Two new species of the genus Macromotettix Günther, 1939 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae, Metrodorinae) from China, with a key to the species of the genus
Author
Deng, Wei-An
Author
Xin, Lei
Author
Wei, Qiao
Author
Chen, Ya-Zhen
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-01-12
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10.11646/zootaxa.4370.4.7
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Key to the species of
Macromotettix
Günther, 1939
1. Body slender, hind process of pronotum far surpassing behind apex of hind femur................................... 2
- Body stubby, hind process of pronotum not reaching, reaching or slightly surpassing apex of hind femur................ 5
2. Width of vertex as broad as the width of an eye; lateral keels of prozona constricted backwards; hind wings extending beyond the caudal end of pronotum. Distribution in
China
(
Yunnan
).............................
M. longipennis
Zheng, 1998
- Width of vertex narrower than the width of an eye; lateral keels of prozona parallel; hind wings not reaching or reaching the caudal end of pronotum................................................................................. 3
3. Upper margin of pronotum straight in profile; lower margins of middle femora slightly undulate; hind wings not reaching the caudal end of pronotum. Distribution in
Vietnam
(
Tonkin
).............................
M. tonkinennis
Günther, 1939
- Upper margin of pronotum undulate before shoulders in profile; lower margins of middle femora straight; hind wings reaching the caudal end of pronotum.............................................................................. 4
4. Width of vertex distinct narrower than the width of an eye (10:18); antenna inserted below lower margins of eyes; disc of pro- notum smooth. Distribution in
Indonesia
(
Sumatra
).............................
M. quadricarinatus
(
Bolivar, 1898
)
- Width of vertex slightly narrower than the width of an eye (15:18); antenna inserted between lower margins of eyes; disc of pronotum with numerous small tubercles.
Distribution in China
(
Taiwan)
................
M. sokutsuensis
(
Karny, 1915
)
5. Frontal costa before eyes not visible......................................................................6
-
Frontal costa before eyes visible, vertex and frontal costa forming a round or obtuse shape........................... 10
6. Hind wings strongly reduced and just reaching the base of hind femora........................................... 7
- Hind wings elongated and extending beyond the middle of hind femora........................................... 8
7. Disc of pronotum coarse, with numerous protuberances; disc of pronotum concave between shoulders; lower margins of fore and middle femora slightly undulate. Distribution in
China
(
Sichuan
)....................
M. sichuanensis
Deng
sp. nov
- Disc of pronotum smooth; disc of pronotum convex between shoulders; lower margins of fore and middle femora straight. Dis- tribution in
China
(
Guangxi
)........................................
M. xinganensis
Zheng, Zhang & Dang, 2009
8. Width of vertex narrower than the width of an eye; upper margin of pronotum straight in profile; hind wings reaching the cau-
dal end of pronotum. Distribution in
Solomon Islands
(
Guadalcanal
)...................
M. solomonennis
Günther, 1972
- Width of vertex wider than or equal to the width of an eye; upper margin of pronotum undulate in profile; hind wings not reaching the caudal end of pronotum...................................................................... 9
9. Disc of pronotum smooth; lower margins of middle femora straight. Distribution in Samoan Islands................................................................................................
M. compactus
(
Chopard, 1929
)
- Disc of pronotum coarse; lower margins of middle femora undulate. Distribution in
China
(
Hunan
and
Guangxi
)...............................................................................
M. luoxiaoshanensis
Zheng & Fu, 2000
10. Width of vertex 1.5–2.0 times the width of an eye........................................................... 11
- Width of vertex slightly wider than or equal to or narrower than the width of an eye................................ 13
11. Lateral keels of prozona parallel; upper margin of pronotum undulate, median carina high and lamellar before shoulders in profile and suddenly depressed behind shoulders; hind wings strongly reduced and just reaching the base of hind femora. Distribution in
China
(
Sichuan
).......................................................
M. undulatifemura
Deng
sp. nov
- Lateral keels of prozona constricted backwards; upper margin of pronotum slightly undulate, median carina low in profile; hind wings elongated and extending beyond the middle of hind femora..........................................12
12. Width of vertex 1.5 times the width of an eye; antenna inserted between lower margins of eyes; with abbreviated carinae between shoulders. Distribution in
China
(
Yunnan
and
Guangxi
).........................
M. torulosinota
Zheng, 1998
- Width of vertex 2.0 times the width of an eye; antenna inserted below lower margins of eyes; without abbreviated carinae between shoulders. Distribution in
China
(
Shaanxi
)...........................
M. qinlingensis
Zheng, Wei & Li, 2009
13. Vertex and frontal costa forming an obtused angular in profile................................................. 14
- Vertex and frontal costa forming a round shape in profile..................................................... 24
14. Hind process of pronotum not reaching apex of hind femur.................................................... 15
- Hind process of pronotum reaching or slightly surpassing apex of hind femur.....................................21
15. Lateral keels of prozona parallel......................................................................... 16
- Lateral keels of prozona constricted backwards.............................................................19
16. Disc of pronotum smooth; hind wings extending beyond the caudal end of pronotum; hind tibia black. Distribution in
China
(
Guangxi
)............................................................
M. yaoshanensis
Zheng & Jiang, 2000
- Disc of pronotum coarse, with numerous protuberances; hind wings not reaching the caudal end of pronotum; hind tibia not black.............................................................................................. 17
17. Width of vertex wider than the width of an eye; with abbreviated carinae between shoulders. Distribution in
China
(
Guangxi
)...................................................................................
M. zhengi
Deng, 2016
- Width of vertex equal to or narrower than the width of an eye; without abbreviated carinae between shoulders........... 18
18. Width of vertex 1.1 times the width of an eye; upper margin of pronotum undulate in profile; lower margins of middle femora straight. Distribution in
China
(
Guangxi
).....................................
M. tianlinensis
Liang & Jiang, 2004
- Width of vertex 0.7 times the width of an eye; upper margin of pronotum convex before shoulders in profile; lower margins of middle femora slightly undulate. Distribution in
China
(
Guizhou
and chongqing).............
M. brachyptera
Deng, 2016
19. Disc of pronotum smooth; width of middle femora wider than the width of visible part of tegmina. Distribution in
China
(
Yunnan
)..............................................................
M. wangxiangtaiensis
Zheng & Ou, 2010
- Disc of pronotum coarse, with numerous protuberances; width of middle femora narrower than or equal to the width of visible part of tegmina...................................................................................... 20
20. Head not exerted above upper level of pronotum; width of middle femora narrower than the width of visible part of tegmina. Distribution in
China
(
Hunan
)...................................................
M. nigritibis
Zheng & Fu, 2005
- Head exerted above upper level of pronotum; width of middle femora equal to the width of visible part of tegmina. Distribution in
China
(
Guangxi
)....................................................
M. convexa
Deng, Zheng & Zhan, 2010
21. Lateral keels of prozona constricted backwards............................................................. 22
- Lateral keels of prozona parallel......................................................................... 23
22. In profile, frontal costa without concave between lateral ocelli; upper margin of pronotum slightly convex before shoulders and straight behind shoulders in profile; lower margins of middle femora undulate. Distribution in
China
(
Guangxi
).................................................................................
M. longtanensis
Zheng & Jiang, 2003
- In profile, frontal costa distinctly concave between lateral ocelli; upper margin of pronotum undulate in profile; lower margins of middle femora straight. Distribution in
China
(
Guangxi
)..................
M. guangxiensis
Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2007
23. Width of vertex narrower than the width of an eye; with abbreviated carinae between shoulders of pronotum; mid keel of dorsal side of hind femur serrated, with large teeth. Distribution in
China
(
Yunnan
)......
M. wuliangshana
Zheng & Ou, 2003
- Width of vertex 1.3 times the width of an eye; without abbreviated carinae between shoulders of pronotum; mid keel of dorsal side of hind femur smooth. Distribution in
China
(
Guangxi
)............................
M. nigritubercle
Zheng, 2006
24. Hind wings not reaching the caudal end of pronotum, and reaching five sixths of lower margin of pronotum; mid keel of dorsal side of hind femur smooth; hind femur brown. Distribution in
China
(
Yunnan
)..............
M. brachynota
Zheng, 1998
- Hind wings reaching the caudal end of pronotum; mid keel of dorsal side of hind femur serrated; lower side of outer part of hind femur black. Distribution in
China
(
Guangxi
)...........................
M. serrifemoralis
Zheng & Jiang, 2002