Lipotactes truncatus Shi & Li, 2009

Feng, Ji-Yuan, Zhou, Zhi-Jun, Cnang, Yan-Lin & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2017, Remarks on the genus Lipotactes Brunner v. W., 1898 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Lipotactinae) from China, Zootaxa 4291 (1), pp. 183-191 : 187

5. Lipotactes truncatus Shi & Li, 2009

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Lipotactes truncatus Shi & Li, 2009 . Zootaxa, 2152: 41.

Lipotactes baishanzuensis Liu, Zhou & Bi, 2010 , in: Xu & Ye (Eds.). Insects of Fengyangshan National Nature Reserve, 74. Syn. nov.

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, Dazhulan, Wuyishan, Fujian, China, 20 August, 2006, collected by Xiao-Dong Li . Other specimens: 3♂ 1♀, Longxishan, Jiangle, Fujian, China, 8 August, 2014, collected by Hui-Fang Guo and Gang Wang , 1♂, Huangkeng , Jianyang, Fujian, China, 16 August, 2014, collected by Hui-Fang Guo and Gang Wang ; 1♀, Tongben , Wuyishan, Fujian, China, 21 August, 2014, collected by Hui-Fang Guo and Gang Wang ; 1♀, Jiulongshan , Hezhou, Zhejiang, 15 August, 2014, collected by Juan-Xia Di and Ping Wang ; 1♀, Tianmushan , Lin’an, Zhejiang, China, 1 August, 2014, collected by Juan-Xia Di and Ping Wang ; 1♂, Huangchayao , Lishui, Zhejiang, China, 16 August, 2014, collected by Juan-Xia Di and Ping Wang .

Description. Female. Pronotum short, disc comparatively flat. Tegmen absent. Tenth abdominal tergite slightly concave at posterior margin. Supra anal plate triangular, apex rounded. Cerci conical, apices acute. Ovipositor clearly curved upwards, base stout, apex acute, ventral margin of ovipositor with small teeth at apical area. Subgenital plate broad and nearly trapezoidal, posterior margin truncatus , the middle of posterior margin with a very small notch. Disc of pronotum dark brown, only lateral lobe with narrow black edge along posterior margin.

Discussion. Lipotactes truncates Shi & Li, 2009 was published earlier than Lipotactes baishanzuensis, Liu, Zhou & Bi, 2010 , so Lipotactes baishanzuensis is a synonym of Lipotactes truncatus .

Distribution. China (Fujian, Zhejiang).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Lipotactes truncates Shi & Li, 2009, male: A – B. head and pronotum: A. dorsal view; B. lateral view; C. head in frontal view; G – J. apex of abdomen: G. dorsal view; H. apical view; I. lateral view; J. ventral view; female: D – E. head and pronotum: D. dorsal view; E. lateral view; F. subgenital plate in ventral view; K. ovipositor in lateral view; L. apex of ovipositor in lateral view; M. hind femur in lateral view.