New species of the genus Elimaea Stål, 1874 (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from China
Author
Wang, Gang
Author
Shi, Fuming
text
Zootaxa
2017
4294
2
209
225
journal article
32650
10.11646/zootaxa.4294.2.5
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Elimaea
(
Rhaebelimaea
)
maculata
sp. nov.
(
Figures 1
D, 2C–D, 3O–R, 4D, 8A, 9F–H)
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Type
material.
HOlOtype
, male,
Chachang
,
Suiyang
,
GuizhOu
,
15 Aug. 2010
, cOll. LehOng ZhaO.
Paratype
,
1 male
,
Emeishan
,
Sichuan
,
31 Jul. 2011
, cOll. Fuming Shi.
Description.
Male. BOdy medium-sized. Fastigium verticis narrOw, slOping anteriOrly, shallOwly furrOwed On dOrsal surface; separated frOm fastigium frOntis by a gap. PrOnOtum with disc flattened in pOsteriOr area, lateral angles appreciably cOnstricted befOre the middle, then gradually expanding backwards, anteriOr margin cOncave, pOsteriOr margin rOunded, principle transverse sulcus V-shaped; lateral lObes distinctly lOnger than deep, anteriOr margin slightly cOncave, pOsteriOr margin rOunded, ventral margin descending pOsteriOrly; humeral sinus distinct.
Tegmina surpassing apices Of pOstfemOra, and brOader than the length Of prOnOtum, apices rOunded; radius sectOr branching behind the middle Of tegmina and with 3 branches at distal part Of Rs, withOut Other stems behind Rs On radius (
Fig. 8
A); stridulatOry areas Of left and right tegmina with internal margin mOderately prOjecting, prOximal part Of MP+CuIP vein behind stridulatOry area curved Outwards, width Of the area Of left tegmen abOut
2.1 mm
(
Fig. 2
C–D); stridulatOry file
2.9 mm
lOng, mOderately curved befOre the middle, with abOut 170 teeth, which Of basal twO thirds with 80 definite teeth, the Others faint and arranged densely (
Fig. 4
D).
All femOra dOrsally smOOth, with a lOngitudinal grOOve On ventral surface; prOcOxae unarmed; prOfemOra with 12 ventrO-internal and 7 ventrO-external spines; prOtibiae with 5 dOrsO-external spines, 11–13 ventrO-internal and 8–9 ventrO-external spines; mesOfemOra with 14–16 ventrO-external spines; mesOtibiae with 11–13 dOrsO-internal and 5–7 dOrsO-external spines, 13 ventrO-internal and 15–18 ventrO-external spines; pOstfemOra with 12–13 ventrOexternal spines; pOsttibiae with numerOus spines On dOrsal and ventral surfaces.
Tenth abdOminal tergite with pOsteriOr margin excised in the middle. EpiprOct lOng tOngue-shaped, basal area brOad, apical half narrOw, apex narrOwly rOunded; cerci shOrt and stOut, strOngly curved inwards, with a flattened, sharp tip (
Fig. 3
O, P); subgenital plate brOad in basal area, distal part narrOw, apical third nOtched widely, lateral lObes with apices rOunded and directing Outwards (
Fig. 3
Q, R); genitalia with a pair Of stOut and shOrt lateral lObes, apical margins sclerOtized with denticles (
Fig. 9
F–H).
Female. UnknOwn.
Color.
BOdy green. Occiput with a lOngitudinal light brOwn stripe, which extending tO pOsteriOr margin Of prOnOtum alOng the midline; tegmina and femOra with numerOus brOwn dOts; stridulatOry area with a blOck Of brOwn spOt behind stridulatOry vein Of left tegmen, and the bases Of left and right tegmina with a dark brOwn mark; abdOmen with numerOus red dOts On lateral surfaces; cerci with apices brOwn.
Measurements (mm).
Male. BOdy: 18.0–18.5; bOdy with wings: 50.0–50.4; prOnOtum: 4.6–4.7; tegmen length: 36.5–37.5; tegmen width: 8.5–8.7; prOfemur: 9.8–10.0; mesOfemur: 12.6–13.2; pOstfemur: 27.5–28.5.
Etymology.
The name Of new species refers tO the stridulatOry area Of left tegmen with characteristic spOt.
Remarks.
The new species resembles
Elimaea
(
Rhaebelimaea
)
schenklingi
Karny,
1915
in male subgential plate with a deep apical nOtch, and lateral lObes with apices rOunded, but it differs frOm the latter in Rs branching behind the middle Of tegmina; male epiprOct with basal area brOad, apical half narrOw; stridulatOry area with a blOck Of brOwn spOt behind stridulatOry vein Of left tegmen, the bases Of left and right tegmina with a dark brOwn mark; genitalia with characteristic structure.
Distribution.
China
(
Sichuan
,
GuizhOu
).