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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journal article
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Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
verus
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 104–106
)
Description.
Male. Body medium sized. Vertex of head divided into conical tubercles. Legs elongate and slender; fore femur about 1.9 times longer than the pronotum, ventrally unarmed, internal knee lobe with a small 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 both 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 50–51 spines respectively, arranged in groups. Supra internal spur of hind tibiae exceeding the ventral apex of hind metatarsus. Hind metatarsus keeled ventrally (
Fig. 104
). Epiphallus of male genitalia nearly quadrate and upper end notched (
Figs. 105–106
).
FIGURES 104–106.
Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
verus
sp. nov.
. 104. tarsus of hind leg, lateral view; 105. male genitalia, dorsal view; 106. male genitalia, ventral view. (scale=1mm)
Female. Unknown.
Coloration.
Body brownish. Abdominal tergite yellowish brown. Legs with bristles and hind femur with light stripes.
Measurements.
(length in mm) Body
♂
13.0; pronotum
♂
5.5; fore femur
♂
10.5, hind femur
♂
22.0, hind tibiae
♂
23.0.
Specimens studied.
Holotype
,
1♂
,
Yangmeiao
,
Jiuwanshan
,
Huanjiang
,
Guangxi
, alt.
1200m
,
2015-VII-19
, collected by
Liu
et
Zhu.
Distribution.
China
(
Guangxi
).
Diagnosis.
This species is similar to
T
.
(
G
.)
dispar
sp. nov.
, but differs from the latter by the epiphallus of male and the number of spines on hind tibiae.
Etymology.
The Latin ‘
verus
’ refers to the dart-like spur of the hind tibia.