New taxa of the tribe Meconematini from South-Pacific and Indo-Malayan Regions (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae)
Author
Jin, Xingbao
Author
Liu, Xianwei
Author
Wang, Hanqiang
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-05-07
4772
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.1
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Eoxizicus
(
Eoxizicus
)
bihammeris
Liu
sp. n.
Holotype
♂
(left middle and hind legs, right middle and front legs lost):
Laos
:
Bolouens
/
Plateau
,
16km
S of/
Thateng
,
1020 m
/
22–24.VII.1960
;
R
.
E. Leech
/
Collector
/
BISHOP
;
Malaise Trap
Paratype
1♀
(left front and hind legs, right hind leg lost): labeled as
Holotype
without third lable
FIGURE 17.
Eoxizicus
(
Eoxizicus
)
bihammeris
Liu
sp. n.
male abdominal terminal:
a.
dorsal view,
b.
lateral view,
c.
ventral view; female subgeinital plate:
d.
ventral view,
e.
lateral view.
Description.
General appearance typical of the genus. Body moderate size. Fastigium of vertex with conical apex. Pronotum with relatively deep lateral plate, humeral sinus more or less distinct. Tegmina and wing well developed, moderately long. Hind tibia with 3 pairs of apical spurs.
Male 10
th
tergite extended into a pair of posteriormedian processes separated each other, apex enlarged into 2 hammer-like lobes, bend slightly downwards (
Fig. 17a
). Male cerci with basal half widened into broad lobe, apical half narrowed lobe and bend inward in right angle. Subgenital plate with roundly even posterior margin, styli short (
Fig. 17
a–c).
Female subgenital plate short with round posterior margin and a median furrow (
Fig. 17d, e
). Ovipositor almost straight with smooth and acute apex.
Measurement
(mm). Body:
♂
11.0,
♀
11.1; Pronotum:
♂
4.2,
♀
4.1; Tegmina:
♂
17.8,
♀
18.6; Hind femora:
♂
10.3; Ovipositor: 8.9.
Comparison.
Similar to
Eoxizicus divergentis
Liu & Zhang, 2000
from
Guangxi
,
China
, by paired median process of male 10
th
tergite, but apical part enlarged. Also similar to
Xizicus
(
Eoxizicus
)
khaosoki
Gorochov, 1998
(Figs. 60, 61) from
Thailand
by shape of female subgenital plate, but with slight projected posteriomedian margin.
Etymology.
Name refers to the shape of paired median process of male 10
th
tergite in hammer-like form.