A taxonomic study of the genus Metiochodes Chopard from China (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Trigonidiinae)
Author
Li, Kai
Author
He, Zhuqing
Author
Liu, Xianwei
text
Zootaxa
2010
2506
43
50
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.195925
67698827-6164-4629-beb2-5519417dfd5d
1175-5326
195925
5.
Metiochodes truncatus
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 15–17
)
Material.
Holotype
3,
CHINA
: Yunnan prov. Jinping county, Menglawendang, Alt.
850m
, 2009.
V.26
, leg. Liu Xian-Wei, Wu Jie, Zhu Wei-Bing, Bi Wen-Xuan;
Paratypes
13, same data as
holotype
(
IEAS
).
Description.
Male. Body small. Head wider than fore margin of pronotum (
Fig. 15
), vertex flattened, eyes horizontal lengthened, frontal rostrum as wide as 1st antennal joint, 5th joint of maxillary palpi triangular. Pronotum transverse, feebly narrowing in front, fore margin slightly convex and hind margin undulate, a couple of crescent on disc. Fore tibia with a rather large, oval tympanum on inner side.
Hind
tibia with three pairs of dorsal spurs and five apical spurs. Tegmen long, exceeding to apex of abdomen, rather feebly pubescent; 5 longitudinal veins of dorsal field very regular, straight. Wings developed. Male genitalia with truncate apical lobes (
Figs. 16–17
).
Female. unknown.
Coloration.
Body light yellow.
Measurements.
(in mm) Body35.5; body with wing 39.0; pronotum 31.0; tegmen 34.8; posterior femur 34.8.
Distribution.
China
(Yunnan).
Etymology.
The new specific name is derived from Latin
truncatus
, meaning truncate apical lobes.
Discussion.
Similar to
M. flavescens
Chopard, 1931
, but differ in the body color light yellow and male genitalia with truncate apical lobes.