Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera) XIX: New supplements to the genus Apterolarnaca Gorochov, 2004
Author
Zhang, Qianwen
0000-0001-6856-840X
Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, China. & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, China. & Zhangqianwen 33 @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6856 - 840 X
Author
Luo, Yehong
Guangxi Huaping National Nature Reserve Management Office, Guilin 541000, Guangxi, China;
Author
Bian, Xun
Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, China. & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, China.
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10.11646/zootaxa.5343.6.1
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Apterolarnaca
(
Bianigryllacris
)
sicula
Zhang & Bian
sp. nov.
ńŵflüdzḋă
Figure 12
Description. Female.
Fastigium verticis about two times as wide as scape. Face with scattered impressed dots (
Fig. 12A
). Ocelli indistinct. Pronotum with anterior and posterior margins truncate (
Fig. 12B
); lateral lobes longer than high, anterior angle widely rounded, posterior angle angular (
Fig. 12C
). Fore coxae swollen with 1 spine (
Fig. 12B
). Fore and middle femora unarmed on ventral surfaces, hind femora with 1 internal and 4 external spines on ventral surface. Fore tibiae ventrally with 4 pairs of spurs and 1 pair of apical spurs; middle tibiae ventrally with 3 pairs of spurs and 1 pair of apical spurs, dorsal surface with 1 internal spine. Hind tibiae arched with 2 internal and 5 external spines on dorsal surface, apices with 1 pair of dorsal spurs and 2 pairs of ventral spurs.
Second and third abdominal tergites each with two rows of stridulatory pegs (
Fig. 12D
). Seventh abdominal sternite normal. Subgenital plate slightly wider than long, lateral margins narrowing to apex which slightly convex in middle, posterior margin narrowly angular (
Fig. 12G
). Ovipositor short, apices narrowly rounded (
Fig. 12F
).
Male.
Unknown.
Coloration.
Body yellowish brown. Fastigium verticis with transverse black stripe between antennal cavities which short extending to dorsal surface of head along the middle area (
Fig. 12A
). Internal margins of antennal cavities black (
Fig. 12A
). Genae with longitudinal black stripe below eyes. Dorsal surface of head with semicircular black pattern, behind eyes with a short longitudinal black stripe on each side (
Fig. 12B
). Abdominal tergites with narrow black margins, dorsal surface of abdomen with a wide longitudinal black band. Apices of all femora black. Basal and apical areas of all tibiae with black rings, dorsal spines of hind tibiae black (
Fig. 12E
).
Material examined.
Holotype
: female,
Yangmeiao
,
Jiuwanshan
,
Guangxi
,
August 5, 2021
, coll. by Xiaoyu Peng.
Measurements (mm).
Female: BL 20.5, PL 3.6, HFL 9.0, OvL 5.0.
Distribution.
Guangxi
(Jiuwanshan).
Discussion.
Lu
et al.
(2022)
thought the specimen from Jiuwanshan,
Guangxi
was
Apterolarnaca
(
Bianigryllacris
)
fallax
(Liu & Bi, 2008)
. However, after examining the morphological graphs of
type
specimens of
Apterolarnaca
(
Bianigryllacris
)
fallax
(Liu & Bi, 2008)
, we thought the former was a new undescribed species. The new species differs from the latter by the posterior margin of female subgenital plate widely triangular in ventral view with a small angular in the middle instead of widely rounded (
Fig. 12G
). The morphological illustrations have been provided by
Lu
et al.
(2022)
in
Fig. 5
.
Etymology.
The new species name drives from the posterior margin of female subgenital plate with a small angular.