A phylogenetic study of Chinese Velarifictorus Randell, 1964 based on COI gene with describing one new species (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae)
Author
Chen, Guang-Yu
Author
Shen, Chu-Ze
Author
Liu, Yun-Fei
Author
Liao, Wang
Author
He, Zhu-Qing
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-12-14
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4531.4.2
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V
.
aspersus
(
Walker, 1869
)
Gryllus aspersus
Walker, 1869
Scapsipedus aspersus
Chopard, 1936
Æ‘elarifictorus
aspersus
Randell, 1964
;
He, 2018
Material examined.
1 male
,
CHINA
,
Sichuan
,
Chengdu
,
21-x-2017
, coll.
HE Zhu-Qing
;
1 male
,
CHINA
,
Yunnan
,
Banna
,
30-iv-2017
, coll.
HE Zhu-Qing
;
1 male
,
CHINA
,
Zhejiang
,
Qingyuan
,
2-viii-2011
, coll.
HE Zhu-Qing.
Distribution.
China
(
Anhui
,
Fujian
,
Guangdong
,
Guangxi
,
Guizhou
,
Hainan
,
Hebei
,
Jiangsu
,
Jiangxi
,
Shaanxi
,
Shandong
,
Sichuan
,
Yunnan
,
Zhejiang
),
Japan
,
Korea
;
India
subcontinent; Indo-China,
Malesia
.
Note.
This species is widely distributed in
East Asia
. In northern
China
, it is univoltine and overwinters as eggs. In southern
China
and other tropical areas, they are bivoltine or polyvoltine and overwinter as nymphs. The mandible is allometric. Large male individuals have long mandibles, appearing concave near the clypeus (
Ingrisch 1998
). However, small male individuals do not have long mandibles, is similar to
V
.
micado
(
Fig. 1d
).