A new genus of the tribe Aemodogryllini (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae, Aemodogryllinae) from China
Author
Qin, Yanyan
Author
Liu, Xianwei
Author
Li, Kai
text
Zootaxa
2017
4250
2
186
190
journal article
33306
10.11646/zootaxa.4250.2.4
5f59510b-7dfc-4c00-9efe-74c6f8de34bc
1175-5326
452472
BD46BE0A-1268-4F08-B3E5-0E955AA0478A
Gymnaetoides
gen. nov.
Type species:
Gymnaetoides testaceus
sp. nov.
, here designated.
Description.
Body rather small for tribe. Vertex of head divided into two conical tubercles, separated at apex. Legs elongate and slender, fore femora about 1.4–2.0 times as long as the pronotum. Hind metatarsus with bristles beneath. Epiproct and paraproct of male normally developed. Dorsolateral lobes of male genitalia with a distinctly sclerotized apex.
This new genus is distinguished from
Diestrammena (Gymnaeta)
Adelung, 1902
by its dorsolateral lobes of male genitalia with apex being sclerotized.