diversity \& Evolution}, volume = {13}, year = {2013}, month = {Jan-12-2013}, pages = {521 - 530}, abstract = {

The genus Aerotegmina Hemp is common on East African mountains. Two species are known and a third, A. taitensis n. sp., is described in this paper. A. kilimandjarica Hemp is widespread while A. shengenae Hemp is endemic to the South Pare Mountains and A. taitensis n. sp. is known only from the Taita Hills. Morphologically, and from their song, A. shengenae and A. taitensis n. sp. are closely related. In chromosome number A. kilimandjarica (2n\ =\ 33) differs clearly from A. shengenae (2n\ =\ 27). Data presented on other flightless Orthoptera suggest that the South Pare Mountains and the Taita Hills, both belonging to the geologically old mountain chain of the Eastern Arc, show a faunistic similarity not shared by any other mountain range in the area. The mechanisms that led to this phylogeographic pattern in flightless Orthoptera in the Eastern Arc Mountains of northern Tanzania and southern Kenya and the inland volcanoes are discussed. A key to the three Aerotegmina species is presented, as well as bioacoustical data of all species compared to the phaneropterine species Euryastes jagoi.

}, keywords = {Aerotegmina, bioacoustics, chromosomes, East Africa, Eastern Arc Mountains, Euryastes, Hexacentrinae, morphology, new species, Orthoptera, phylogeography, Taita Hills}, issn = {1439-6092}, doi = {10.1007/s13127-013-0133-7}, url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13127-013-0133-7}, author = {Claudia Hemp and Klaus-Gerhard Heller and Warchalowska-Sliwa, Elzbieta and Hemp, Andreas} } @article {47334, title = {Biogeography, ecology, acoustics and chromosomes of East African Eurycorypha St{\r a}l species (Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae) with the description of new species}, journal = {Organisms Diversity \& Evolution}, volume = {13}, year = {2013}, month = {Jan-09-2013}, pages = {373 - 395}, abstract = {

Although Eurycorypha is the most species-rich Phaneropterinae genus in Africa, little is known about the distribution and the ecology of the species. In this study data on distribution, ecology, song and on chromosomes of some East African species are provided. The nymphs of some species are shown, famous for their ant-like appearance and behaviour. The male of E. punctipennis Chopard and three species of Eurycorypha are newly described. These are E. resonans n. sp. and E. combretoides n. sp. occurring in different habitats on Mount Kilimanjaro, and E. conclusa n. sp from forest habitats along the Tanzanian coast. Bioacoustically, the four recorded species are unusually divers, presenting non-resonant and resonant songs. As four Eurycorypha species occur syntopically on geological young Mount Kilimanjaro, the biogeographical pattern and possible speciation mechanisms in the genus Eurycorypha are discussed in context of the climatical history of eastern Africa.

}, keywords = {bioacoustics, Biogeography, chromosomes, ecology, Mount Kilimanjaro, new species, Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae, speciation, Tanzania}, issn = {1439-6092}, doi = {10.1007/s13127-012-0123-1}, url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13127-012-0123-1}, author = {Claudia Hemp and Klaus-Gerhard Heller and Warcha{\l}owska-{\'S}liwa, El{\.z}bieta and Grzywacz, Beata and Hemp, Andreas} } @article {47291, title = {Ligypterus najtae n. sp. from Mounts Tumuc-Humac in French Guiana (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Gryllidae, Eneopterinae)}, journal = {Zoosystema}, volume = {39}, year = {2017}, month = {Jan-03-2017}, pages = {125 - 136}, abstract = {

Ligypterus najtae n. sp., a new species of Neotropical Eneopterinae Saussure, 1874 cricket, is described from Mounts Tumuc-Humac in French Guiana. Description focusses on general morphology, male and female genitalia, and forewing venation. Bioacoustical analyses of the calling song reveal that this species uses high-frequency signals.

}, keywords = {crickets, French Guiana, high frequency, Lebinthini, new species}, issn = {1280-9551}, doi = {10.5252/z2017n1a14}, url = {http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.5252/z2017n1a14}, author = {Natallia M. Vicente and Tony Robillard} } @article {17275, title = {Morphology, songs and genetics identify two new cicada species from Morocco: Tettigettalna afroamissa sp. nov. and Berberigetta dimelodica gen. nov. \& sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Cicadettini)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4237}, year = {2017}, month = {Jan-03-2017}, pages = {517}, abstract = {

Morocco has been the subject of very few expeditions on the last century with the objective of studying small cicadas. In the summer of 2014 an expedition was carried out to Morocco to update our knowledge with acoustic recordings and genetic data of these poorly known species. We describe here two new small-sized cicadas that could not be directly assigned to any species of North African cicadas: Tettigettalna afroamissa sp. nov. and Berberigetta dimelodica gen. nov. \& sp. nov. In respect to T. afroamissa it is the first species of the genus to be found outside Europe and we frame this taxon within the evolutionary history of the genus. Acoustic analysis of this species allows us to confidently separate T. afroamissa from its congeners. With B. dimelodica, a small species showing a remarkable calling song characterized by an abrupt frequency modulation, a new genus had to be erected. Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses with DNA-barcode sequences of Cytochrome C Oxidase 1 support the monophyly of both species, their distinctness and revealed genetic structure within B. dimelodica. Alongside the descriptions we also provide GPS coordinates of collection points, distributions and habitat preferences

}, keywords = {Cicada, Hemiptera, Morocco, new genus, new species}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4237.310.11646/zootaxa.4237.3.4}, url = {http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4237.3}, author = {Gon{\c c}alo Jo{\~a}o Costa and Vera L. Nunes and Eduardo Marabuto and Raquel Mendes and Telma G. Laurentino and Jos{\'e} Alberto Quartau and PAULO, OCT{\'A}VIO S. and Paula Cristina Sim{\~o}es} }