Review of the subgenus Tachycines (Gymnaeta) Adelung, 1902 (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae, Aemodogryllinae, Aemodogryllini)
Author
Qin, Yanyan
Author
Liu, Xianwei
Author
Li, Kai
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-02-25
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Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
yueyangensis
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 59–61
; Pics. 3–4)
Description.
Male. Body medium sized for this genus. Vertex of head divided into conical tubercles. Legs elongate and slender; fore femur about 2.4–2.5 times longer than pronotum, ventrally unarmed, internal knee lobe without spine, external genicular lobe with 1 elongate movable spur; fore tibiae beneath with 2 external spurs and 1 internal spur. Mid femur with an elongate movable spur on the internal and external genicular lobe, ventrally unarmed; mid tibiae beneath with 1 external spur and 1 internal spur. Hind femur without spines ventrally; hind tibiae above at each side with 72–77 spines, arranged in groups. Supra internal spur of hind tibiae not exceeding ventral apex of hind metatarsus. Hind metatarsus keeled ventrally. Male genitalia as
Figs. 59–60
.
Female. Subgenital plate near trapeziform, hind margin with a small projection (
Fig. 61
). Ovipositor slightly shorter than half the length of hind femur.
Coloration.
Body yellowish brown. Hind femur mottled with stripes.
Measurements.
(length in mm) Body
♂
9.0–10.0,
♀
11.0; pronotum
♂
5.0,
♀
5.0; fore femur
♂
12.5,
♀
12.0; hind femur
♂
22.0,
♀
21.5; ovipositor 10.5.
FIGURES 54–56.
Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
solidus
(Gorochov, Rampini
&
Di Russo, 2006)
. 54. tarsus of hind leg, lateral view; 55. male genitalia, dorsal view; 56. female subgenital plate, ventral view. (modified from Gorochov, Rampini & Cobolli, 2006)
FIGURES 57–58.
Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
latellai
(Rampini, Di Russo
&
Cobolli, 2008)
. 57. male genitalia, dorsal view; 58. subgenital plate of female, ventral view. (modified from Rampini, Di Russo
&
Cobolli, 2008)
Specimens studied.
Holotype
,
1♂
,
Yueyang
,
Fushou mountain
forest park,
Hunan
, alt.
1079m
,
2016-IX- 18
~26, collected by
Jiang
et al.
;
paratypes
,
1♂
1♀
, same data as holotype;
7♂♂
,
4♀♀
, Yueyang,
Fushou mountain
forest park,
Hunan
, alt.
1079–1270m
,
2018-IX-15
~17, collected by
Qin Yan-Yan
et
Zhang Sai-Nan.
Distribution.
China
(
Hunan
).
Diagnosis.
This species is rather similar to
T
.
(
G
.)
semicrenatus
(
Gorochov
et al.
, 2006
)
regarding the shape of the male epiphallus, but it differs distinctly from the latter by the hind metatarsus that is keeled beneath, and by the hind tibiae of
T
.
(
G
.)
yueyangensis
sp. nov.
being provided with more than 70 spines on each side; corresponding status of
T
.
(
G
.)
semicrenatus
(
Gorochov
et al.
, 2006
)
: the hind tibiae with less than 40 spines, the hind metatarsus with bristles beneath.
Etymology.
The specific epithet refers to the locality where the
type
specimens has been collected.
FIGURES 59–61.
Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
yueyangensis
sp. nov.
. 59. male genitalia, dorsal view; 60. male genitalia, ventral view; 61. female subgenital plate, ventral view. (scale=1mm)
PICTURES 3–4.
Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
yueyangensis
sp. nov.
. 3. habitus of male. 4. habitus of female. (photographed from
Hunan
, Yueyang)