Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Stenopelmatoidea) XXIV: Update on the Raspy Cricket species’ checklist with some comments
Author
Bian, Xun
0000-0003-1798-2840
Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, China.
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Zootaxa
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2023-12-13
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10.11646/zootaxa.5383.4.9
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Larnaca
(
Larnaca
)
nigrifrons
Pang, Zhang & Bian, 2023
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Figures 1–2
Discussion
. When again examining some specimens from the type locality of
Larnaca
(
Larnaca
)
nigrifrons
Pang, Zhang & Bian, 2023
, I found they are very similar to the
holotype
and
paratypes
of the species in details of the male and female abdomens, but slightly differ from the latter in coloration in the following: especially face and dorsal surface of head yellow brown (
Figs. 1A
,
2A
), and the black pattern of pronotal disc not widened at anterior margin (
Figs. 1B
,
2B
). Herein, I treated as an intraspecific variation of
Larnaca
(
Larnaca
)
nigrifrons
and gave a brief description.
Description. Male.
Hind femora with 7–8 pairs of ventral spines. Subgenital plate with ventral surface elevated in middle area; basal margin straight, lateral margins of basal half convex, then strongly approaching from middle area; posterior margin with a V-shaped concavity, the lateral lobes obtuse with external margins more obliquer and longer than internal margins (
Fig. 1L
).
Coloration.
Body yellowish brown. Face and dorsal surface of head yellowish brown (
Figs. 1A
,
2A
), with a longitudinal blackish stripe on each side behind eye. Pronotum yellowish brown with anterior margins black followed by 1 pair of longitudinal blackish stripes, which reaching the posterior transverse sulcus (
Figs. 1B
,
2B
).
Measurements (mm).
Male: BL 16.11–17.64, PL 4.57–4.78, HFL 9.36–9.53, TL 1.93–2.05; Female: BL 10.13–19.32, PL4.13–5.11, HFL 9.15–11.07, TL 1.87–2.0, OvL 9.69–11.51.
Material examined.
1 female
,
Xima
,
Yingjiang
,
Yunnan
,
June 11, 2023
, coll. by
Weizong Yang
;
2 females
,
Xima
,
Yingjiang
,
Yunnan
,
July 12, 2023
, coll. by
Weizong Yang
;
4 males
and
5 females
,
Xima
,
Yingjiang
,
Yunnan
,
August 11, 2023
, coll. by
Siyu Pang
and
Ting Luo
;
1 male
and
3 females
,
Xima
,
Yingjiang
,
Yunnan
,
August 12, 2023
, coll. by
Siyu Pang
and
Ting Luo
;
2 females
,
Xima
,
Yingjiang
,
Yunnan
,
August 12, 2023
, coll. by
Weizong Yang
;
1 male
,
Xima
,
Yingjiang
,
Yunnan
,
August 18, 2023
, coll. by
Weizong Yang
;
3 males
and
3 females
,
Xima
,
Yingjiang
,
Yunnan
,
August 19, 2023
, coll. by
Weizong Yang
;
1 male
and
1 female
,
Tongbiguan
,
Yingjiang
,
Yunnan
,
August 20, 2023
, coll. by
Siyu Pang
and
Ting Luo
;
2 males
and
3 females
,
Xima
,
Yingjiang
,
Yunnan
,
August 30, 2023
, coll. by
Weizong Yang
.