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
)
multispinosus
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 7–8
)
Description.
Male. Body medium sized. Vertex of head divided into conical tubercles. Legs elongate and slender; fore femora about 2.0 times as long as the pronotum, ventrally unarmed, internal genicular 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 tibiae ventrally with 1 external and 1 internal spur. Hind femora beneath with 2–3 inter spines and without outer spines; hind tibiae above with 89–95 outer and inner spines respectively, arrange in groups. Super internal spur of hind tibiae almost at the position of the dorso-apical spine of hind metatarsus (
Fig. 7
). Hind metatarsus keeled beneath. Epiphallus of male genitalia like the shape of “A”, lateral side of base inflated, median lobe with a rather large sclerite (
Fig. 8
).
Female. Unknown.
Coloration.
Body uniformly yellowish brown. Legs without distinct stripes.
Measurements.
(length in mm) Body
♂
19.0; pronotum
♂
5.5; fore femora
♂
11.0; hind femora
♂
21.0.
Material examined.
Holotype
,
1♂
,
Liziping
reserve,
Shimian
,
Sichuan
, alt.
2100m
,
2007-VII-22
~25, collected by
Liu Xian-Wei.
Distribution.
China
(
Sichuan
).
FIGURES 7–8.
Tachycines
(
Tachycines
)
multispinosus
sp. nov.
. 7. Hind tarsus, lateral view; 8. Male genitalia, dorsal view. (Scale bars: 1mm).
Diagnosis.
This species is rather similar to
T
. (
T
.)
trilobatus
sp. nov.
but differs from the latter in that: hind tibiae dorsally with 85–95 spines on each side and median lateral lobe of male genitalia sclerotized.
Etymology.
The specific epithet refers to the multiple spines on hind tibia.