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Lerneca inalata inalata (Saussure, 1874) (Figs 9K, 14-15 E-G, Tables 9, 10) Diplacusta inalata Saussure, 1874: 435. Diplacustes inalatus – Saussure 1878: 545. Lerneca inalata – Kirby 1906: 63. — Hebard 1928a: 20. — Chopard 1968: 265. — Desutter-Grandcolas 1992a: 118. REMARK The most informative characters given by Saussure (1878) to separate Lerneca inalata (Saussure, 1874) from L. fuscipennis (Saussure, 1878) are the shape of the pronotum (trapezoidal, twice as wide as long, against more quadrangular in L. fuscipennis), the shape of the FWs (very wide, against little widened in L. fuscipennis), the shape of the stridulatory file (transverse and straight, against short and oblique in L. fuscipennis) and the slender shape of the legs. These characters are similarly well-contrasted between L. inalata inalata and Lerneca mitarakensis n. sp. (see Figs 13, 14). All the subspecies recently described in L. inalata differ from the description given by Saussure for pronotum, FW and file shapes, as shown by figures in original papers (Gorochov 2007, 2014; Lima et al. 2016). The taxonomic status and relationships of these taxa will have to be reconsidered with the analysis of the type of L. inalata, and through molecular studies TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype by original designation. Suriname • 1 ♂ (ZMUH, not examined). MATERIAL EXAMINED. — French Guiana • 1 ♂; Monts Tumuc-Humac, Massif du Mitaraka, Savane roche; 54.4347 O 2.2387 N; alt. 390 m; 23.II.-10.III.2015; F. Legendre & S. Hugel leg.; fn. SH206, de nuit; MNHN • 1 ♂; Roche de Kourou; MNHN. Venezuela • 3 ♂ 9 ♀, identified Diplacustes varipes Walker, 1869 by A. Finot, ex coll. Finot; MNHN. DIAGNOSIS. — See Saussure (1874) and Saussure (1878) for general morphology and coloration, and Desutter-Grandcolas (1992a) for characters of male and female genitalia. HABITAT. — During the Mitaraka expedition, L. inalata has been found de nuit in bedrock grown savannas, i.e., in dryer and more open areas than the surrounding forest. COMPLEMENT TO DESCRIPTION General morphology TIII serrulation as on Table 9. HWs longer than FWs in both males and females by 4-5 mm. Male Stridulatory file with 175 – 200 teeth (see Table 10). Male genitalia As in Desutter-Grandcolas (1992a, figures 28-29) and on Fig. 15 E-G. Female (after specimens from Venezuela) Ovipositor straight, shorter than FIII and TIII. Subgenital plate short and transverse; distal margin almost straight. Female genitalia Copulatory papilla elongate and plicate, as in all the species of the genus; abruptly narrowed distally as in Lerneca inalata beripocone Lima, Martins & Lhano, 2016; widened before apex (Fig. 9K). Measurements (in mm) See Table 10. REMARK The specimens from French Guiana (Mitaraka, Kourou) and Venezuela correspond to Saussure’s 1874 description of L. inalata except for their larger size (Table 9). The specimens originating from Venezuela are also lighter in coloration and their HWs go well beyond FW tip by a mean length of 4.4 mm. HWs are absent or rudimentary in the type of L. inalata according to Saussure’s description, while they are shorter than FWs in Guianese specimens, showing a possible polymorphism for wing length, as documented in other cricket species. All observed specimens have very similar male genitalia (compare Desutter-Grandcolas 1992a, figures 28, 29 and Fig. 15 E-G); female genitalia are known for Venezuelan specimens only (Fig. 9K)., Published as part of Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure & Faberon, Léo, 2020, Phalangopsidae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) from the Mitaraka biological survey, French Guiana, pp. 739-797 in Zoosystema 42 (32) on pages 763-764, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a32, http://zenodo.org/record/4399795, {"references":["SAUSSURE H. DE 1874. - Family Gryllidae, in SAUSSURE H. de (Ed.), Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique centrale. VIeme partie: etudes sur les Myriapodes et les Insectes, section 1: 296 - 515, pls 7 - 8.","SAUSSURE H. DE 1878. - Melanges orthopterologiques. VIeme fascicule. Gryllides (2 eme partie). Memoires de la Societe de Physique et d'Histoire naturelle de Geneve 25: 369 - 702.","KIRBY W. F. 1906. - A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. Vol. II. Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae and Phasgonuridae). London: British Museum (Natural History), viii + 562 p. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 6745","HEBARD M. 1928 a. - The group Luzarae of the subfamily Phalangopsinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 54: 1 - 56.","CHOPARD L. 1968. - Pars 12. Fam Gryllidae: Subfam. Mogoplistinae, Myrmecophilinae, Scleropterinae, Cachoplistinae, Pteroplistinae, Pentacentrinae, Phalangopsinae, Trigonidiinae, Eneopterinae. Fam. Oecanthidae, Gryllotalpidae, in BEIER M. (Ed.), Orthopterorum Catalogus. ' s Gravenhage, Dr W. Junk N. V.: 215 - 500.","DESUTTER- GRANDCOLAS L. 1992 a. - Les Phalangopsidae de Guyane francaise (Orthopteres, Grylloidea): systematique, elements de phylogenie et de biologie. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 14: 93 - 177.","GOROCHOV A. V. 2007. - New and little-known crickets of the subfamily Phalangopsinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). 4. Neotopical genus Uvaroviella. 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Lerneca inalata beripocone Lima, Martins & Lhano, subsp. nov. (Fig. 2) http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:492155 Type locality. Brazil, Mato Grosso State, Pocon�� municipality, Fazenda Pouso Alegre: -16.50824��, -56.75050��. Type material. HOLOTYPE (male): CEMT 52041; BRAZIL, MT, Pocon��, Fazenda Pouso Alegre, Pantanal (FPAP), -16,50824��, -56,75050��, 29.x.2013, active collection, Lima, R.M. coll., Lerneca inalata beripocone Lima, Martins & Lhano det.. ALLOTYPE (female): CEMT 52042; BRAZIL, MT, Pocon��, Fazenda Pouso Alegre, Pantanal (FPAP), -16,50893��, -56,75367��, 25.ix.2013, active collection, Lima, R.M. coll., Lerneca inalata beripocone Lima, Martins & Lhano det.. Other material examined. PARATYPES: 6 females CEMT 52043, 52044, 52045, 52046, 52047, 52048; BRAZIL, MT, Pocon��, Fazenda Pouso Alegre, Pantanal, -16,50303��, -56,74533��, 19���29.x.2013, active collection, R.M. Lima coll.; 7 males: 1 male, CEMT 52049; BRAZIL, MT, Pocon��, Fazenda Pouso Alegre, Pantanal, - 16.50384��, -56.73959��, 19.x.2013, active collection, R.M. Lima coll., Lerneca inalata beripocone Lima, R.M., Pereira, M.R., Martins, L.P., Lhano, M.G. det.; 1 male, CEMT 52050; BRAZIL, MT, Pocon��, Fazenda Pouso Alegre, Pantanal, -16.50303��, -56.74533��, 01.xi.2013, active collection, Lima, R.M. coll., Lerneca inalata beripocone Lima, R.M. Pereira, M.R., Martins, L.P., Lhano, M.G. det.; 1 male, CEMT 52051; BRAZIL, MT, Pocon��, Fazenda Pouso Alegre, Pantanal, -16.50252��, -56.74226��, 07.x.2013, active collection, R.M. Lima coll., Lerneca inalata beripocone Lima, R.M., Pereira, M.R., Martins, L.P., Lhano, M.G. det.; 1 male, CEMT 52052; BRAZIL, MT, Pocon��, Fazenda Pouso Alegre, Pantanal, -16.50824��, -56.75050��, 15.x.2013, active collection, R.M. Lima coll., Lerneca inalata beripocone Lima, R.M., Pereira, M.R., Martins, L.P., Lhano, M.G. det.; 1 male, CEMT 52053; BRAZIL, MT, Pocon��, Fazenda Pouso Alegre, Pantanal, 23.x.2013, active collection, Lima, R.M. coll., Lerneca inalata beripocone Lima, R.M., Pereira, M.R., Martins, L.P., Lhano, M.G. det.; 1 male, CEMT 52054; BRAZIL, MT, Pocon��, Fazenda Pouso Alegre, Pantanal, -16.50824��, -56.75050��, 15.x.2013, active collection, Lima, R.M. coll., Lerneca inalata beripocone Lima, R.M., Pereira, M.R., Martins, L.P., Lhano, M.G. det.; 1 male, CEMT 52055; BRAZIL, MT, Pocon��, Fazenda Pouso Alegre, Pantanal, -16.50893��, -56.75367��, 25.ix.2013, active collection, Lima, R.M. coll., Lerneca inalata beripocone Lima, R.M., Pereira, M.R., Martins, L.P., Lhano, M.G. det.; 1 male, CEMT 52056; BRAZIL, MT, Advanced Pantanal Research Base (BAPP) of the Federal University of Mato Grosso, -16.500947��, -56.413267��, 28.vii.2013, active collection, R.M. Lima & L.P. Martins coll., Lerneca inalata beripocone Lima, R.M., Pereira, M.R., Martins, L.P., Lhano, M.G. det.. Etymology. In honor of the indigenous tribe ���Beri-Pocon����� (Bororo ethnic group) which inhabited the region where the subspecies is present and from which originated the name of the municipality of Pocon��, Mato Grosso state. Diagnosis. This subspecies is distinguished by the combination of the following characters: (i) male genitalia with six spines on the ventral region of sclerite B, with the first spine on the anterior portion having a subtle bifurcation (Fig. 3 A); (ii) sclerite C with slightly concave curvature in the direction of the dorsal region of the genitalia (Fig. 3 C); (iii) tegmina: ratio between speculum length and apical area length c. 2.9, and radio between width and apical area length c. 3.16 (Fig. 4 A, B). Description. Head: Dark brown with 4 light brown longitudinal stripes, short bristles over full extent and long black bristles on the frons (Fig. 2 D). Antenna dark brown with scape, pedicel and antennomere whitened in the proximal region. Frons, gena, clypeus, labrum, and mandibles dark brown. White maxillary palpus, with 3 rounded segments and bristles over its entire length (Fig. 2 F). First segment darker on base, and last segment wider and flatter than the others. Labial palpus smaller and darker than maxillary palpus. Thorax and abdomen: Dorsal disc of pronotum with small dark spots, pubescent, with larger and darker bristles on the anterior and posterior margins. Lateral lobe of pronotum dark brown. Metanotum with two drop-shaped stains. The ventral region of the thorax and abdomen light brown, with longitudinal rounded spots that extend all over the abdomen. Prothorax tergites and abdomen dark brown. Metanotal glands like a pair of small dilatations. Tibia and tarsus I, II, and III and femur I and II dark brown, marked with light spots. Tibia I tympanum present on both sides, oval and subequal in size. Femur III darker in the distal half, with dark brown spots, with the inner surface brighter than the outer (Fig. 2 C). Trapezoidal supranal plate light brown, with apex rounded and narrower than the base (Fig. 2 G). Subgenital plate light brown with dark dots, apex with invagination in the middle portion with sclerite B spines (Fig. 2 H). Cerci light brown. Observations of Paratypes. Genitalia. Sclerite B with rounded apex and 6 ventral spines, the anterior 4 being more developed than the posterior 2 (Fig. 3 A, C). The first spine in the basal portion of sclerite B with slight bifurcation (Fig. 3 A). Sclerite C dorsally projected, concave, with denticles all over the dorsal surface (Fig. 3 A). Mid-region of pseudepiphallus strongly sclerotized, with basal area larger than the apex (Figs. 3 A, B). Sclerotized proximal pseudepiphallus invagination bent and projected towards the ectophallic apodeme (Fig. 3 C). Pseudepiphallic paramere membranous in more than 50% of its area slightly longer and curved to the medio-anterior portion of the dorsal face (Fig. 3 C). Left tegmen. Brown with light yellow stains, lighter colored veins, speculum length 2.92 �� 0.13 mm (n=16), speculum width 3.19 �� 0.14 mm (n=16); length of apical area 1.01 �� 0.1 mm (n=16). Speculum length-apical area length ratio is 2.95 (2.92 x 1.01 = 2.95) and speculum width-apical area length ratio is 3.22 (3.19 x 1.01 = 3.22). Stridulatory row with 145 �� 11.54 teeth (129���168, n=15). Right tegmen smaller and lighter than left (Fig. 2). Calling songs. (Fig. 5, n=3, BIINORPHLEINBE-45IPBC, 28��C, 7:24 pm, 18.09.2013; BIINORPHLEINBE- 22IPBC, 23��C, 06:00 pm, 28.07.2013; BIINORPHLEINBE-90IPBC, 28��C, 06:30 pm, 15.10.2013). Chirps with 29 to 40 pulses, frequency band between 4.0 and 5.7 kHz; dominant frequency 4.5 kHz, each chirp preceded by a single pulse with lower frequency and duration. Pulse frequencies and durations increase gradually over the whole chirp, chirp duration of 253 �� 29.38 ms (n=15), interval between chirps of 707 �� 216.62 ms (n=15), pulse duration of 4.35 �� 0.63 ms, inter-pulse interval of 3.91 �� 0.41 ms (n=157), pulse period of 8.35 �� 0.78 ms (n=157), pulses with 17.77 �� 5.28 sound cycles (n=9), calling song activities during twilight and nocturnal periods, and during the day (one observation at 09:00 am, 27��C, BIINORPHLEINBE-89IPBC). Female. Similar to male. Larger in size (Table 1). Differs from male by tegmina with parallel longitudinal veins. Very small subgenital plate, truncated apex, concave margin, 2 drop-shaped dark brown spots (Fig. 4 A). Ovipositor dorso-ventrally flattened, valve apex slightly acuminated, smooth edge (Fig. 4 C���E). *Numbers of studied individuals not provided. Female genitalia. Copulatory papilla elongated, tapered apex with transverse folds (Figs. 4 F���H). Basal portion covered by membranes that separate the papilla from the elongated channel that extends to the small rounded spermatheca. Occurrence. Known only from the municipality of Pocon��, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Fig. 1). Individuals of this subspecies were frequently observed on leaf litter inside the deciduous and semi-deciduous forests, or near the border areas between forest and pasture., Published as part of Lima, Raysa Martins, Martins, Luciano De Pinho, Pereira, Marcelo Ribeiro, Ganchev, Todor D., Jahn, Olaf, Lhano, Marcos Gon��alves, Marques, Marin��z Isaac & Schuchmann, Karl-L, 2016, Lerneca inalata beripocone subsp. nov. (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae; Luzarinae): a new taxon for the northern Pantanal of Brazil, pp. 366-376 in Zootaxa 4175 (4) on pages 369-373, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/254761