Four new species of the genus Phryganogryllacris (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae, Gryllacridinae) in China
Author
Li, Miaomiao
Author
Liu, Xianwei
Author
Li, Kai
text
Zootaxa
2016
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2
376
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journal article
38740
10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.9
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3.
Phryganogryllacris sigillata
sp. nov.
Figs. 8–11
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Description.
Male. Body medium. Fastigium of vertex about 2 times as broad as scape. Eyes elongate to ovate, prominent. Fore margin of pronotum slightly roundly projected, hind margin straight; lateral plate lower. Tegmina rather extending beyond the apex of hind femora, M vein bifurcate, the posterior branches merged with the anterior branches of CuA (
Fig. 9
), Cup simple; A 4, the last of them united at base. Wings slightly extending beyond tegmina. Mid tibiae above with an apical spur.
Hind
femora beneath with 6–7 external spines and 6–8 internal spines; hind tibiae above with 5–7 external spines and 5–6 internal spines. 10th abdominal tergites roundly convex, each side with a hook-like process (
Fig. 10
). Cerci rather long, cylindrical.
Hind
margin of subgenital plate deeply split into two rounded lobes (
Fig. 11
); styli short and slightly flattened.
Female. Unknown.
Coloration.
Body yellowish brown, occiput with 2 instinct dark spots, pronotum with irregular dark markings (
Fig. 8
), spines of legs with blackish apex.
FIGURES 8–11.
Phryganogryllacris sigillata
sp. nov.
8. Head and pronotum of male, dorsal view; 9. Part veins of tegmina, dorsal view; 10. End of male abdominal, lateral view; 11. End of male abdominal, ventral view. Scale bars=1 mm.
Measurements.
(length in mm)
Body Pronotum Tegmina
Hind
femora Ovipositor
♂ 20.0 4.5 29.0–30.0 14.0 /
Material.
Holotype
♂,
paratype
1♂
,
China
, Hubei, Luotian, Qingtaiguan, Alt.
560–880m
, 2014.
VII.3
, Zhu Wei-Bing.
Distribution
.
China
(Hubei).
Discussion.
This new species is very similar to
Phryganogryllacris xiai
Liu
et
Zhang, 2001
. But differ from the latter in head and pronotum with markings different.