Tachycines (Gymnaeta) liboensis Zhu, Chen & Shi, 2020

Zhu, Qi-Di & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2021, Description of four new species of the subgenus Tachycines (Gymnaeta) Adelung, 1902 (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) from caves in China and additional notes on some previously known species, European Journal of Taxonomy 764, pp. 1-17 : 10

Tachycines (Gymnaeta) liboensis Zhu, Chen & Shi, 2020

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Tachycines (Gymnaeta) liboensis Zhu, Chen & Shi, 2020: 73 .

Material examined

Holotype CHINA • ♂; Guizhou Prov., Libo County, Dongtang Village, Banzhai Hamlet , Maan Cave ; 25 Oct. 2009; Hui-Ming Chen leg.; HBU.

Additional material

CHINA • 1 ♂, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Huanjiang County, Chuanshan Village , Xiarong Hamlet , Shuiyuan Cave ; 4 Oct. 2016; Ming-Yi Tian, Ju-Jian Chen, Xin-Hui Wang, Ming-Ruo Tang, Dian-Mei Wang, Zhuang-Hui Qin and Rui-Chong Wang leg.; HBU • 1 ♀; Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Huanjiang County, Chuanshan Village , Xiarong Hamlet , The Second Cave ; 6 Oct. 2016; Ming- Yi Tian, Ju-Jian Chen, Xin-Hui Wang, Ming-Ruo Tang, Dian-Mei Wang, Zhuang-Hui Qin and Rui- Chong Wang leg.; HBU .

Descriptive notes of the female

Ovipositor nearly equal in length to half the length of hind femur, slightly curved upward, dorsal margin smooth, apical area of ventral margin denticulate. Subgenital plate nearly triangular, both sides of basal area with one triangular lobe, apex blunt.

Measurements (mm)

Body length: ♂: 18.0, ♀: 18.0; length of pronotum: ♂: 5.5–6.0, ♀: 5.0; length of fore femur: ♂: 14.3– 15.0, ♀: 12.2; length of hind femur: ♂: 26.5–27.0, ♀: 23.0; length of hind tibia: ♂: 30.0–31.0, ♀: 27.0; length of hind basitarsus: ♂: 6.0, ♀: 5.0; length of ovipositor: 11.8.

Distribution

China (Guangxi, Guizhou).

Remarks

The female of this species is recorded and described here for the first time.

Figures

Fig. 5. Tachycines (Gymnaeta) liboensis Zhu, Chen & Shi, 2020. A–F, I. ♂. A–C. Head and pronotum. A. Frontal view. B. Lateral view. C. Dorsal view. D–F. Apex of abdomen. D. Lateral view. E. Dorsal view. F. Ventral view. I. Hind basitarsus in lateral view. — G–H. ♀. G. Subgenital plate. H. Ovipositor in lateral view.