Bioacoustics of Brasilodontus itamarajuensis

Description. Male. Head: dark brown (fig. 5A); top of head and occiput dark brown; three ocelli present, the median slightly smaller than lateral ones (fig. 5D); maxillary palpi light brown (fig. 5G); frons and gena dark brown with a light brown sagital band from median ocellus to inferior margin of clypeus, labrum medium brown fading to yellow in the lower extremity (fig. 5D). Thorax: pronotum dark brown (fig. 5C); thoracic sternites as in fig. 5K. Fore wings reaching posterior margin of second abdominal tergite (fig. 5A, F); dorsal field with three harp veins; stridulatory vein with ca. 77 teeth (fig. 16B); lateral field with two parallel veins below angulation. Legs: medium brown except the lighter hind femora (fig. 5L) and dark brown hind tibia; tibia I with only the internal tympanum present (fig. 5J). Abdomen: general color dark brown on dorsum, lighter ventrally; supra-anal plate pale brown, garnished with two whitish lines on distal pigmented area, posterior margin broadly convex (fig. 5H); subgenital plate dark yellow, the posterior margin slightly sinuose (fig. 5I ). Phallic Complex (figs. 6D, E, F): pseudepiphallus up-curved (fig. 6F), its main lobe wider at the base (fig. 6D), the apex twisted and truncate, fringe of bristles apical, rows of small denticles absent; pseudepiphallic parameres short, round distally, touching each other; tip of ectophallic fold located anteriorly to the distal margin of pseudepiphallic parameres; ectophallic apodemes rather short and slender. Female: general coloration lighter than the male (fig.5B); copulatory papilla yellowish, drop-shaped, distinctly depressed, the proximal margin of ventral face broadly invaginated (fig. 15B2).