Description of four new species of the subgenus Tachycines (Gymnaeta) Adelung, 1902 (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) from caves in China and additional notes on some previously known species
Author
Zhu, Qi-Di
7796C4B5-5DC2-42BB-A671-18BE36E68C48
College of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China.
qidizhu0323@163.com
Author
Shi, Fu-Ming
9E53A7F0-4FEB-4AED-8E3C-BD1AB497154D
College of Life Science, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China.
shif_m@126.com
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2021
2021-08-19
764
1
17
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.764.1465
journal article
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Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
liboensis
Zhu, Chen & Shi, 2020
Fig. 5
Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
liboensis
Zhu, Chen & Shi, 2020: 73
.
Material examined
Holotype
CHINA
•
♂
;
Guizhou Prov.
,
Libo County
,
Dongtang Village
,
Banzhai Hamlet
,
Maan Cave
;
25 Oct. 2009
;
Hui-Ming Chen
leg.;
HBU
.
Additional material
CHINA
•
1 ♂
,
Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region
,
Huanjiang County
,
Chuanshan Village
,
Xiarong Hamlet
,
Shuiyuan Cave
;
4 Oct. 2016
;
Ming-Yi Tian
,
Ju-Jian Chen
,
Xin-Hui Wang
,
Ming-Ruo Tang
,
Dian-Mei Wang
,
Zhuang-Hui Qin
and
Rui-Chong Wang
leg.;
HBU
•
1 ♀
;
Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region
,
Huanjiang County
,
Chuanshan Village
,
Xiarong Hamlet
,
The Second Cave
;
6 Oct. 2016
;
Ming- Yi Tian
,
Ju-Jian Chen
,
Xin-Hui Wang
,
Ming-Ruo Tang
,
Dian-Mei Wang
,
Zhuang-Hui Qin
and
Rui- Chong Wang
leg.;
HBU
.
Descriptive notes of the female
Ovipositor nearly equal in length to half the length of hind femur, slightly curved upward, dorsal margin smooth, apical area of ventral margin denticulate. Subgenital plate nearly triangular, both sides of basal area with one triangular lobe, apex blunt.
Measurements
(mm)
Body length:
♂
: 18.0,
♀
: 18.0; length of pronotum:
♂
: 5.5–6.0,
♀
: 5.0; length of fore femur:
♂
: 14.3– 15.0,
♀
: 12.2; length of hind femur:
♂
: 26.5–27.0,
♀
: 23.0; length of hind tibia:
♂
: 30.0–31.0,
♀
: 27.0; length of hind basitarsus:
♂
: 6.0,
♀
: 5.0; length of ovipositor: 11.8.
Distribution
China
(
Guangxi
,
Guizhou
).
Remarks
The female of this species is recorded and described here for the first time.