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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Female Theopropus sinecus sinecus in natural habitat, from Guangxi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569707" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Figs 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male Theopropus spp. body in dorsal view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi B T. xishiae sp. nov. paratype C T. sp. from Yunnan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569708" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">; 2A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Female Theopropus spp. body in dorsal view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi B T. xishiae sp. nov. paratype C T. sp. from Yunnan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569709" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">; 3A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Head of Theopropus spp., anterior view A, D T. sinecus sinecus B, E T. xishiae sp. nov. C, F T. sp. A-C male D-F female. Abbreviations: nve = non-visual elongation." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569711" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">; 5A, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Pronotum of male Theopropus spp. in dorsal view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi B T. xishiae sp. nov. holotype C T. sp. from Yunnan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569712" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">; 6A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Pronotum of female Theopropus spp. in dorsal view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi B T. xishiae sp. nov. paratype C T. sp. from Yunnan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569713" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">; 7A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Prothoracic legs of Theopropus spp. A, D T. sinecus sinecus B, E T. xishiae sp. nov. C, F T. sp. A-C male D-F female. Abbreviations: avfs = anteroventral femoral spines; avts = anteroventral tibial spines; ds = discoidal spines; fb = femoral brush; gs = genicular spur; pvfs = posteroventral femoral spines; pvts = posteroventral tibial spines; ts = tibial spur." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569714" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">; 8A, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Abdomen and posteroventral metafemoral lobe of female Theopropus spp. A, D T. xishiae sp. nov. B, E T. sinecus sinecus C, F T. sp. A-C abdomen D-F posteroventral metafemoral lobe." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569715" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">; 9B, E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Male genitalia of Theopropus spp., Disarticulated genital complex, ventral view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi, Jinxiu B T. xishiae sp. nov. holotype C T. sp. from Yunnan, Mengla D T. xishiae sp. nov. paratype E T. sinecus sinecus from Yunnan, Honghe F T. sinecus qiongae ssp. nov. holotype. Abbreviations: afa = phalloid apophysis; bl = basal lobe of ventral phallomere; fda = main posterior lobe of right phallomere; loa = membra- nous lobe; paa = posterior process of left phallomere; pda = primary distal process; pia = process posterolateral to pva of right phallomere; pva = process anteromesal to pia of right phallomere; sdp = secondary distal process." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569716" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">; 10A, E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Holotype and paratype of Theopropus sinecus Yang, 1999 A holotype, female B paratype, male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569717" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">; 11</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Distribution map of the distribution Theopropus spp. in South China. ▲: T. sinecus sinecus; ●: T. sinecus qiongae ssp. nov.; * T. xishiae sp. nov.; ★: T. sp .." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569718" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">; 12</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Theopropus spp. adult in its natural habitat A, B T. sinecus sinecus C T. sinecus qiongae ssp. nov. D T. xishiae sp. nov. E, F T. sp. A, C, E female B pair D, E male." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569719" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">; 13A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Theopropus spp. nymph in its natural habitat and environment A T. sinecus qiongae ssp. nov. female nymph in Hainan Is B T. xishiae sp. nov. male nymph in Medog C T. sinecus sinecus of Guangxi, Longsheng, Huaping D T. xishiae sp. nov. of Tibet, Medog, Beibeng E T. sinecus qiongae ssp. nov. of Hainan Is. Jianfengling Mt. F T. sp. of Yunnan, Mengla, Mohan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569720" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">; 14C</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">China: Guangxi, Jinxiu.</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2009-09" collectorName="Ye Liu" country="China" elevation="980" location="Huaping" municipality="Longsheng" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Guangxi" typeStatus="paratype">
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<collectingDate value="2009-09">IX-2009</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>Ye Liu</collectorName>
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<collectorName>Chao Wu</collectorName>
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<collectingDate value="2014-10-13">13-X-2014</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>Chao Wu</collectorName>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2014-09-30" collectorName="Chao Wu" country="China" elevation="950" location="Lianhuashan Mt." municipality="Jinxiu" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Guangxi" typeStatus="paratype">
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<collectorName>Chao Wu</collectorName>
leg.; IZCAS
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2011-10-10" country="China" elevation="1000" latitude="24.941666" location="Nanling Mt." longLatPrecision="21" longitude="113.018616" municipality="Shaoguan" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Guangdong" typeStatus="paratype">
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<collectingDate value="2011-10-10">10-X-2011</collectingDate>
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<collectingDate value="2020-07-15">15-VII-2020</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>Zhao-Nan Xia</collectorName>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-08-13" collectorName="Zhao-Nan Xia" country="China" elevation="900" latitude="27.716667" location="Wuyishan Mt." longLatPrecision="1235" longitude="117.666664" municipality="Nanping" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Fujian" typeStatus="paratype">
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<collectorName>Zhao-Nan Xia</collectorName>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2020-09-09" collectorName="Chao Wu" country="China" elevation="900" latitude="27.716667" location="Wuyishan Mt." longLatPrecision="1235" longitude="117.666664" municipality="Nanping" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Fujian" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingRegion country="China" name="Fujian">Fujian</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingMunicipality>Nanping</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B91408AB8B3D5100960006C992323031:94C9460E585398422554B5E00D4DF056" country="China" latitude="27.716667" longLatPrecision="1235" longitude="117.666664" municipality="Nanping" name="Wuyishan Mt." stateProvince="Fujian">Wuyishan Mt.</location>
; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="43" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="27.716667">27°43'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="117" direction="east" minutes="40" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="117.666664">117°40'E</geoCoordinate>
; 
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" metricValueMax="10.0" metricValueMin="8.0" unit="m" value="900.0" valueMax="1000.0" valueMin="800.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" metricValueMax="10.0" metricValueMin="8.0" unit="m" value="900.0" valueMax="1000.0" valueMin="800.0">800-1000 m</elevation>
</quantity>
; 
<collectingDate value="2020-09-09">9-IX-2020</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Chao Wu</collectorName>
leg.; CWC
</materialsCitation>
; • 
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2018-08-08" collectorName="Chuan Qin" country="China" county="En'shi" elevation="1300" location="Liangwu" municipality="Lichuan" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Hubei" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingRegion country="China" name="Hubei">Hubei</collectingRegion>
, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="En’shi">
<collectingCounty>En'shi</collectingCounty>
</normalizedToken>
, 
<collectingMunicipality>Lichuan</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B91408AB8B3D5100960006C992323031:774DF16595F106CF74AF335DB643725B" country="China" county="En'shi" municipality="Lichuan" name="Liangwu" stateProvince="Hubei">Liangwu</location>
; 
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" unit="m" value="1300.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" unit="m" value="1300.0">1300 m</elevation>
</quantity>
; 
<collectingDate value="2018-08-08">8-VIII-2018</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Chuan Qin</collectorName>
leg.; CJZ
</materialsCitation>
; • 
<specimenCount type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
; 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2017-11-15" collectorName="Chao Wu" country="China" elevation="800" latitude="22.653334" location="Hekou" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="103.98111" municipality="Honghe" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Yunnan" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingRegion country="China" name="Yunnan">Yunnan</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingMunicipality>Honghe</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:B91408AB8B3D5100960006C992323031:492657500917E45A3BCFCF104266A0B1" country="China" latitude="22.653334" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="103.98111" municipality="Honghe" name="Hekou" stateProvince="Yunnan">Hekou</location>
; 
<geoCoordinate degrees="22" direction="north" minutes="39" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="12" value="22.653334">22°39'12&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="103" direction="east" minutes="58" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="52" value="103.98111">103°58'52&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
; 
<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.0" unit="m" value="800.0">
<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.0" unit="m" value="800.0">800 m</elevation>
</quantity>
; 
<collectingDate value="2017-11-15">15-XI-2017</collectingDate>
; 
<collectorName>Chao Wu</collectorName>
leg. CWC
</materialsCitation>
; • 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" country="Vietnam" location="Vietnam" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
same as before. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<collectingCountry name="Vietnam">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
• 
<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
; N-Vietnam; 
<date value="2001-08">VIII-2001</date>
; other information unknown; CWC.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="163" type="redescription">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Redescription.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Male.</emphasis>
Large-sized compared with congeners, body length reaching half that of females.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Head</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Compound eyes oval, anteriorly protruding, with a very weak conical elongation at tip (Fig. 
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). Vertical process distinct, coniform, lower than the apex of compound eyes (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Head of Theopropus spp., anterior view A, D T. sinecus sinecus B, E T. xishiae sp. nov. C, F T. sp. A-C male D-F female. Abbreviations: nve = non-visual elongation." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569711" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">5A</figureCitation>
). Lower frons with arched superior margins and raised lateral margins. Antennae filiform, shorter than body length.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Pronotum</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Short, lateral pronotal expansion wide. Ratio of pronotum length to supracoxal dilatation width about 1.49-1.53. Lateral margins of the pronotum indistinctly granulated. Lateral margin of metazone with continuous black edge (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Pronotum of male Theopropus spp. in dorsal view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi B T. xishiae sp. nov. holotype C T. sp. from Yunnan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569712" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">6A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Prothoracic legs</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Coxa bearing 6-9 small dorsal spines, femora bearing 15-16 anteroventral spines, tibia bearing 15-16 anteroventral and 18-19 posteroventral spines.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Meso- and metathoracic legs</emphasis>
(Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male Theopropus spp. body in dorsal view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi B T. xishiae sp. nov. paratype C T. sp. from Yunnan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569708" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">2A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Female Theopropus spp. body in dorsal view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi B T. xishiae sp. nov. paratype C T. sp. from Yunnan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569709" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">3A</figureCitation>
): posteroventral genicular lobe on femur long, narrow (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Abdomen and posteroventral metafemoral lobe of female Theopropus spp. A, D T. xishiae sp. nov. B, E T. sinecus sinecus C, F T. sp. A-C abdomen D-F posteroventral metafemoral lobe." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569715" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">9E</figureCitation>
). Base half of tibia swollen.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Wings</emphasis>
(Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Male Theopropus spp. body in dorsal view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi B T. xishiae sp. nov. paratype C T. sp. from Yunnan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569708" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">2A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Female Theopropus spp. body in dorsal view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi B T. xishiae sp. nov. paratype C T. sp. from Yunnan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569709" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">3A</figureCitation>
): Forewings narrow, long. A wide white band lying in middle of discoidal area; two black parallel arc-shaped borders at lateral margins of the wide white band directing proximad, 
<normalizedToken originalValue="“))”">&quot;))&quot;</normalizedToken>
-shaped; anal area narrow, long, transparent. Hindwings broad, hyaline.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Abdomen</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Long, narrow, without lobe. Subgenital plate short, wide, more or less asymmetrical, with styli.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">External genitalia</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Simplified. Left phallomere wide, secondary distal process (spd) indistinct; phalloid apophysis (afa) short; posterior process of left phallomere (paa) digitiform (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Male genitalia of Theopropus spp., Disarticulated genital complex, ventral view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi, Jinxiu B T. xishiae sp. nov. holotype C T. sp. from Yunnan, Mengla D T. xishiae sp. nov. paratype E T. sinecus sinecus from Yunnan, Honghe F T. sinecus qiongae ssp. nov. holotype. Abbreviations: afa = phalloid apophysis; bl = basal lobe of ventral phallomere; fda = main posterior lobe of right phallomere; loa = membra- nous lobe; paa = posterior process of left phallomere; pda = primary distal process; pia = process posterolateral to pva of right phallomere; pva = process anteromesal to pia of right phallomere; sdp = secondary distal process." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569716" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">10A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Female.</emphasis>
Similar to male, but body more robust, size larger than that of male. Vertical process distinct, conical, extending beyond apex of eyes (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Head of Theopropus spp., anterior view A, D T. sinecus sinecus B, E T. xishiae sp. nov. C, F T. sp. A-C male D-F female. Abbreviations: nve = non-visual elongation." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569711" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">5D</figureCitation>
). Pronotum wide, lateral pronotal expansion very wide, ratio of pronotum length to supracoxal dilatation width about 1.37-1.40; black band on each lateral margin of metazone traversed by a white band (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Pronotum of female Theopropus spp. in dorsal view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi B T. xishiae sp. nov. paratype C T. sp. from Yunnan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569713" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">7A</figureCitation>
). Forewings wide, fusiform, extending beyond abdominal apex. Hindwings broad, opaque. Abodomen broad, nearly rounded, 4th-6th abdominal tergite inconspicuously slightly expanded laterad.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="163" type="coloration">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Coloration.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
Overall green, with white spots and bands. Antennae black. Lateral margin of metazone band black. The two horizontal ventral bands on prothoracic femora and tibia black in male (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Prothoracic legs of Theopropus spp. A, D T. sinecus sinecus B, E T. xishiae sp. nov. C, F T. sp. A-C male D-F female. Abbreviations: avfs = anteroventral femoral spines; avts = anteroventral tibial spines; ds = discoidal spines; fb = femoral brush; gs = genicular spur; pvfs = posteroventral femoral spines; pvts = posteroventral tibial spines; ts = tibial spur." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569714" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">8A</figureCitation>
), absent on femora for females (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Prothoracic legs of Theopropus spp. A, D T. sinecus sinecus B, E T. xishiae sp. nov. C, F T. sp. A-C male D-F female. Abbreviations: avfs = anteroventral femoral spines; avts = anteroventral tibial spines; ds = discoidal spines; fb = femoral brush; gs = genicular spur; pvfs = posteroventral femoral spines; pvts = posteroventral tibial spines; ts = tibial spur." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569714" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">8D</figureCitation>
). A black ventral spots near prothoracic tibial spur (Figs 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Pronotum of male Theopropus spp. in dorsal view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi B T. xishiae sp. nov. holotype C T. sp. from Yunnan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569712" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">6A</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Pronotum of female Theopropus spp. in dorsal view A T. sinecus sinecus from Guangxi B T. xishiae sp. nov. paratype C T. sp. from Yunnan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569713" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">7A</figureCitation>
). Forewings green, costal area white, discoidal area green; the large subbasal spot of discoidal area white, with black hind edge; wide band in middle of discoidal area white, with black lateral margins; anal area orange in males and white in females. Hindwings orange with red-brownish veins in males, whitish to slightly yellowish with hyaline margin in females. Abdomen yellowish white, plaques on lateral margins of 2th-6th abdominal tergite green (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Abdomen and posteroventral metafemoral lobe of female Theopropus spp. A, D T. xishiae sp. nov. B, E T. sinecus sinecus C, F T. sp. A-C abdomen D-F posteroventral metafemoral lobe." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1049.65295.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/569715" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">9B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="163" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Measurements</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">(length in mm).</emphasis>
Body (head to wings): male 28.2-29.3, female 46.3-47.3; body (vertex to abdomen end): male 25.6-27.3, female 44.1-47.1; pronotum: male 5.9-6.0, female 11.9-12.1; fore coxae: male 5.9-6.1, female 13.0-13.7; fore femora: male 7.2-7.3, female 15.0-15.5; fore tibiae: male 5.4-5.41, female 11.1-11.4; middle femora: male 6.0-6.1, female 10.8-11.0; hind femora: male 7.1-7.2, female 13.0-13.5; forewing: male 21.1-21.8, female 29.9-31.8; hindwing: male 18.9-19.2, female 25.0-26.0.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="163" type="notes">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Note.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
When examining numerous specimens from Wuyishan, Fujian Province (listed above), we found that they are the same as the types of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Theopropus sinecus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Their body is larger than in 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Valerianaceae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="T. elegans" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="163" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">T. elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Malaysia; the compound eyes possess a conical elongation at the tip in males; the black band on each lateral margin of the pronotum is continuous in males, but disconnected in females. In 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Valerianaceae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="T. elegans" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="163" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">T. elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the compound eyes do not have a conical elongation in males, and the black band on the lateral margin of the pronotum is contiguous in both sexes. Also, female hindwings are orange with smoky margins in 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Valerianaceae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="T. elegans" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="163" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">T. elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The specimens of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Theopropus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Wuyishan should therefore be identified as 
<taxonomicName authority="sinecus" class="Insecta" family="Valerianaceae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="T. sinecus subsp. sinecus" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="163" rank="subSpecies" species="sinecus" subSpecies="sinecus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">T. sinecus sinecus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. We think that the record of 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Valerianaceae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="T. elegans" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="163" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">T. elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(in Wuyishan, Fujian Province) might have been mistaken by 
<bibRefCitation author="Wang, TQ" journalOrPublisher="Shanghai Scientific and Technological, Literature Publishing House, Shanghai" pageId="0" pageNumber="163" refId="B21" refString="Wang, TQ, 1993. Synopsis on the Classification of Mantodea from China. Shanghai Scientific and Technological, Literature Publishing House, Shanghai" title="Synopsis on the Classification of Mantodea from China." year="1993">Wang (1993)</bibRefCitation>
and Wang and 
<bibRefCitation author="Yang, CK" journalOrPublisher="China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="163" refId="B24" refString="Yang, CK, 1999. Mantodea (in Chinese). In: Chen SC (Ed.) Pictorial Handbook of rare and Precious Insects in China. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing" title="Mantodea (in Chinese). In: Chen SC (Ed.) Pictorial Handbook of rare and Precious Insects in China." year="1999">Yang (1999)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">
<bibRefCitation author="Yang, CK" journalOrPublisher="China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="163" refId="B24" refString="Yang, CK, 1999. Mantodea (in Chinese). In: Chen SC (Ed.) Pictorial Handbook of rare and Precious Insects in China. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing" title="Mantodea (in Chinese). In: Chen SC (Ed.) Pictorial Handbook of rare and Precious Insects in China." year="1999">Yang (1999)</bibRefCitation>
wrote the specimen information in the Chinese description as &quot;Guangxi-Dayaoshan Mt., 1981-VIII, Qijing You leg.&quot;, however, the specimens of 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Saussure" authorityYear="1898" class="Insecta" family="Hymenopodidae" genus="Theopropus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Theopropus" order="Mantodea" pageId="0" pageNumber="163" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Theopropus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with the same collection information could not be found among 
<normalizedToken originalValue="Yang’s">Yang's</normalizedToken>
research specimens. Only one female labeled &quot;Guangxi, Jinxiu; 18-XI-1981&quot; and one male labeled &quot;Guangxi, Jinxiu; 21-IX-1981&quot; could be found. We re-measured these specimens and obtained the following measurements: length of body (head to wings) about 29.3 in male and 45.2 in female, length of forewings about 21.6 in male and 29.2 in female (impaired), in original description, length of body (head to wings) 31 in male and 44 in female, length of forewings about 22 in male and 29 in female. In addition, as the illustration (hand-painted) of the original description is similar to the posture of the female specimen, we confirm that these two specimens are the types of 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Valerianaceae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="T. sinecus" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="163" rank="species" species="sinecus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="163">T. sinecus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Yang.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="163" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="163">China: Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Fujian, Hubei; Vietnam.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>