Caryanda xinpingensis Mao, 2017

Yin, Zhi-Long & Mao, Ben-Yong, 2023, A review of Caryanda viridis- species group (Orthoptera: Acrididae) with a new species, Zootaxa 5263 (4), pp. 505-519 : 508

Caryanda xinpingensis Mao, 2017

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Chinese common name: KṮẃffñ

Caryanda xinpingensis Mao, 2017 : Hu, Guan & Mao, 2017: 126–128.

Type material examined. Holotype: male, CHINA: Xinhua , Xinping County, Yunnan Province, 29 Jul. 2009, 24°07′N, 101°51′E, 1870 m, coll. Jishan Xu and Jianxiong Zhang. Paratypes: 3 males, 1 female, data same as holotype , 11 males, 16 females, coll. Benyong Mao and Jishan Xu, 11 Aug. 2015, other data same as holotype .

Additional material examined. Thirty-nine males, 21 females, CHINA: Xinhua , Xinping County, Yunnan Province, 24°11′N, 101°46′E, 1852 m, 15 Aug. 2022, coll. Zhilong Yin.

Distribution. China: Yunnan.

Remarks. The species was firstly reported as C. xinpingensis Mao, 2017 , with 4 males and 2 females from Xinping county (Xinhua), China, and its mitochondrial genome structure was also studied ( Hu et al, 2017). In this paper, after comparing the morphological characteristics of its types and additional materials, mainly based on the furculae almost absent, epiproct shield-shaped ( Fig. 4 : C), cerci falciform and laterally compressed ( Fig. 4 : D), epiphallus with outer lophi semicircular ( Fig. 4 : G–H), ventral basivalvular sclerite with inner margins hardly contiguous with each other, inner margin of ventral ovipositor valves distinctly curved ( Fig. 4 : E–F), we consider that C. xinpingensis should be included to C. viridis - species group.

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FIGURE 4. Caryanda xinpingensis Mao, 2017. A–B. Male and female habitus, lateral view; C–D. Male terminalia in dorsal and lateral views; E–F. Female subgenital plate and ovipositor, ventral and lateral views; G–H. Epiphallus in dorsal and lateral views; I–J. Labels. Abbreviations. an=ancora; ap=anterior projection; ilo=inner lophus; olo=outer lophus.