Three new species of the subfamily Opisthocosmiinae from China (Dermaptera, Forficulidae), with new synonymies and combinations
Author
Sun, Meiling
Author
Li, Kai
Author
Liu, Xianwei
text
Zootaxa
2016
4109
3
359
371
journal article
39121
10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.6
b850186c-256a-4292-b943-e58d2c578c62
1175-5326
266075
2C54621D-7DEC-4492-A41C-96036D85F566
Mesolabia
Shiraki, 1906
Mesolabia
Shiraki, 1906
: 12
Generic diagnosis.
Size medium; body slender. Head tumid and smooth, suture distinct, antennae with 12 joints, first joint length almost equal to the distance between the antennal bases, fourth joint slightly longer than third and shorter than fifth. Pronotum slightly longer than broad, narrower than head; anterior and lateral margins straight, posterior margin rounded; prozona weakly tumid, median suture indistinct. Elytra smooth, not keeled, with weak inner anterior angle, exposing a scutellum; wings present or absent. Legs slender, first joint of hind tarsus as long as second and third together. Last abdominal tergite of male slightly transverse, pygidium more or less prominent, forceps bases widely separated, inner surface very flat, with sides forming a faint ridge and armed with sharp teeth and some granules. Female forceps simple, nearly touching at base.
Two species of this genus are known from
China
. The species
Mesolabia
? deprepaniensis
(Kapoor
et al
., 1971) from
India
may also belong to this genus.
Type
species:
Mesolabia niitakaensis
Shiraki, 1906
.