Anormalous liu sp. nov.: a first record and a new species of the genus Anormalous Liu, 2011 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) from India
Author
Shah 1, Muzamil Syed
Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India
Author
Usmani 1, Mohd Kamil
Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1078.75499
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1078.75499
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Anormalous liu
sp. nov
Figures 1-4
, 5-13
, 14-21
Description.
Male
: Small sized body, eyes large and bulging outwards, antenna long and flexible, light green, fastigium dorsally sulcate with conical apex, narrower than first antennal segment. Pronotum saddle shaped; lateral lobe of pronotum distinctly longer than high. Pronotal disc with prozona smooth and metazona flat, without lateral carinae. Lateral lobe of pronotum with shallow humeral sinus. Tegmen short not surpassing the abdomen with longitudinal veins well developed, apex rounded; hind wings not well developed and shorter than tegmen. Fore tibia with two rows of 9 evenly- distributed spines ventrally; mid tibia with 12 spines ventrally and 6 dorsally; prosternum unarmed; mesosternum and metasternum with two more or less rounded lobes. Male last abdominal tergite rounded with a shallow depression; cerci long and cylindrical with pointed apex. Male subgenital plate elongated with two long lobes attached together; small notch at anterior end; apical end without distinct styli.
Figures 1-4.
Anormalous liu
sp. nov.
1-2
Holotype male and
2-3
paratype female.
Female
: Last abdominal tergite rounded without any incision; subgenital plate small, conical; epiproct long and tongue- shaped; cerci small, slender tapering toward the end; ovipositor long and weekly curved, with small teeth at distal end.
Remarks.
The new species differs from the only other species,
Anormalous zhangi
Liu (2011)
, as follows: male subgenital plate with two long cylindrical lobes fused with each other, blunt at the apices (Fig.
10
), male stridulatory area longer than broad (Fig.
13
), and absence of posterior apical spurs on fore and mid tibiae.
Figures 5-13.
Characters of the holotype male
Anormalous liu
sp. nov.
5
head lateral
6
lateral view of pronotum
7
dorsal view of pronotum
8
fastigium
9
sternum
10
subgenital plate
11
cerci
12
male last tergite
13
tegmen.
Distribution.
India, Kashmir
Etymology.
The name of the species is given after Chun-Xiang Liu who described the genus
Anormalous
.
Material examined.
Holotype
: Male.
India
:
Jammu and Kashmir
;
Kashmir
,
Kupwara
, (
34.5262°N
,
74.2546°E
), 01 male,
16.08.2021
, on grass, collected by
Muzamil Syed Shah
deposited in
Museum of Zoology Department
,
Aligarh Muslim University
,
Aligarh
Uttar Pradesh
,
India
.
Figures 14-21.
Anormalous liu
sp. nov.
14
male
stridulatory file
15
female
tegmen
16
female
last tergite
17
female
subgenital plate
18
ovipositor
19
fore tibia
20
mid tibia
21
hind femur.
Paratype
:
Female
:
India
:
Jammu and Kashmir
; Kashmir, Baramulla, Gulmarg (
34.0484°N
,
74.3805°E
),
two females
,
20.08.2021
, on grass, collected by
Muzamil Syed Shah
deposited in
Museum of Zoology Department
,
Aligarh Muslim University
,
Aligarh
Uttar Pradesh
,
India
.