Parapteronemobius chenggong He, 2021

Ding, Nuo, Liu, Yi-Jiao, Liao, Xin-Yi, Shen, Chu-Ze & He, Zhu-Qing, 2021, A new species of Parapteronemobius from Zhejiang, China (Orthoptera Trigonidiidae: Nemobiinae), Zootaxa 4985 (2), pp. 294-300 : 298

Parapteronemobius chenggong He sp. nov.

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Holotype: male, CHINA, Zhejiang Prov., Ningbo, Xiangshan, Hepu , Miaoxiakeng , 121.96 E, 29.09 N, 26-ix-2020, coll. Song Xiao-Bin.

Paratype: 2 males & 25 females, same data as holotype .

(depository: East China Normal University, Shanghai, China)

Description. Male. Body large for Nemobiinae species ( Fig 3A ). Head: round and smooth, as wide as pronotum or slightly wider ( Fig. 3D ), eyes rather small, as same size as antennal scape, lateral ocelli developed but small ( Fig. 3E ), median ocellus absent, several setae on inner side of antennal cavity, rostrum convex, as wide as antennal cavity, maxillary palpi with 5th one elongate and swollen apex. Pronotum: no lateral carina, with setae on anterior and posterior margins, forewing and hindwing absent, legs long, no tympanum, hind tibia with 3 outer and 2 inner dorsal spines ( Fig. 3C ), five apical spurs (two inner side spurs long and three outer spurs short). Second tarsus rather short, the first and third tarsus long and almost equal to each other, several regular spurs or strong setae on ventral side of the first tarsus. Abdomen: slightly pubescent, cercus with thin and long hairs. Genitalia: similar to that of P. dibrachiatus , but distal epiphallic lobe S-shape as in Fig. 3G, H .

Female. Similar to male ( Fig. 3B ). Ovipositor long and almost straight.

Coloration: Total brown, nearly without ornamentation, with legs in yellowish brown, ovipositor reddish brown.

Measurements (in mm): Male: body length (from head to anus) 6.15–7.08, pronotum length 1.45–1.52, hind femur length 3.89–4.13; Female: body length 6.14–7.41, pronotum length 1.65–1.73, hind femur length 4.35–5.20, ovipositor length 4.74–4.82.

Distribution: China (Zhejiang).

Etymology: The specific epithet chenggong is for the Chinese phonetic alphabet NJLj, which is the given name of Chinese national hero ẸNJLj.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Parapteronemobius chenggong sp. nov. (A–H). Body (A, B), A male, B female; Hind tibiae(C); Head with pronotum from above (D); Head frontal view (E); Ovipositor (F); Genitalia (G–H), G dorsal viewed, H lateral views.