Supplement to the genus Pseudokuzicus Gorochov, 1993 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from China
Author
Lv, Wenqing
0009-0005-1964-1240
College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, 071002, Baoding, P. R. China
Author
Shi, Fuming
College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, 071002, Baoding, P. R. China
Author
Chang, Yanlin
College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, 071002, Baoding, P. R. China
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-08-02
5492
1
135
139
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5492.1.8
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5492.1.8
1175-5326
13212191
FBFAB55A-82C2-4567-854F-BB35590D1A6D
Pseudokuzicus
(
Similkuzicus
)
quadridentatus
Shi, Mao & Chang, 2007
(
Fig. 2 A, C
–
E
)
Pseudokuzicus
(
Similkuzicus
)
quadridentatus
Shi, Mao & Chang, 2007
.
Zootaxa
, 1546: 29.
Supplementary description.
Genitalia sclerotized, trapezoidal, basal area broad; middle area of lateral margin narrow; one-third apical area upcurved, gradually broadened, middle area concave, with 4–6 stout and short spines on both lateral terminals. (
Fig. 2C–E
).
FIGURE 2.
Pseudokuzicus
(
Similkuzicus
)
quadridentatus
Shi, Mao & Chang, 2007
, male:
A.
left cercus in dorsal view;
C–E.
genitalia:
C.
apical view;
D.
dorso-lateral view;
E.
apex in lateral view;
Pseudokuzicus
(
Similkuzicus
)
multispinus
sp. nov.
, male:
B.
left cercus in dorsal view.
Material examined.
Holotype
:
♂
, Leigongshan,
Guizhou
,
China
, 15 September, 2005, coll.
Haoyu Liu.
Paratypes
:
1♂
1♀
, Leigongshan,
Guizhou
,
China
, 15 September, 2005, coll.
Haoyu Liu.
Other specimens:
2♂
, Leigongshan,
Guizhou
,
China
, 8 August, 2023, coll.
Yueting Duan
and Yang Wang.
Discussion.
In the original description, the apical area of male genitalia with four thin teeth on both terminals, the specimens examined in this paper were collected from the
type
locality, the number of apical teeth of male genitalia varied, 4
–
6 spines, there is a variation between individuals within the species.
Distribution.
China
(
Guizhou
).