New species of the genera Trigonidium Rambur, 1838 and Pteronemobius Jacobson 1904 from China (Orthoptera: Grylloidea; Trigonidiidae; Trigonidiinae and Nemobiinae)
Author
Yuan, Wei
0000-0002-5044-0018
College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China & Yuanwei 19980808 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5044 - 0018
Author
Zheng, Yan-Na
0000-0002-1256-2735
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi′an, 710119, China & na @ snnu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1256 - 2735
na@snnu.edu.cn
Author
Ma, Li-Bin
0000-0002-8556-7158
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi′an, 710119, China & libinma @ snnu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8556 - 7158
libinma@snnu.edu.cn
Author
Gu, Jun-Jie
0000-0003-1931-4424
College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China & orthoptera _ gu @ aliyun. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1931 - 4424
orthoptera_gu@aliyun.com
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-11
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5
593
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journal article
93656
10.11646/zootaxa.5162.5.9
9c60384a-0d8f-42b2-9749-4da9299aea60
1175-5326
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Trigonidium nigripes
Ma, Yuan & Gu
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 1C, D
,
2
,
3
,
4
)
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
ECE1A3A2-DBDD-497D-9AFE-ED20B18F6C20
Chinese name
:
OixẘDz
Etymology
. The name refers to the black legs of this species.
Holotype
.
China
:
Male
,
Sichuan
,
Xichang
, Luojishan.
27.578N
,
102.425°E
.
29-III-2022
, coll.
Wei Yuan
and
Chengjie Zheng
(
SICAU
)
.
Paratypes
.
2 males
&
1 female
, same collection information as the
holotype
(
SICAU
)
;
1 male
&
2 females
, same collection information as the
holotype
(
SNNU
)
.
Description. Male (
Figs. 1D
,
2A
,
4A
)
Body medium-sized for the genus. Except distal portion of the fore and mesofemora and the base of the hind tibia dark brown, the remaining parts of the crickets are black.
Head (
Fig. 4E
)
. Vertex and genae armed with long setae. Compound eyes large, laterally protruding; ocelli present, with compound eyes linked by two light stripes, lateral ocelli absent. Antennal scape cylindrical, narrower than frontal costa; flagellum slender with small villi. Maxillary palpi with the apical segment apically transverse and broad; labial palpi relatively short.
FIGURE 2.
Habitus of
T
.
nigripes
sp. nov.
A. Male; B. Female. Scale bar: 2 mm.
FIGURE 3.
Male genitalia of
T
.
nigripes
sp. nov.
A. Dorsal view; B. Lateral view; C. Ventral view. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 4
. Photographs of
Trigonidium nigripes
sp. nov.
A. lateral view of male; B. lateral view of female; C. male tegmen; D. female tegmen; E. dorsal view of head; F. ovipositor in lateral view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
Pronotum (
Figs. 4C, D
)
. Pronotum covered with fine setae, disc sparsely with long setae; anterior and posterior margin with long setae. Tegmen almost extending to abdominal apex; dorsal field with six elevated longitudinal veins and false veins; transverse veins between longitudinal veins inconspicuous; hindwings absent. Fore femur and fore tibia with short fine hairs; fore tibia with tympanum absent, only a single apical spur; middle tibia with a single apical spur; hind femur dark color, middle tibia with three pairs of dorsal spurs and five apical spurs.
Genitalia (
Figs. 3A, B, C
)
. In dorsal view, epiphallus broadened, lateral lobe of epiphallus round, tapering with denticulations, curved inward; Ectoparamere short and bifurcated, upper branch hook-like and curved inward.
Female (
Figs. 1C
,
2B
,
4B
)
. Body size similar than male; ovipositor blade-shaped.
Measurements
. Male (n=2). BL 5.41±0.32, PL 0.88±0.10, TL 2.68±0.12, HFL 3.12±0.15; Female (n=2). BL 5.13±0.41, PL 0.88±0.08, TL 2.73±0.13, MFL 3.68±0.11 PL 0.33±0.10.
Remarks
. This new species is distinguished from other members of the genus by the following: black legs, the others are usually light colored.
T
.
nigripes
sp. nov.
is similar to
Trigonidium cicindeloides
Rambur,
1838
in ectoparamere (both of them bifurcate), but the upper branch of
T. nigripes
sp. nov.
is longer and more curved; the lower branch is blunt and rounded.