Bioacoustics of Brazitrypa paranaensis

Description : Male : size rather large and robust ( Figs. 1 , 2 A). Top of head obliquous in lateral view and rounded in frontal view; occiput border with two triangular pale spots; occiput and vertex dark brown; Black eyes, with a small unpigmented area on superointernal margin ( Fig. 2 C); antennal scape whitish yelow, with brown basis; lateral ocelli small, close of antennal scape; median ocellus larger than lateral ones, located between the antennal scapes; frons, gena and clypeus pale light brown; labrum whitish yellow; maxillary palpi pale light brown, the fifth joint rounded, arcuate, lightly yellow than the others ( Figs. 2 D, 3E); the fourth joint longer than fifth. Disc of pronotum velvety, dark brown above reddish brown background ( Figs. 1 , 2 B); cephalic margin darker, velvety, slightly concave ( Fig. 2 B); caudal margin almost straight; lateral lobes with rounded borders, as colored as the disc. Legs I and II whitish yellow with a thin dark stripe on outer and inner femur surface ( Fig. 1 ); tibiae and femurs I and II same colored with proximal area darkened mainly on ventral face ( Fig. 1 ); 3 spurs on tibia I ventrocaudal extreme and 4 on tibia II; hind femur whitish yellow with a longitudinal contrasting dark stripe and dark brown narrow bands positioned over this stripe; apical extreme dark brown ( Figs. 1 , 2 I ); tibia III as long as femur, dark brown with a yellow spot on anterior extremity; dorsal spurs: five large spurs without apical bristles on inner face intercalated by several strong spines and 4 smaller spurs on outer face, equipped with a small tuft of apical bristles ( Fig. 2 J), the space between these spurs is intercalated by spines; apical spurs: the middle one is largest on both sides; basitarsus lighter than tibia, the others as colored as the tibia; basitarsus armed with 3 dorsal spines on outer face, 2 on inner face and one pair of ventro-apical spurs. Well developed tegmina, reaching the fifht abdominal tergite ( Figs. 1 , 2 A); stridulatory vein or specialized areas for sound communication, such as harp and mirror, absent; dorsal field with 11-12 obliquous veins, lateral field with. 7 veins; hind wings white and delicate, as long as the tegmina; metanotal structure well developed ( Fig. 2 K). Abdomen glabrous, dorsally brownish, darkening from the last tergites, laterally light brown, also darkening towards the terminalia ( Figs. 1 , 2 A); sternites light brown, with a pair of longitudinal dark stripes in the last four sternites; supra-anal plate dark brown, the anterior margin concave and the posterior trapezoidal, pilose, with central smooth spots as in figures 2E, 3B; subgenital plate light brown with a darker spot in post-central zone ( Figs. 2 G; 3D). Phallic complex: ( Fig. 4 A-C) main lobe of pseudepiphallus with a “V” like posterior invagination, its dorsum with a membranous area with almost straight post-lateral angles; pseudepiphallic parameres like an ax; well developed rami; well developed ectophallic apodemes, parallel. Female : general appearance bigger and stronger with same colour as male. Pronotum with caudal margin more distinctly convex; tegmina and fore wings extending beyond the fifth abdominal tergite. Supra-anal plate velvety, dark, with smooth spots ( Figs. 2 F, 3A); subgenital plate yellowish with medium brown spots ( Figs. 2 H, 3C). Ovipositor heavy, depressed, curved, reddish brown, figured with darked lateral bands, the apical borders lightly serrated ( Figs. 2 L, M, N). TABLE I. Measurements (mm) of Tafalisca paranaensis , n. sp. BL—body length; HW—head width; IOD— interocular distance; PL—pronotum length; PW- pronotum width; FWL—forewing length; FWW—forewing width; HFL—hind femur length; HTL—hind tibia length; OL—ovipositor length. Males (n=1) BL HW IOD PL PW Range 24,75 3,83 2,16 3,7 4,1 Mean 24,75 FWL 3,83 FWW 2,6 HFL 3,7 HTL 4,1 OL Range 10,75 3,13 11,75 10,63 / Mean Females (n=2) 10,75 BL 3,13 HW 11,75 IOD 10,63 PL / PW Range 26,13–26,75 4,32–4,47 2,2–2,25 4,71–4,98 4,54–4,76 Mean 26,44 FWL 4,39 FWW 2,22 HFL 4,85 HTL 4,65 OL Range 12–13,88 3,25–3,50 12,63–13,63 11–12,38 11,25–12 Mean 12,94 3,38 13,13 11,69 11,63 Measurements in mm. of holotype and paratype are provided in Table I.