Qionemobius hsterus Shen & He, 2020

He, Zhixin, Zhang, Tao & Ma, Libin, 2021, Crickets of subfamily Nemobiinae Saussure, 1877 (Orthoptera: Grylloidea; Trigonidiidae) from China with descriptions of new genera and new species, Zootaxa 5011 (1), pp. 1-70 : 61-64

Qionemobius hsterus Shen & He, 2020

( Figs. 69–71 )

Qionemobius hsterus Shen & He, 2020: 388

Materials examined. China: 1 male & 1 female, Hainan, Ledong, Jianfengling National Natural Reserve , viii-19- 2019, Zhixin He & Tao Zhang coll. ( SNNU) .

Description. Male. Body size large. Head small, slightly wider than the anterior margin of pronotum. Rostrum slightly wider than antennal scape. Ocelli oval-like, median ocellus smallest of the three. Eyes rather large. Postclypeus narrowed laterally, anteclypeus transverse wide. Apical joint of maxillary palpi slightly longer than the third, depressed and widened, with rounded apex; apical joint of labial palpi rod-like, longer than remainder sections, depressed and widened. Pronotum transversely widened; anterior and posterior margin straight, posterior margin wider than the anterior, middle of both lateral edges slightly concave. Tegmen absent. Fore tibia only possessing external tympanum, elongate oval-like. Hind tibia bearing three dorsal spurs on two sides respectively, of the inside, first spur stubby and far away from others, the basal of fourth one expanded; apical spurs three on both sides respectively.

Genitalia. Apical part of epiphallus bearing two rounded protuberances. Distal part of ectoparamere rather small and not exceeding epiphallus.

Female. Similar to male. Ovipositor straight and long.

Coloration. Head colored light yellow and bearing grey stripes. Pronotum colored pale yellow and bearing two patterns. Tegmen colored dark brown and bearing yellowish stripes.

Measurements (mm). Male. BL 6.26, HW 1.38, PL 1.59, HFL 3.82. Female. BL 6.18, HW 1.32, PL 1.60, HFL 3.88, OL 2.89.

Genus Speonemobius Chopard, 1924

Speonemobius Chopard, 1924: 84

Type species: Speonemobius decoloratus Chopard, 1924

Figures

FIGURE 69. Q. hsterus. Habitus (alive) in field. A. Male. B. Female.

FIGURE 70. Habitus photographs of Q. hsterus. A. Male. B. Female. Scale bar: 2 mm.

FIGURE 71. Male genitalia of Q. hsterus. A. Dorsal view. B. Lateral view. C. Ventral view.