Review of the species of the genus Marthogryllacris (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae, Gryllacridinae)
Author
Li, Miaomiao
School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China. Email: kaili @ admin. ecnu. edu. cn & Shanghai Entomology Museum, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China. E-mail: liuxianwei 2008 @ 163. com Corresponding author
Author
Fang, Yan
School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China. Email: kaili @ admin. ecnu. edu. cn
Author
Liu, Xianwei
Shanghai Entomology Museum, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China. E-mail: liuxianwei 2008 @ 163. com Corresponding author
Author
Li, Kai
School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China. Email: kaili @ admin. ecnu. edu. cn
text
Zootaxa
2014
2014-12-01
3889
2
277
288
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3889.2.6
1175-5326
4952367
B1A5B72C-834C-4DF4-AA75-2E4CE1136730
9.
Marthogryllacris (Borneogryllacris) elongata
Li, Liu
et
Li
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 30–34
)
Description.
Male. Body large, stout. Fastigium of vertex long-ovate, about 2 times as wide as scape, Frons smooth; eyes long-oval, prominent. Fore margin of pronotum projected, hind margin straight. Tegmina rather extending beyond the apex of abdomen, half-transparent; R with 5–6 branches at apex; Rs occurred at the middle of R, with 2–3 branches; CuA with 2 branches. Wings transparent, slightly longer than tegmina. Fore and mid tibiae with 5 pairs of spurs, mid tibia without intero-apical spur. Hind femur armed 1–2 internal spines and 7–8 external spines on ventral surface; each margin of hind tibia with 7 spines on dorsal surface. 9
th
abdominal tergite split into two long, broad and sickle-like lobes (
Fig. 33
); subgenital plate short, broader than long, with posterior margin emarginated. Styli as long as subgenital plate, cylindrical.
Female. R of tegmina with 7 branches at apex; Rs occurred after the middle of R, with 2 branches; CuA with 3 branches. Subgenital plate almost rounded, apex with shallow incision (
Fig. 34
). Ovipositor straight, rather longer than hind femur, with blunt apex.
FIGURES 30–34.
Marthogryllacris (Borneogryllacris) elongata
Li, Liu, Li
sp. nov.
30. head and pronotum of male, dorsal view; 31. end of male abdomen, lateral view; 32. end of male abdomen, ventral view; 33. end of 9
th
abdominal tergite, caudal view; 34. subgenital plate of female, ventral view; scale bars=1 mm.
Coloration.
Body yellowish brown, antennae except two basal segments, apex of labrum, mandible and spurs and spines of legs black. Wings infuscate, sometimes hind margin of pronotum and tibiae suffused with darkish.
Measurements.
(length in mm)
Body Pronotum Tegmina Hind femur Ovipositor
♂
32.0–33.0 8.0 40.0–41.0 20.0–21.0 /
♀
40.0–51.0 9.0–9.5 40.0–46.0 22.0–23.0 26.0–31.0
Material.
Holotype
♀
,
Lanpingfeng
,
Yuanbaoshan
,
Guangxi
,
China
, Alt.
1300–1700m
,
1992.IX.23
, collected by
Lu Wen
;
paratype
1♀
,
Chenzhou
,
Hunan
,
China
,
1985.VII.31
, collected by
Zhang Ya-Lin
and
Chai Yong-Hui
;
1♂
,
Suoluo
,
Chishui
,
Guizhou
,
China
,
1994.VIII.10
, collected by
Du Yu-Zhou
;
1♀
,
Taipingshan
,
Liping
,
Guizhou
,
China
, Alt.
520–860m
,
2006.VII.15–18
, collected by
Song Qiong-Zhang
;
2♂♂
,
Nanling
,
Guangdong
,
China
, Alt.
1000m
,
2008.VII.6
, collected by
Huang Bao-Ping
&
Yan Ying
;
1♂
♀
,
Maoer Mountain
,
Xing’an
,
Guangxi
,
China
,
2009.VIII.10
, collected by
Huang Bao-Ping
&
Yan Ying
;
2♀♀
,
Daming Mountain
,
Wuming
,
Guangxi
, Alt.
1200m
,
2012.VII.28–31
, collected by
Bi Wen-Xuan.
Distribution.
China
(
Hunan
,
Guangxi
,
Guizhou
).
Diagnosis.
This new species, with wings infuscate and 9
th
abdominal tergite of male with lobes sickle-like, is distinguishable from
M
. (
B.
)
spinosa
Li, Liu
et
Li
sp. nov
..