Hyphinomos fasciata Uvarov, 1921

Ali, Ahsan, Jaiswara, Ranjana, Bharti, Umesh & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2022, Revision of the high-altitude genus Hyphinomos Uvarov, 1921 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with a redescription and new data on mating behavior and acoustic signals of H. svenhedini Ramme, 1950, Zootaxa 5099 (3), pp. 301-324 : 304

Hyphinomos fasciata Uvarov, 1921

Figs 1–3

Hyphinomos fasciata Uvarov, 1921: 74 ; Chang, 1935: 62 (fide Jin and Xia, 1994); Wu, 1995: 91 (fide Jin and Xia, 1994); Mani, 1968: 212; Gurney & Liebermann, 1975: 106; Jin and Xia, 1994: 30; Braun, 2016: 104; Gupta & Chandra, 2018: 645; Ali et al. 2021:19624

Type locality: China, Tibet, Dakar [=Daba, also called Purang/Burang by the collector ( Longstaff 1923)] .

Type material: 3 females: Holotype — 1 ♀ NHM. Paratype — 1 ♀ MNCN. Paratype — Probably NHM.

Diagnosis and description: as given by Uvarov, 1921.

Distribution: Known only from three females collected from the type locality Dakar in Western Tibet (erroneously listed twice with the same locality name under India and under China by Gupta & Chandra, 2018 and Ali et al. 2021). The second locality of fasciata, Kargil in Ladahk, given by Ali et al. 2021 without any comments, may refer to svenhedini (see below).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map showing type localities of Hyphinomos fasciata Uvarov, 1921 (in Dakar, Western Tibet, China) and H. svenhedini Ramme, 1950 (in Hanle, Indus Valley, Ladakh and Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, India). Zanskar and Shashi lake, Kargil, Ladakh are additional locations from where H. svenhedini has been reported. Area highlighted in green is Ladakh, U.T., pink: Kargil district of Ladakh, blue: Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

FIGURE 2. Vertex ivory in (A) Hyphinomos fasciata Uvarov, 1921 (photo from OSF) and black, adorned with yellow stripes and patches in (B) H. svenhedini Ramme, 1950.

FIGURE 3. Ovipositor shape of Hyphinomos svenhedini Ramme, 1950 (A) Allotype, (B) Paratype from NMW, (C) studied specimen from Shashi lake and (D) Paratype of H. fasciata Uvarov, 1921 from MNCN (photo from OSF).