Two new species of the genus Diestramima from China (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Aemodogryllinae)
Author
He, Zhu-Qing
Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Author
Yu, Zhe-Yuan
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
Author
Zong, Jing-Song
0000-0002-1275-7575
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China & jszong @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1275 - 7575
Author
Di, Mi
0000-0002-7479-7660
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China & superbiuua @ outlook. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7479 - 7660
superbiuua@outlook.com
Author
Shen, Zi-Hao
Hubei Broad Nature Technology Service Co., Ltd
Author
Liu, Yi-Jiao
0000-0002-2169-5628
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China & 1091078192 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2169 - 5628
1091078192@qq.com
Author
Qi, Yan-Yan
Author
L, Kai
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-09-08
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3
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5343.3.4
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5343.3.4
1175-5326
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Diestramima pingmengensis
He & Zong
,
sp. nov.
Fig. 3 A–I
FIGURE 3.
Diestramima pingmengensis
sp. nov.
A
, male head, front view;
B
, male thorax, dorsal view;
C
, apex of abdomen, dorsal view;
D
, male body, lateral view;
E
, apex of abdomen, lateral view;
F
, apex of abdomen, distal view;
G
, hind basitarsus, outer lateral view;
H
, hind basitarsus, inner lateral view;
I
, hind femora, outer lateral view.
Holotype
:
male (ECNU-3205),
CHINA
,
Guangxi
,
Baise
,
Pingmeng town
,
22.95° N
106.00° E
,
8-vii-2021
, coll.
Zhu-Qing He.
Paratypes
:
2 males
(ECNU-3204, ECNU-3207), same data as holotype
.
Description.
Male. Body small and pubescent. Head with fastigium of vertex divided by two round tubercles, slightly separated at apex (
Fig. 3A
). Legs long and slender. Fore femora about 2.1 times as long as the pronotum, femora unarmed on ventral surface, internal genicular lobe with one small spine, external genicular lobe with one long spine; tibiae with two external and two internal spines on ventral surface, apex with one pair of dorsal spines and one pair of ventral spines, one spinule between two ventral end spines. Middle femora unarmed on ventral surface and with one movable spine on the internal and external genicular lobes respectively ventral side of middle tibiae with two internal and two external spines, apex with one pair of dorsal spines and one pair of ventral spines, one spinule between two ventral end spines. Hind femora ventrally with 6–7 inner spines; tibiae with 31–35 internal spinules and 33–35 external spinules on dorsal surface, subapex with one pair of dorsal spines, apex with one pair of dorsal spines and two pairs of ventral spines; hind metatarsus dorsally with two spinules (
Fig. 3G–H
). Apex of paraproct blunt. Process of male 7th abdominal tergite rather short, the middle of posteromedian process slightly curved downward and narrowed into a trapezoid (
Fig. 3C, E–F
).
Female. Unknown.
Coloration.
Body brown and dorsally with numerous irregular light marks (
Fig. 3B, D
). Face with four longitudinal black stripes. Hind femora with annular black stripes and irregular black stripes (
Fig. 3I
).
Measurements
(in mm). Length of body ♁15.6–16.9; length of pronotum ♁6.2–6.5; length of fore femora ♁13.6–13.8; length of hind femora ♁25.1–26.2; length of hind tibiae ♁27.6–29.3; length of hind basitarsi ♁7.7– 9.7.
Distribution.
China
(
Guangxi
).
Remarks.
The new species is similar to
D
.
bispinosa
Gorochov, 2015
and
D
.
cycla
Zhu & Shi, 2018
, but differs in: smaller body size; process of 7th abdominal tergite short and apical part not significantly curved downward, the apex of paraproct more blunted and without bifurcation.
Etymology.
The name of the new species refers to its
type
locality. Chinese name:
ṮZżẗâ
.