Agroecotettix vaquero Hill, 2024, sp. nov.

Agroecotettix vaquero sp. nov. Figs 2 T, 4 P, 5 P, 21 A – J, 25 Diagnosis. Differentiated from other species in the genus by the combination of male cerci with the ventral branch reduced and rounded as in Fig. 2 S; in lateral view, the sheath of the aedeagus is well developed and expanded laterally around the valves; the aedeagus valves are wide with their apices broadly curved in lateral view as in Fig. 5 P; in caudal view the valves or greatly narrowed in their apical third as in Fig. 4 P. Male measurements (mm). (n = 17) Body length 21.2–25.2 (mean = 23.5); pronotum length 4.7–6.0 (mean = 5.4); tegmen length 2.7–4.1 (mean = 3.4); hind femur length 10.9–13.2 (mean = 12.1); cerci length 1.0–1.7 (mean = 1.3); basal width of cercus 0.5–0.7 (mean = 0.6); mid-cercal width 0.4–0.6 (mean = 0.5); cerci dorsal fork length 0.4–0.6 (mean = 0.5); cerci dorsal fork apex width 0.2–0.4 (mean = 0.3); cerci ventral fork length 0.1–0.3 (mean = 0.2); cerci ventral fork apex width 0.1 (mean = 0.1). Phallus measurements (mm). (n = 4) Length 0.8–1.0 (mean = 1.0); apex width 0.3 (mean = 0.3); middle width 0.5 (mean = 0.5); basal width 0.6–0.7 (mean = 0.6); lateral apex width 0.3–0.4 (mean = 0.4); lateral medial width 0.5–0.6 (mean = 0.5); lateral basal width 0.5 (mean = 0.5). Female measurements (mm). (n = 17) Body length 24.5–29.9 (mean = 26.6); pronotum length 5.9–7.2 (mean = 6.5) tegmen length 3.1–4.8 (mean = 3.9); hind femur length 13.0–15.4 (mean = 14.3); dorsal ovipositor valve length 1.3–2.2 (mean = 1.7); ventral ovipositor valve length 1.2–2.2 (mean = 1.7). Holotype. • 1 ♂, Mexico, Coahulla, 11 mi NW Muzquiz, 31 July 1959, 1550 ft, T. J. Cohn, # 126, UMMZI-0058033. Deposited in the Mississippi Entomological Museum. Specimens examined. Mexico: Coahuila: • 5.8 mi S Castaños, 20 August 1965, T. J. Cohn, 2700 ft, (3 ♂, 1 ♀) • 2 mi NW Hermanas, 19 September 1958 13–1400 ’ T. J. Cohn (1 ♂) • 5 mi S Hermanas, 1 August 1959, T. J. Cohn, 1350 ft (1 ♂, 1 ♀) • 2 mi SE Muzquiz, 14 September 1958, T. J. Cohn, 3700 ft (3 ♂, 5 ♀) • 4 mi E Muzquiz, 1 August 1959, T. J. Cohn, 1600 ft (2 ♂, 2 ♀) • 2 mi SE Muzquiz, 14 September 1958, T. J. Cohn, 3700 ft. (2 ♂, 2 ♀) • 11 mi NW Muzquiz, 31 July 1959, T. J. Cohn, 1550 ft (3 ♂, 2 ♀) • San Juan de Sabinas-Rosita, 15–16 September 1958, T. J. Cohn, 1200 ft (5 ♂, 4 ♀). Habitat. Cohn (1965) described the habitat at 5.8 mi S Castanos as low Mesquite, Creosote, Vachellia rigidula, and Agave lechuguilla. Distribution. Found in northern Coahuila, Mexico (Fig. 25 A). Etymology. The species name vaquero is the Spanish word for cowboy. Suggested common name. Vaquero aridland scrub jumper.