Allogrigoriora carinata, Wang & Liu, 2018

Wang, Hanqiang & Liu, Xianwei, 2018, Studies in Chinese Tettigoniidae: Recent discoveries of Meconematinae katydids from Xizang, China (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), Zootaxa 4441 (2), pp. 225-244 : 227

Allogrigoriora carinata sp. nov.

( Figs. 1–7 )

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Materials: Holotype ♂, Le village , Cona County, Xizang province, 2600m, 2010. VIII.17–19, leg. BI Wen-Xuan.

Description: Male. Body medium in size ( Fig. 1 ). Fastigium of vertex conical, apex obtuse and furrowed dorsally. Apical two segments of maxillary palpi about equal in lengths. Pronotum with prozona longer than metazona, anterior margin straight, posterior margin roundly acute, lateral angle round, humeral sinus faint ( Fig. 4 ). Tegmina developed, hind wings longer than tegmina by 1.0 mm. Each femur unarmed. Inner and outer ventral spurs in type 4, 5 (1, 1) of fore tibiae, dorsal margin of hind tibiae bearing 21–22 spines, and bearing 3 pairs of apical spurs. Posterior edge of 10th abdominal tergite shallowly concave ( Fig. 2, 5 ), epiproct triangular. Cerci moderately elongate, base with an acute inner lobe, apex narrow and somewhat incurved ( Figs. 2, 3, 5 ). Subgenital plate distinctly constricted in the middle, with a clear carina longitudinally, apex without styli ( Fig. 3, 7 ). Genitalia is completely membranous.

Female unknown.

Coloration: Generally unicolor, brownish yellow. Compound eyes darkish brown, antenna with sparse darkish rings ( Fig. 1 ).

Measurements (mm): Body ♂ 11.0; pronotum ♂ 4.5; tegmina ♂ 11.0; hind femora ♂ 9.0.

Etymology: The specific epithet comes from Latin ‘carina’, refering to the longitudinal keel of male subgenital plate.

Distribution: China (Xizang).

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. Allogrigoriora carinata sp. nov. 1. male body, lateral vieW. End of male abdomen: 2, 5. dorsal vieW; 3.7. ventral vieW; 6. lateral vieW. 4. lateral vieW of pronotum.