A new genus of the tribe Aemodogryllini (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae, Aemodogryllinae) from China
Author
Qin, Yanyan
Author
Liu, Xianwei
Author
Li, Kai
text
Zootaxa
2017
4250
2
186
190
journal article
33306
10.11646/zootaxa.4250.2.4
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Gymnaetoides testaceus
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 1–5
)
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Description.
Male. Body very small. Vertex of head divided into conical tubercles. Legs elongate and slender; fore femora about 1.4–2.0 times as long as the pronotum, beneath unarmed, internal knee lobe with a small spine, genicular lobe with 1 elongate movable spur; fore tibiae beneath with 1 external spur, without internal spur. Mid femora with a long movable spur on the internal and genicular lobe, beneath unarmed; mid tibiae beneath with 1 internal spur, without external spur. Hind femora without spines beneath; hind tibiae above with 65–68 outer spines and 64–69 inter spines, arranged in groups, inner subapical spur of hind tibiae shorter than hind metatarsus. Hind metatarsus with bristles beneath and approaching apical part keeled beneath (
Fig. 1
). Epiproct with nearly triangular apex (
Fig. 2
). Male genitalia with dorsolateral lobes distinctly sclerotized, with acute apex (
Figs. 3–4
).
Female. Subgential plate nearly round, triangular and apically acutely pointed (
Fig. 5
). Ovipositor shorter than or almost equal to half the length of hind femur.
Coloration.
Body yellowish brown and without distinct stripes. Hind femora with light stripes.
Measurements.
(length in mm) Body
♂
6.5–11.0,
♀
6.0–9.0; pronotum
♂
4.0–6.0,
♀
4.0–5.0; fore femora
♂
8.0,
♀
7.0; hind femora
♂
14.0–17.0,
♀
13.0; ovipositor 5.0–7.0.
Material
examined.
Holotype
,
3♂♂
,
1♀
,
Gutian Mountain
,
Kaihua
,
Zhejiang
, alt.
330–800m
, 2012.
X.14–16
, collected by
Liu Xian-Wei
et al
.
;
paratype
,
1♂
,
1♀
, same data as holotype
;
1♂
,
Gutian Mountain
,
Kaihua
,
Zhejiang
, alt.
330–800m
, 2012.
IX.14–16
, collected by
Liu Xian-wei
et al
.
;
1♂
,
Tianmu Mountain
,
Zhejiang
, alt.
350m
, 2013.
IV.25–26
, collected by
Zhu Wei-Bing
et al
.
;
1♂
,
Huang Mountain
,
Anhui
, 2013.
IV.25–26
, collected by
Zhu Wei-Bing
et al
..
Distribution.
China
(
Zhejiang
,
Anhui
).
Discussion.
This species is relatively similar to
Gymnaetoides acutilobatus
(Gorovhov, 2010)
comb. nov.
, but differs from the latter in: epiphallus of male genitalia “H-shaped”, lateral corium of middle lobes of male genitalia rather short and far from apex.