Paraphyllomimus buergersi buergersi Beier, 1954

Morris, Glenn K, Ingrisch, Sigfrid, Willemse, Fer, Willemse, Luc, De Luca, Paul A. & Klimas, Dita, 2025, Stridulation songs of some Tettigoniidae (Ensifera, Orthoptera) from Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 5600 (1), pp. 1-81 : 12

Paraphyllomimus buergersi buergersi Beier, 1954

( Figs 9A , 10 ACE.)

Specimens studied. Holotype male: “D.N. Guinea Schraderberg 2100 m 22.–31. V.13 Kais. Augustafl. Exp. Burgers S.G.”, “no. 344”, “ Paraphyllomimus buergersi n. sp. det. Beier male Type!” (Zool. Mus. Berlin).

Redescription of holotype. General appearance as in Fig. 9A . Cercus slightly upcurved, tip smooth, somewhat flattened and recurved; posterior margin of last abdominal tergite very broadly wedge-like excised, lateral margins of the thin supra-anal plate shriveled and curled, creating a biconcave profile in dorsal view; styli about as long (1 mm) as stalk of subgenital plate ( Fig. 10 ACE). Foremost part of median carina of pronotum depressed and pale yellow, bordered laterally with dark brown stripe on either side. Number and size of dark dots in elytron cells limited by R, origin of Rs and part of M and adjacent cell between M and Cu remarkably larger than the single dots in other cells. Stridulatory area of left male elytron 5.5 mm long, 2.6 mm wide, rectangular distally, file dorsally inflated over 2.5 mm; file in ventral view of usual shape, shortest distance between most proximal and distal tooth 2.5 mm, greatest width of teeth 0.125 mm, total number of teeth>200, almost regularly spaced, in mid part about 27 teeth per 0.25 mm .

Distribution. Known only from the male holotype of Mt. Schrader, 2100 m, extreme SE Eastern Sepik District.

Comments. Type species of the genus Paraphyllomimus is P. apterus Beier, 1954 by original designation. This genus was known from three species, all from NE New Guinea (Beier 1954). It was a surprise to find, high on Mt. Kaindi, morphologically similar specimens from the same region of undisturbed forest producing two different songs. As well, from differences of the male stridulatory file it became clear we deal with two distinct species. One of our species from Wau comes near P. buergersi . The latter is known only from the male holotype. By lack of sufficient data in the original description it became necessary to compare the holotype with our specimens. Opportunity is taken here to give some additional notes on this specimen.

Stridulation. Song unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Habitus of types: A) Paraphyllomimus buergersi buergersi Beier (holotype male); B) P. buergersi wauensis ssp. nov. F. Willemse (paratype male); C) P. pipiens sp. nov. F. Willemse (holotype male).

FIGURE 10. Paraphyllomimus terminalia: A,C,E) P. buergersi buergersi Beier (holotype); B,D,F) P. buergersi wauensis (paratype); A,B) lateral aspect terminalia; C,D) dorsal view supra-anal plate; E,F) subgenital plate styli ventral view (scale 1 mm).