Nigrimacula paraquadrinotata ( Wang, Liu & Li, 2015 ) Wang, Liu & Li, 2015

Shi, Fuming, Bian, Xun & Zhou, Zhijun, 2016, Comments on the status of Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata Bey-Bienko, 1971 and related species with one new genus and species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), Zootaxa 4105 (4), pp. 353-367 : 359

Nigrimacula paraquadrinotata ( Wang, Liu & Li, 2015) com. nov.

( Figs. 3 , 8 A–B; Map 1 )

Meconemopsis paraquadrinotata Wang, Liu & Li, 2015 . Zootaxa, 3941(4): 522.

Location of type specimen: Insect Museum of Shanghai (formerly named as Shanghai Institute of Entomology, Academia Sinica ).

Specimens examined. Holotye: male, Mao ′ershan, Xing ′an, Guangxi, China, alt. 900–1500 m, 22–23 August, 1992, coll. by Xianwei Liu and Haisheng Yin; Paratypes: 1 male and 10 females, Damingshan, Wuming, Guangxi, China, alt. 1250 m, 19–25 July, 2013, coll. by Xianwei Liu et al.; 2 females, Mao ′ershan, Xing ′an, Guangxi, China, alt. 1200 m, 28–31 July 2012, coll. by Wenxuan Bi; 1 female, Jinzhongshan, Yongfu, Guangxi, China, alt. 1400–1819 m, 11 October, 1999, coll. by Zhiying Zen; 1 female, Huangshan, Anhui, China, 21 October, 1985, coll. by Xianwei Liu. Other specimens (Deposited in the Museum of Hebei University): 12 males and 6 females, Dashahe, Daozhen, Guizhou, China, 17–26 August, 2004, coll. by Fuming Shi; 1 male and 1 female, Mubushan, Pingjiang, Hunan, China, 14 September, 2004, coll. by Jianhua Huang; 1 male, Yunshan, Wugang, Hunan, 9 October, 2004, coll. by Jianhua Huang; 6 males and 2 females, Lianhuaping, Leishan, Guizhou, China, 12 September, 2005, coll. by Haoyu Liu; 33 males and 22 females, Lianhuaping, Leishan, Guizhou, China, 14 September, 2005, coll. by Haoyu Liu; 195 males and 115 females, Lianhuaping, Leishan, Guizhou, China, 15 September, 2005, coll. by Haoyu Liu and Fuming Shi; 3 males and 2 females, Anjiangping, Longsheng, Guangxi, 19 October, 2005, coll. by Chao Gao and Jiliang Wang; 1 male and 2 females, Dashanhe, Daozhen, Guizhou, China, 30 September, 2011, coll. by Guanglin Xie and Lehong Zhao; 6 males and 14 females, Mao ′ershan, Xing ′an, Guangxi, China, 21 September, 2011, coll. by Xun Bian; 2 females, Dayaoshan, Jinxiu, Guangxi, China, 24 September, 2011, coll. by Xun Bian; 1 female, Ligui, Huangshan, Guangxi, China, 28 September, 2011, coll. by Xun Bian; 2 females, Yinzhulaoshan, Ziyuan, Guangxi, China, 25 August, 2013, coll. by Yiping Niu; 1 female, Badagongshan, Sangzhi, Hunan, China, 11 October, 2014, coll. by Jianhua Huang.

Measurements (mm). BL: ♂ 8.856–9.365, ♀ 10.433–11.611; PL: ♂ 3.208–3.433, ♀ 2.749–2.859; PFL: ♂ 6.618–7.234, ♀ 7.231–8.009; TL: ♂ 13.834–14.432, ♀ 14.242–16.081; Ov: 7.121–7.554.

Distribution. China (Anhui, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan).

Figures

MAP 1. Known distribution of the genus Nigrimacula gen. nov.

FIGURE 3. Nigrimacula paraquadrinotata (Wang, Liu & Li, 2015) com. nov.: A – B, G – H. head and pronotum: A, G. dorsal view; B, H. lateral view; C – E, I – K. apex of abdomen: C. dorso-lateral view, D. dorsal view; E, I. lateral view; F, K. subgenital plate in ventral view; J. apex of ovipositor in lateral view; A – F. male; G – K. female.

FIGURE 8. Habitus lateral view of Nigrimacula spp.: A, C, E. male; B, D, F. female: A – B. Nigrimacula paraquadrinotata (Wang, Liu & Li, 2015) com. nov.; C – D. Nigrimacula xizangensis (Jiao & Shi, 2013) com. nov.; E – F. Nigrimacula quadrinotata (Bey-Bienko, 1971) com. nov.