Two new species of cricket genus Anaxiphomorpha Gorochov, 1987 (Orthoptera, Trigonidiidae, Trigonidiinae) in China
Author
He, Zhi Xin
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9148-8157
Shaanxi Normal University, 710119 Xi'an, China
Author
Ma, Li Bin
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8556-7158
Shaanxi Normal University, 710119 Xi'an, China
libinma@foxmail.com
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1073.75598
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1073.75598
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Anaxiphomorpha nonggangensis He & Ma
sp. nov.
Figs 1
, 2
, 3A, B
, 4A-C
Material examined.
Holotype
.
China
:
Male
,
Guangxi
,
Longzhou
,
Nonggang National Natural Reserve
,
5.V.2019
,
22.46°N
,
106.96°E
,
Libin Ma
&
Tao Zhang
leg.
Paratypes
.
7 males
and
4 females
, same information as
holotype
(SNNU).
Figure 1.
Known distribution of
Anaxiphomorpha
species, including the new species
A. nonggangensis
sp. nov. and
A. manereserratus
sp. nov..
Diagnosis.
Male (Figs
2A
,
3A
).
Body size small. Head small and pubescent, slightly wider than anterior margin of pronotum; frontal rostrum as wide as antennal scape; eyes large and protruding forwards; apical three joints of maxillary palpi distinctly elongate, 5th joint truncated apically. Pronotum transverse, strongly widened posteriorly and distinctly longer than width of anterior one. Tegmina extending slightly over apex of abdomen, armed with one oblique vein; mirror slightly elongate; hindwings absent. Fore tibia armed with a large long-oval external tympanum, and without internal tympanum. Hind tibia bearing three dorsal spurs on two sides respectively, and bearing two apical spurs inside and three outside.
Figure 2.
Habitus (alive) of
A. nonggangensis
sp. nov. on leaf
A
male
B
female (photography: Zhang, Tao).
Figure 3.
Habitus photographs.
A, B
A. nonggangensis
sp. nov.
C, D
A. manereserratus
sp. nov.
A, C
Male
B, D
Female. Scale bar: 1 mm.
Genitalia
(Fig.
4A-C
). Lateral lobes of epiphallus slightly longer than median lobes, and possessing several teeth at outer margin, not narrowed apically in dorsal view, gradually narrowed apically in lateral view; median lobes shaped as boot and abruptly narrowed apically in lateral view. Etcoparameres transversely and truncated apically.
Figure 4.
Male genitalia
A-C
A. nonggangensis
sp. nov.
D-F
A. manereserratus
sp. nov.
A, D
dorsal views
B, E
lateral views
C, F
ventral views.
Female (Figs
2B
,
3B
).
Body slightly smaller than male. Tegmen rather convex, armed with five regular veins on dorsal field. Ovipositor blade-shaped.
Coloration.
Body colored yellow. Dorsal area of head ornamented with four brown longitudinal stripes in ventral view, anterior half of abdomen colored dark brown in male or small part of middle abdomen colored dark in female. Apex of each hind femur bearing a small dark spot on two sides respectively. Ovipositor ventrally colored brown to dark brown and remainder yellowish.
Measurements.
Male.
BL 5.17-6.42, PL 0.98-1.19, TL 3.73-4.54, HFL 3.27-3.96.
Female.
BL 4.50-5.63, PL 0.99-1.17, TL 3.87-4.42, OL 2.22-2.67.
Etymology.
The name refers its type locality, Nonggang National Natural Reserve.
Distribution.
China (Guangxi) (Fig.
1
).
Remarks.
This species is very similar to
A. brevisparamerus
in the ectoparameres of the male genitalia, but different in the epiphallic lateral lobes of this new species, which are shaped as boot with an acute apex.