New taxa of the genus Phlugiolopsis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China, with comments on the importance to taxonomy of the left tegmen
Author
Bian, Xun
Author
Shi, Fuming
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-12-19
4532
3
341
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.2
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Phlugiolopsis
(
Tribranchis
) Bian
&
Shi
,
subgen. nov.
Type
species:
Phlugiolopsis tribranchis
Bian
, Shi & Chang, 2012
Diagnosis.
The male cerci in this subgenus have 3 branches described as follows: basal half with 1 digitiform process or lobe on dorsal internal margin and 1 obvious lobe on ventral internal margin, apical half cylindrical and incurved, apices subacute.
The subgenus includes four species, namely:
Phlugiolopsis
(
Tribranchis
)
tribranchis
Bian
, Shi & Chang,
2012,
Phlugiolopsis
(
Tribranchis
)
circolobosis
Bian
, Shi & Chang, 2012,
Phlugiolopsis
(
Tribranchis
)
punctata
Wang, Liu & Li, 2012
and
Phlugiolopsis
(
Tribranchis
)
elongata
Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013
.
Etymology.
The subgeneric name ‘
tribranchis
’ is refers to the shape of male cerci.