Taxonomic Studies of the genus Decticus Serville, 1831 from China (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae), based on Morphology and Songs Author Liu, Fei College of Agriculture / Key Laboratory of Oasis Agricultural Pest Management and Plant Protection Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832003, China. Author Chen, Liusheng Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, 510520, China. liucx@ioz.ac.cn Author Liu, Chunxiang Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China. liucx@ioz.ac.cn text Zootaxa 2020 2020-10-14 4860 4 563 576 journal article 8210 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.4.6 dc14c45b-38bb-45b5-b8bc-706866f7fb41 1175-5326 4414355 92E2564C-60AB-4759-AB06-F177CC6841DE Decticus verrucivorus latipennis ssp. n. Material examined. Holoype. Male, China : Hebei : Weichang: Bashang area, 42°34′781″N, 117°21′023″NE, 1529m , 2003.IX.21 , Coll. Liu Chunxiang ; Paratypes , 1 male , China : Heilongjiang : Wudalianchi Geopark , 1971. VII.14 , Coll. unkown. Diagnosis. Male. Large-sized. Tegmen aspect ratio about 3.54 ( Fig. 5b ). Lateral lobe of pronotum approximately black, with yellowish brown ventral and posterior margins. Fore and middle leg nigger-brown; hind femur dark brown with yellow ventral margins. Description. Male ( holotype ) . Lateral lobe of pronotum as high as wide. Tegmen exceeding abdominal apex, with narrow and sharp apices. Stridulatory file with about 73–76 pegs, gradually becoming smaller towards both ends ( Fig. 6d ). Fore and middle femora without spines; fore and middle tibiae with numerous spines on both margins. Hind femora with 2–4 small spines on inter ventro-anterior margin. Tenth abdominal tergum with approximately rectangular central concavity on dorsal surface. Epiproct tongue-shaped, covered by tenth abdominal tergum and bent down at an angle of 90° at base. Cercus branched in middle. Subgenital plate with a shallow obtuse-angle incision ( Fig. 4i & n ). Colour. Generally brown. Face pale yellow, tinged with cyan spots. Disc of pronotum yellowish brown. Tegmen brown with dark spots. Female unknown. Measurement (mm). See Table 6 and Table 7 . Distribution. China ( Inner Mongolia and Hebei ). Etymology. The species name latipennis is a combination of the Latin “lata” and “penn”, indicating broad tegmen.