<documentid="35B811284F236972495031BE95906F03"ID-CLB-Dataset="302436"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5501.3.7"ID-GBIF-Dataset="2b8244dc-85f2-4342-855e-ddea9264101b"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="13628258"ID-ZooBank="17290DDF-EF81-4BAC-A6E2-DD263306DBE6"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="karina"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="karina"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="karina"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1725279187120"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Wang, Ning, Yuan, Wei, Zhang, Tao, Gu, Jun-Jie & Ma, Li-Bin"docDate="2024"docId="E23B87E3FFB7C17EFF671030DB2EFB7F"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.5501.3.7.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 5501 (3)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5501.3.7"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Gryllotalpa chrysea Ma, Yuan & Wang 2024, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="4"lastPageNumber="486"masterDocId="1E02FF9BFFB6C17DFFF0130DDE7AFF80"masterDocTitle="Gryllotalpa chrysea sp. nov., a new species of Mole Cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae: Gryllotalpinae) from China"masterLastPageNumber="487"masterPageNumber="483"pageNumber="484"updateTime="1725628616200"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:titleid="17C459741DA594FB2F0057D9D242B5D2">Gryllotalpa chrysea sp. nov., a new species of Mole Cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae: Gryllotalpinae) from China</mods:title>
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<figureCitationid="F2A92A70FFB7C17CFF6F1088DF73FC1F"box="[159,265,901,927]"captionStart-0="FIGURE 1"captionStart-1="FIGURE 2"captionStart-2="FIGURE 3"captionStartId-0="1.[151,250,1223,1247]"captionStartId-1="2.[151,250,964,988]"captionStartId-2="2.[151,250,1928,1952]"captionTargetBox-1="[358,1241,250,928]"captionTargetBox-2="[159,1428,1057,1896]"captionTargetId-0="figure-155@1.[563,1025,951,1199]"captionTargetId-1="figure-55@2.[347,1241,237,941]"captionTargetId-2="figure-104@2.[151,1436,1049,1904]"captionTargetPageId-0="1"captionTargetPageId-1="2"captionTargetPageId-2="2"captionText-0="FIGURE 1. G. chrysea sp. nov. Male from Guangdong when alive."captionText-1="FIGURE 2. Body and forewings of G. chrysea sp. nov. A. Body in dorsal view (Holotype); B. head in frontal view; C. anterior leg in internal view; D. right tegmen; E. stridulatory file in ventral view. Scale bars: 10 mm (A), 1 mm (E)."captionText-2="FIGURE 3. Genitalia of G. chrysea sp. nov. A. dorsal view; B. ventral view; C. lateral view; D. caudal view."figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13711503"figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13628260"figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13628262"httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/13711503/files/figure.png"httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/13628260/files/figure.png"httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/13628262/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="484">Figs. 1–3</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="F2A92A70FFB7C17CFE5E1690DF86FA37"box="[430,508,1437,1463]"captionStart="FIGURE 1"captionStartId="1.[151,250,1223,1247]"captionTargetId="figure-155@1.[563,1025,951,1199]"captionTargetPageId="1"captionText="FIGURE 1. G. chrysea sp. nov. Male from Guangdong when alive."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13711503"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13711503/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="484">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="F2A92A70FFB7C17CFDFB1690DC2BFA37"box="[523,593,1437,1463]"captionStart="FIGURE 2"captionStartId="2.[151,250,964,988]"captionTargetBox="[358,1241,250,928]"captionTargetId="figure-55@2.[347,1241,237,941]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURE 2. Body and forewings of G. chrysea sp. nov. A. Body in dorsal view (Holotype); B. head in frontal view; C. anterior leg in internal view; D. right tegmen; E. stridulatory file in ventral view. Scale bars: 10 mm (A), 1 mm (E)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13628260"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13628260/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="484">2A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="F2A92A70FFB7C17CFCF01520DD20F9C7"box="[768,858,1581,1607]"captionStart="FIGURE 2"captionStartId="2.[151,250,964,988]"captionTargetBox="[358,1241,250,928]"captionTargetId="figure-55@2.[347,1241,237,941]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURE 2. Body and forewings of G. chrysea sp. nov. A. Body in dorsal view (Holotype); B. head in frontal view; C. anterior leg in internal view; D. right tegmen; E. stridulatory file in ventral view. Scale bars: 10 mm (A), 1 mm (E)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13628260"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13628260/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="484">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
): Pronotum distinctly elongated, ovoid; anterior and posterior margins without setae, anterior margin concave and posterior margin convex; pronotum disc and lateral lobe densely setae.
<figureCitationid="F2A92A70FFB7C17CFE031578DC37F90F"box="[499,589,1653,1679]"captionStart="FIGURE 2"captionStartId="2.[151,250,964,988]"captionTargetBox="[358,1241,250,928]"captionTargetId="figure-55@2.[347,1241,237,941]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURE 2. Body and forewings of G. chrysea sp. nov. A. Body in dorsal view (Holotype); B. head in frontal view; C. anterior leg in internal view; D. right tegmen; E. stridulatory file in ventral view. Scale bars: 10 mm (A), 1 mm (E)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13628260"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13628260/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="484">Fig. 2C</figureCitation>
): Anterior coxa stout, densely covered with long setae, lateral of coxa with leaf-like protuberance; anterior trochanter developed, with leaf-like protuberance at the tip; anterior femora short, ventrally with two ridges, densely setae on ridges; tibiae broad, densely setae externally, anterior tibiae with internal tympanum slit-shaped; dactyls of anterior tibiae moderately long, decreasing in size from dorsal to ventral dactyls; ventral dactyls nearly straight, others slightly curved; apices acute. Median femora ventrally with two ridges, setae on ridges, tibiae externally densely setae, tipped with four terminal spurs, basitarsus terete, ventrally with well-developed setae, tipped with one spur. Posterior tibiae with four inner dorsal spurs and one outer dorsal spurs and apical spurs six in a circular arrangement; basitarsus of posterior leg with long setae on ventral surface, tipped with two short apical spurs.
<emphasisid="58E6EAE7FFB7C17CFE65149BDC08F82F"box="[405,626,1941,1967]"italics="true"pageId="1"pageNumber="484">Tegmina and wings.</emphasis>
Tegmina (
<figureCitationid="F2A92A70FFB7C17CFD171498DD24F82F"box="[743,862,1941,1967]"captionStart="FIGURE 2"captionStartId="2.[151,250,964,988]"captionTargetBox="[358,1241,250,928]"captionTargetId="figure-55@2.[347,1241,237,941]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURE 2. Body and forewings of G. chrysea sp. nov. A. Body in dorsal view (Holotype); B. head in frontal view; C. anterior leg in internal view; D. right tegmen; E. stridulatory file in ventral view. Scale bars: 10 mm (A), 1 mm (E)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13628260"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13628260/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="484">Fig. 2D, E</figureCitation>
): Forewings well-developed, lateral domains broad, Sc vein branching into multiple branches; R with transverse veins between M+CuA, CuPa bifurcation into CuPaα and CuPaβ; 2 hv veins located between CuPb and CuPa; PCu fusing to CuPb and AA in the base domain; d2 vein extremely short and connectings CuPb and CuPaβ, without transverse veins between main veins, apical field short, without distinct cell.
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A. Body in dorsal view (Holotype); B. head in frontal view; C. anterior leg in internal view; D. right tegmen; E. stridulatory file in ventral view. Scale bars: 10 mm (A), 1 mm (E).
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<figureCitationid="F2A92A70FFB5C17EFECF139ADFBAFF31"box="[319,448,151,177]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="2.[151,250,1928,1952]"captionTargetBox="[159,1428,1057,1896]"captionTargetId="figure-104@2.[151,1436,1049,1904]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURE 3. Genitalia of G. chrysea sp. nov. A. dorsal view; B. ventral view; C. lateral view; D. caudal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13628262"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13628262/files/figure.png"pageId="3"pageNumber="486">Fig. 3A–D</figureCitation>
): Transverse sclerite of epiphallus curved and broadly M-shaped; ectoparamere broad, inner margins pointed at tips; lateral view of ectoparamere C-shaped, curved at end, gradually becoming pointed. the middle lobe of epiphallus end flat and almost as wide as the base.
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<figureCitationid="F2A92A70FFB5C17EFF6F10E4DF65FB84"box="[159,287,1001,1028]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="2.[151,250,1928,1952]"captionTargetBox="[159,1428,1057,1896]"captionTargetId="figure-104@2.[151,1436,1049,1904]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURE 3. Genitalia of G. chrysea sp. nov. A. dorsal view; B. ventral view; C. lateral view; D. caudal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13628262"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13628262/files/figure.png"pageId="3"pageNumber="486">Fig. 3A–D</figureCitation>
,
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). Both species are medium-sized, significantly smaller than
, with “M” shaped epiphallus; the forewings extend to the middle of the abdomen. The base of the middle lobe of epiphallus of new species is almost as wide as the tip and is not significantly constricted and truncated at the tip, unlike the middle lobe of epiphallus of
have inflated and curved ends of the epiphallus in lateral view, whereas
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are straighter. The ocellus of the new species is significantly smaller than that of the other two species. The body of the species is black with golden-yellow forewings, whereas the body of the