Leptophyes intermedia Ingrisch & Pavićević, 2010, sp. n.

Leptophyes intermedia sp. n.

Figs. 1 F–M, Tab. 1.

Holotype (male): Montenegro: Durmitor, Komarnica, Krivača, 1050m, 8.VIII.1989, leg. D. Pavićević in coll. Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Bonn (ZFMK).

Paratypes: 1 Ƥ (allotype), same locality as holotype, 9.VIII.1990, leg. S. Ingrisch (ZFMK); 2 3, 1 Ƥ, do., 3.VIII.1991, leg. D. Pavićević (CDPV); 2 3, 2 Ƥ, do., 20.VIII.1995, leg. D. Pavićević (CDPV); 1 3, Komarnica, entrance of the Canyon, Nevidio, 1000m, 20.VIII.1995, leg. D. Pavićević (CDPV).

Type locality. Dry forest meadows on stony slopes in the upper Komarnica valley (Durmitor, Montenegro).

Diagnosis. Intermediate between L. punctatissima Bosc, 1892 and L. laticauda (Frivaldsky, 1867). The differences to these closely related species are summarised in a tabular key (Tab. 1).

Description. Male. Pronotum (Fig. 1 F) short, anterior margin slightly, posterior margin distinctly raised. Tegmina (Fig. 1 F) short, rounded, not reaching posterior margin of first abdominal tergite. Stridulatory file (Fig. 1 H–I) with over 70 very small and faint teeth. Cerci (Fig. 1 K) stout, slightly constricted in circa middle of length, curved before apex and suddenly narrowed into apical tooth. Subgenital plate (Fig. 1 J) broad at base, with distinct narrow apical part; apex slightly excised.

Female. Pronotum (Fig. 1 G) short, anterior and posterior margins faintly raised. Tegmina (Fig. 1 G) rounded, reaching about middle of first abdominal tergite. Cerci short, stout, constricted before apex, interior margin substraight, exterior margin convex. Subgenital plate (Fig. 1 M) small, transverse-triangular with apex rounded. Ovipositor (Fig. 1 L) sickle-shaped, apex finely dentate.

Coloration. Green with reddish black dots. Two yellowish white dorso-lateral bands on vertex, discus of pronotum and lateral field of tegmina. Abdomen with a reddish brown dorso-median band and a small black spot on both sides of the median band at the base of some tergites.

L. punctatissima L. intermedia L. laticauda (Figs. 1A–E) (Figs. 1 F–M) (Figs. 1 N–S) Measurements. Body male 14.0–20.5, female 17.0–22.0; pronotum male 2.8–3.0, female 3.0–3.2; tegmen male 2.1–3.0, female 1.6; postfemur male 16, female 16; ovipositor 6.5–8.3 mm.

Etymology. Named for its intermediate appearance between L. punctatissima and L. laticauda.