Grigoriora kweichowensis ( Tinkham, 1944 ) 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 : 228

Grigoriora kweichowensis ( Tinkham, 1944) comb. nov.

( Figs. 11–13 )

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Xiphidiopsis kweichowensis: Tinkham, 1944 , Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 94:507, 512; Xia & Liu, 1992, Insects of Wuling Mountains Area, Southwestern China, 99; Liu & Jin, 1994, Contributions from Shanghai Institute of Entomology, 11:111; Jin & Xia, 1994, Jour. Orth. Res., 3:27.

Eoxizicus kweichowensis: Liu & Zhang, 2000 , Entomotaxonomia, 22(3):159.

Eoxizicus (Axizicus) kweichowensis: Liu & Yin, 2004 , Insects from Mt. Shiwandashan Area of Guangxi, 101.

Diagnosis and discussion: This species generally relates to the previous one, but male cerci without any protuberances ( Fig. 11 ); subgenital plate of male narrower; subgenital plate of female discoid distally, central incision of hind margin indistinct ( Fig. 12 ). Male genitalia similar to G. cheni ( Fig. 13 ). Based on the concolourous body, the paired processes of male 10th abdominal tergite and the morphology of the male genitalia, we also transfer this species to Grigoriora .

Type locality and preservation: Shimenkan village , Weining County, Guizhou province ; type specimens are kept in USNM.

Material examined: 2♂♂ 1♀, Mount Fanjing, Jiangkou County, Guizhou province, 1988. VII.14, leg. LIU Zu- Yao; 1♀, Xiaodanjiang village , Rongjiang County, Guizhou province, alt . 690–800m, 1994. VII.31 ~ VIII.2, leg. QIN Yan-Yan; 6♂♂ 1♀, Hongkou reserve, Dujiangyan city, Sichuan province, alt . 900–1100m, 2014. VII.25, leg. WANG Han-Qiang ; 3♂♂ 8♀♀, Yangmeiao, Jiuwan montain, Huanjiang County, Guangxi province, alt . 1200m, 2015. VII.18, leg. LIU Xian-Wei & ZHU Wei-Bin.

Distribution: China (Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong).

Figures

FIGURES 11–13. Grigoriora kweichowensis (Tinkham, 1944) comb. nov.. End of male abdomen: 11. laterally dorsal vieW; 13. ventral vieW With genitalia. 12. female subgenital plate in ventral vieW.