Flospes gen. nov. (Orthoptera, Trigonidiidae, Trigonidiinae), a genus of swordtail crickets from China, with two new species and new combinations
Author
He, Zhi-Xin
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9148-8157
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
Author
Ma, Li-Bin
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8556-7158
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
libinma@foxmail.com
Author
Zhang, Tao
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
Author
Miao, Xiao-Lan
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China
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ZooKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1090.77830
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1090.77830
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Flospes fujianensis
comb. nov.
Chinese name:
福建花蛉蟋
Figs 1
, 2
, 3
, 4
Amusurgus fujianensis
Wang, Zheng & Wu, 1999: 114
Amusurgus (Paranaxipha) fujianensis
(=
Sectus fujianensis
),
He et al. 2010
: 60;
He et al. 2020
:126. misidentification of
F. viridipennis
sp. nov.
Materials examined.
China
:
3 males
,
3 females
;
Guangdong
,
Nanling National Nature Reserve
, bush leaves,
24.93°N
,
113.04°E
,
5.VIII.2019
,
Zhixin He
&
Tao Zhang
,
sweep net
, leg. (SNNU)
.
Redescription.
Male
(Figs
2A
,
4A, C, E, G
). Body size small, pubescent. Head small, slightly broader than anterior margin of pronotum. Frons slightly narrower than antennal scape. Eyes large and strongly protruding to sides. Clypeus narrow, upper margin straight, and lower margin medially convex. Labrum shield-like, medially plump, and apically concave. Three apical joints of maxillary palpi distinctly elongate, and fifth joint apically truncated. Pronotum transverse, anterior margin straight, and posterior margin slightly and medially convex. Tegmina pubescent. Six primary veins staggered with numerous transverse veins between them. Visible part of hindwing is half length of tegmen. Internal tympanum large and long-oval, and external one replaced by a small pit. Hind tibia bearing three pairs of dorsal spurs.
Figure 2.
Habitus photographs of
Flospes fujianensis
A
male
B
female. Scale bar: 2 mm
Genitalia
(Fig.
3A-C
). Lateral lobes of epiphallus stick-like, apically blunt, and almost straight in dorsal view. Ectoparamere spoon-like, with sclerotized margin and membranous remainder portion. Rami very short. Ectophallic and endophallic apodemes greatly surpass the rami.
Figure 3.
Male genitalia of
Flospes fujianensis
A
dorsal view
B
lateral view
C
ventral view.
Female
(Figs
2B
,
4B, D, F
). Resembles male. Longitudinal veins of tegmen parallel, with a few pale transverse veins forming several rectangular cells (filled with brown). Ovipositor not surpassing hindwings. Dorsal and ventral margins of basal ovipositor smooth and faintly narrowing, and both margins of apical part slightly denticulated and apically bent upwards.
Coloration.
Body yellowish-brown. Pronotum brown. Fore and middle femur darkly colored. Hind femur bearing two dark bands (middle one and apical one). Tarsus darkly color. Cercus black and white.
Measurements.
Male: BL 5.08-5.73, PL 0.66-0.75, TL 4.00-4.60, HFL 4.22-4.69. Female: BL 5.61-6.42, PL 0.90-1.04, TL 4.28-4.77, HFL 4.59-5.11, OL 2.40-2.74.
Distribution
(Fig.
1
).
China (Fujian, Guangdong).
Remarks.
This species was first described from Fujian Province, China. Its primary characteristics are body brown, leg and cercus black and white, tegmen brown, and armed with rod-like lateral lobe on the epiphallus and an enormously enlarged, rounded ectoparamere.
He et al. (2010)
described some specimens found in Hainan, Zhejiang, and Yunnan provinces as
A. fujianensis
, but these specimens bear a greenish-brown tegmen and squared ectoparamere. We checked specimens collected from Hainan Province and discovered that they are consistent with the description of "
A. fujianensis
" in
He et al. (2010)
. Our specimens from Guangdong Province are consistent with the original description of
A. fujianensis
by
Wang et al. (1999)
. As a result, we redescribe
A. fujianensis
here from our Guangdong specimens and judge that "
A. fujianensis
" of
He et al. (2010)
is a misidentification (see Remarks below under
Flospes viridipennis
He & Ma, sp. nov.).