Mecopoda mamorata, 2019

Liu, Yun-Fei, Shen, Chu-Ze, Gong, Pu, Zhang, Ling & He, Zhu-Qing, 2019, Three new species of genus Mecopoda Serville, 1831 from China (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Mecopodinae), Zootaxa 4585 (3), pp. 561-572 : 571

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.3.10
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:95F023AA-1C3E-467F-8811-15AE67EABD1E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5672607
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2D036B6F-FF8E-5A20-FF3F-FCF984F78F0D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Mecopoda mamorata
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

2.5 M. mamorata He View in CoL sp. nov.

Holotype: female, CHINA, Yunnan, Menglun 25-iv-2017, coll. He Zhu-Qing.

Description. This species is very similar to M. elongata elongata , but the new species has longer forewing and has longest ovipositor among other species ( Fig. 2J View FIGURE 2 ).

Male. Not known.

Coloration. Nearly brown. Forewing yellow with brown wave pattern, and three big black spots on the base.

Etymology. The species is named after the wave pattern on the forewing.

Measurements (in mm). Female: SZ 87.2, PR 11.48, FW 76.33, HW 80.27, HF 59.41, OV 35.65.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Note. We found one male near the female (holotype), the color patter of forewing was similar. Unfortunately, we failed to collect it.