Bioacoustics of Pyropsalta amnica

Measurements. Range and mean (in mm) for 10 males , 10 females (includes smallest and largest of available specimens). Length of body (including head): male 16.7–20.7 (18.4); female (including ovipositor) 20.2–24.4 (23.0). Length of forewing: male 21.0–25.4 (23.4); female 25.1–29.6 (27.4). Width of head (including eyes): male 5.7–7.2 (6.3); female 6.5–7.8 (7.1). Width of pronotum (across lateral angles): male 5.7–7.3 (6.4); female 6.7–8.0 (7.4). Distinguishing features. Males of Pyropsalta amnica sp. n. are difficult to separate from those of P. rhythmica sp. n. and are best distinguished by the black markings on tergites 5–7. In P. amnica all these are partly or entirely orange and are never completely bisected by black on any segment; in P. rhythmica these segments are either entirely black or if partly orange then the black always bisects the orange along the dorsal midline of each segment. Further, sternites III and IV in P. amnica lack distinct areas of black centrally, but in P. rhythmica these sternites have distinct central black markings. Females can be distinguished by the length of the ovipositor sheath. In P. amnica the ovipositor sheath protrudes almost 2 mm beyond the dorsal beak, but in P. rhythmica it protrudes no more than 1 mm . Song . This species’ song has not been recorded.