Divided the genus Tachycines Adelung (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae: Aemodogryllinae; Aemodogryllini) from China
Author
Qin, Yanyan
Author
Wang, Hanqiang
Author
Liu, Xianwei
Author
Li, Kai
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-01-22
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journal article
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Tachycines
(
Tachycines
)
trilobatus
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 9
)
Description.
Female. Body medium sized. Vertex of head divided into conical tubercles. Legs elongate and slender; fore femora about 1.7 times as long as the pronotum, ventrally unarmed, internal knee lobe with a small spine, external genicular lobe with 1 elongate movable spur; fore tibiae ventrally with 2 external and 1 internal spur(s). Mid femora with an elongate movable spur on the internal and genicular lobe, ventrally unarmed; mid tibia ventrally with 1 external and 1 internal spur. Hind femora ventrally with 5–6 inner spines and without outer spines; hind tibiae above with 75–85 outer and inter spines respectively, arrange in groups. Super internal spur of hind tibia exceeding the dorso-apical spine of metatarsus. Hind metatarsus keeled beneath. Subgenital plate with 3 nearly triangular lobes, median lobe rather large and lateral lobes rather small (
Fig. 9
). Ovipositor shorter than the half of hind femora.
Coloration.
Body brown. Face without distinct stripes. Legs light, other parts brown.
Measurements.
(length in mm) Body
♀
15.0–17.0; pronotum
♀
7.5; fore femora
♀
13.0–14.0; hind femora
♀
27.0–29.0; ovipositor 9.0–10.0.
Material examined.
Holotype
,
1♀
,
Suoluo
natural reserve,
Guizhou
, alt.
300m
,
2006-X-20
, collected by
Liu Xian-Wei
et al.
,
paratype
,
1♀
, same data as the
holotype
.
Distribution.
China
(
Guizhou
).
Diagnosis.
This species is rather similar to
T
. (
T
.)
multispinosus
sp. nov.
, but differs from the latter in that: hind tibiae above with 75–85 spines on each side and female subgenital plate with 3 triangular lobes (
Fig. 9
).
Etymology.
The specific epithet refers to the subgenital plate of female bearing 3 lobes.