Two new species and a key to nine species of the genus Mongolotettix Rehn, 1928 from China (Acrididae, Acridoidea, Orthoptera)
Author
Shi, Jian-Ping
Author
Liu, Zhi-Wei
Author
Li, Bao-Ping
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Zootaxa
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Key to species of the genus
Mongolotettix
Rehn, 1928
1. Tegmina of male shorter, not reaching end of hind femur. Tegmina of female not concave distally (figs.1, 5)............. 2
- Tegmina of male longer, reaching to end of hind femur. Tegmina of female concave distally (figs.16)............................................................................................
M. chongqingensis
Xie
&
Li, 2000
Xie & Li, 2000
Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica
, 25(1), 51-53.
Type
locality:
China
, Chongqing, Wansheng Area. N 28°46′–48′, E 106°49′–52′. Location of
type
specimen:
holotype
, ♂,
paratype
♀, Chongqing Natural Museum,
China
.
2.
Hind
margin of tergum of periproct with circular furculae in male (fig.19)........................................ 3
-
Hind
margin of tergum of periproct without circular furculae in male (fig.20)...................................... 7
3. Length of interspace of mesosternum 3–4 times minimum width in male (figs. 22, 23).............................. 4
- Length of interspace of mesosternum 1.8–1.9 times minimum width in male (fig.24).............................. 6
4. Length of interspace of mesosternum 3 times minimum width in male............................................ 5
- Length of interspace of mesosternum 4 times minimum width in male..............
M. mistshenkoi
Chogsomzhav, 1974
Chogsomzhav, 1974
Entomological Review
, 53, 75–77.
Type
locality:
Mongolia
, East Gobi Aymak, Shikhoj-Nur near Lak Shokhoy-Nur Location of
type
specimen:
holotype
, ♂,
paratype
♀, Institute of Biology, Ulan Bato,
Mongolia
.
5. Body small, length of body ♂ 15.0–
16.6 mm
, ♀
22.8–24.4 mm
; tegmina of male with white stripe on the fore margin at base; subgenital plate of male short conical, sides straight, apex not acute; both outer sides of epiphallus with acute projection in the middle (fig.17)...................................................
M. angustiseptus
Wan, Ren
&
Zhang, 1998
Wan, Ren & Zhang, 1998
Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica
, 23(1), 33–35.
Type
locality:
China
, Jilin, Xianghai National Natural Protection Area. Location of
type
specimen:
holotype
, ♂, Department of Biology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun,
China
.
- Body larger, length of body ♂
25.6 mm
, ♀
39.1mm
; tegmina of male without white stripe on the fore margin at base; subgeni- tal plate of male conical, sides concave, apex acute; both outer sides of epiphallus without acute projection in the middle (fig.3).............................................................................
M. wulingyuanensis
sp. nov.
6. Tegmina of male reaching to 3/5 of hind femur. Epiphallus with projection on both inner sides (fig.25).................................................................................................
M. zhengi
Li
&
Lian, 1994
Li & Lian 1994
Entomology Research
, (1), 53–55.
Type
locality:
China
, Inner
Mongolia
, Hailar. Location of
type
specimen:
holotype
, ♂, Institute of Zoology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an
China
.
- Tegmina of male reaching to 4/5 of hind femur. Epiphallus without projection on both inner sides (fig.26).............................................................................................
M. japonicus
(
Bolívar, 1898
)
Bolívar,1898
Annals
Museum Genova, 39 /ser.
2 v. 19
, 82. (
Chrysochraon
) Shiraki, 1910. Acrididen
Japana
2, 16. (
Chrysochraon
)
Rehn, 1928
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 80: 200. (
Mongolotettix
)
Type
locality:
Japan
, Eastern Area. Location of
type
specimen:
holotype
, ♂, MCSN Genoa.
7. Interspace of mesosternum narrow distinctly in male (figs.11).................................................. 8
- Interspace of mesosternum narrow slightly in male (fig.21)...............................
M. vittatus
(
Uvarov, 1914
)
Uvarov, 1914
Annals
Museum Zoological Academy Sciences, 19, 167–172. (
Chrysochraon
)
Bei-Bienko & Mishchenko. 1951
Locusts and Grasshoppers of the
U.S.
S.R. and Adjacent Countries, 2, 419–420. (
Mongolotettix
).
Yin,
et al.
. 2003
Fauna Sinica, Insecta 32(supplement):154. (
Mongolotettix vittatus
).
Type
locality: Russian Far East, Transbaikalia, Tshiko. Location of
type
specimen:
holotype
, ♀, ZIN St. Petersburg.
8. Tegmina of male longer, reaching the end of epiproct, without white stripe on the fore margin at base; tegmina of female longer, reaching the middle of 2nd abdominal tergum; width of epiphallus larger than high; upper ovipositor valve slender, length 3.8 times its maximum width (figs.8, 10, 13, 14).........................................
M. shaanxiensis
sp. nov.
- Tegmina of male shorter, not reaching the base of epiproct?with white stripe on the fore margin at base, tegmina of female shorter, not reaching the hind margin of first abdominal tergum; width of epiphallus equal its high; upper ovipositor valve shorter and broader, length 2.5 times its maximum width (fig.18)......................
M. anomopterus
(
Caudell, 1921
)
Caudell, 1921
Proceedings
of the Entomological Society of Washington, 23, 27–35. (
Chrysochraon
) Bey-Bienko, 1932 Eos 8: 86. (
Mongolotettix
).
Type
locality:
China
, Zhejiang, Mokanshan. Location of
type
specimen:
holotype
, ♂, USNM Washington.