Four new species of the genus Phryganogryllacris (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae, Gryllacridinae) in China
Author
Li, Miaomiao
Author
Liu, Xianwei
Author
Li, Kai
text
Zootaxa
2016
4127
2
376
382
journal article
38740
10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.9
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1.
Phryganogryllacris brevipennis
sp. nov.
Figs. 1–3
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Orthoptera
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Description.
Male. Body medium-sized, stout. Fastigium of vertex about 1.5 times as broad as scape. Anterior margin of pronotum slightly roundly projecting, posterior margin straight. Tegmina hardly extending beyond the apex of abdomen; R vein with 5 branches, Rs vein arising after the middle of R vein, with branches, CuA vein simple; A veins 4, the last of them united at base. Wings slightly extending beyond tegmina.
Hind
femora with 3–4 external and 5–6 internal spines beneath, hind tibiae with 5–6 external and 5–6 internal spines above. Both sides of 10th abdominal tergite with hook-like processes directed internally (
Fig. 1
). Cerci rather elongate,
5mm
long; lateral margin of subgenital plate rounded, hind margin with a deep incision, apical lobe rounded (
Fig. 2
); styli short and flattened.
Female. Subgenital plate roundly triangular, with apex slightly incised (
Fig. 3
). Ovipositor slightly longer than hind femora, almost straight.
Coloration.
Body yellowish brown. Ocelli yellow. Eyes, apex of abdomen and spines of legs dark, black.
FIGURES 1–3.
Phryganogryllacris brevipennis
sp. nov.
1. End of male abdominal, lateral view; 2. Subgenital plate of male, ventral view; 3. Subgenital plate of female, ventral view. Scale bars=1mm.
Measurements.
(length in mm)
Material.
Holotype
♂,
paratype
2 ♂♂,
China
, Henan, Tongbaixian, Tongbai Mountain, 2000.
IX.11
, collected by Liu Xian-Wei and Zhang Wei-Nian; 2 ♀♀,
China
, Henan, Luoshandongzhai, 1994.
VII.23
–
26
, collected by Niu Yao.
Body |
Pronotum |
Tegmina |
Hind femora |
Ovipositor |
♂ |
15.0–17.0 |
3.5 |
14.0–15.0 |
9.0–10.0 |
/ |
♀ |
20.0 |
4.5 |
18.0 |
11.0–12.0 |
13.0 |
Distribution
.
China
(Henan).
Discussion.
This new species is very similar to
Phryganogryllacris sheni
Niu
et
Shi, 1999
, but differs from the latter in: tegmina hardly extending beyond the apex of abdomen; cerci of male longer.