Review of the subgenus Tachycines (Gymnaeta) Adelung, 1902 (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae, Aemodogryllinae, Aemodogryllini)
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Qin, Yanyan
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Liu, Xianwei
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Li, Kai
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Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
beresowskii
(
Adelung, 1902
)
(
Figs. 36–38
)
Gymnaeta beresowskii
Adelung, 1902
.
Ann. Zoo. Imp. Sciences
St. Petersburg
, 7: 62.
Gymnaeta gansuicus
Adelung, 1902
.
Ann. Zoo. Imp. Sciences
St. Petersburg
, 7: 64.
Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
gansuicus
Karny, 1934
.
Ark. Zool. A
, 26(2): 3; Karny, 1934.
Konowia
, 13(1–3): 218;
Karny, 1937
.
Genera Insectorum
, 206: 248.
Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
beresowskii
Karny, 1934
.
Konowia
, 13(1–3): 218;
Karny, 1937
.
Genera Insectorum
, 206: 248.
Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
beresowskii
Storozhenko, 1990
.
Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie
, 69(4): 847 (
T
.
(
G
.)
gansuicus
synonymzied by Storozhenko as
T
.
(
G
.)
beresowskii
);
Jin
&
Xia, 1994
.
Jour. Orth. Res.
3: 18.
Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
tianmushanensis
Liu
&
Zhang, 2001
.
Insects of Tianmushan National Nature Reserve
, Science Press,
Beijing
: 98 (
syn. n.
).
Diestrammena
(
Gymnaeta
)
tianmushanensis
Jiao
et al.
, 2008
.
Zootaxa
, 1917: 57–58.;
Rampini, Di Russo
&
Cobolli, 2008
.
Monografie Naturalistiche
, 3: 130;
Zhang
&
Liu, 2009
.
Zootaxa
, 2272: 33 (
syn. n.
).
Diestrammena
(
Gymnaeta
)
beresowskii
Rampini, Di Russo
&
Cobolli, 2008
.
Monografie Naturalistiche
, 3: 130;
Zhang
&
Liu, 2009
.
Zootaxa
, 2272: 35.
Diestrammena
(
Gymnaeta
)
improvisa
Gorochov, 2010
.
Far Eastern Entomologist
, 206: 8 (
syn. n.
).
Redescription.
Male. Body medium sized. Vertex of head divided into conical tubercles. Legs elongate and slender; fore femur about 1.5–1.8 times longer than the pronotum, ventrally unarmed, internal knee lobe with a small spine, external genicular lobe with 1 elongate movable spur; fore tibiae beneath with 2 external spurs and 1 internal spur. Mid femur with an elongate movable spur on the internal and external genicular lobe, ventrally unarmed; mid tibiae beneath with 1 external spur and 1 internal spur. Hind femur without spines ventrally; hind tibiae above with 58–82 outer and inner spines respectively, arranged in groups. Supra internal spur of hind tibiae not exceeding ventral apex of hind metatarsus. Hind metatarsus keeled ventrally. Epiphallus of male genitalia Ashaped, upper arm rather short, lateral arms with apex blunt (
Figs. 36–37
).
Female. Subgenital plate wider than long and hind margin deeply notched (
Fig. 38
). Ovipositor almost equal to half the length of hind femur.
Coloration.
Body dark brown. Legs with annular stripes.
Measurements.
(length in mm) Body
♂
11.0–17.0,
♀
12.0–17.0; pronotum
♂
5.5–6.5,
♀
5.5–7.5; fore femur
♂
8.0–11.5,
♀
8.5–10.0; hind femur
♂
15.0–22.5,
♀
16.0–27.0; ovipositor 9.0–13.0.
Specimens studied.
1♂
,
Xitianmu
,
Linan
,
Zhejiang
,
1069m
,
2010-IX-13
~
X-3
, collected by
Pan Hui
;
2♂♂
,
Xitianmu
,
Linan
,
Zhejiang
,
1168–1172m
,
2011-VIII-13
~
IX-10
, collected by
Pan Hui
;
1♀
,
Tianmu Mountain
,
1989-IX-2
, collected by
Protura
group;
5♂♂
4♀♀
,
Liziping reserve
,
Shimian
,
Sichuan
, alt.
2100m
,
2007-VII- 22
~25, collected by
Liu Xian-Wei
et al.
;
3♂♂
1♀
,
Laba River
,
Tianquan
,
Sichuan
,
2060m
,
2007-VII-28
~30, collected by
Liu Xian-Wei
et al.
;
1♂
1♀
,
Qingcheng Mountain
,
Dujiangyan
,
1987-VIII-10
, collected by
Liu
Xian-
Wei
;
8♂♂
19♀♀
,
Hongxialinchang
,
Liupanshan
,
Ningxia
, alt.
2000m
,
2008-VII-11
~12, collected by
Bi Wen-Xuan
;
17♂♂
13♀♀
(nymphs),
Liupanshan
,
Ningxia
,
2008-VI-21
~
VII-8
, collected by
Bi Wen-Xuan.
FIGURES 36–38.
Tachycines
(
Gymnaeta
)
beresowskii
(Adelung, 1902)
. 36. male genitalia, dorsal view; 37. male genitalia, ventral view; 38. female subgenital plate, ventral view. (scale=1mm)
Distribution.
China
(
Gansu
*,
Ningxia
,
Sichuan
,
Zhejiang
,
Hubei
).
Diagnosis.
The main features of this species are: (1) widely distributed; (2) body size medium, it is more difficult to distinguish from other species just from morphological features. Epiphallus of male genitalia and subgenital plate can be regarded as the diagnostic characters to distinguish from others. This species with 2 synonyms:
T
.
(
G
.)
tianmushanensis
Zhang
&
Liu, 2001
syn. n
and
T
. (
G
.)
improvisus
(Gorochov, 2010)
syn. n.
.
The individuals collected from
Zhejiang
have the hind tibiae above with 72–82 spines at each side and the hind femur is about 22.0–23.0mm long; the individuals collected from
Sichuan
have the hind tibiae above on each side with 60–65 spines and the hind femur is about 20.0mm long; the individuals collected from
Ningxia
have the hind tibiae above on each side with 58–63 spines and the hind femur is about 15.0–16.0mm long. We consider that the specimens from
Zhejiang
,
Sichuan
,
Ningxia
are geographical variations of
T
.
(
G
.)
beresowskii
(
Adelung, 1902
)
because the male genitalia and the female subgenital plate are almost the same between populations.