Diestramima curvicaudata, Qin, Yanyan, Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2016

Qin, Yanyan, Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2016, A taxonomic study on the species of the genus Diestramima Storozhenko (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae; Aemodogryllinae), Zootaxa 4126 (4), pp. 514-532 : 524-525

8. Diestramima curvicaudata sp. nov.

( Figs. 27–28 )

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Description. Male. Body intermediate sized. Head with fastigium of vertex divided into two conical tubercles. Legs long and slender; fore femora about 2.7 times as long as the pronotum, beneath unarmed, internal knee lobe without spines, genicular lobe with 1 long movable spur; fore tibia beneath with 2 external and 2 internal spurs, between the paired apical spurs with a short spur. Mid femora with a long movable spur on the internal and genicular lobe; mid tibia beneath with 2 external and 2 internal spurs, between the paired apical spurs with a short spur. Hind femora beneath with 9 inter spines and without outer spines; hind tibia above with 33–36 outer spines and 32–34 inter spines, inner subapical spur of hind tibia slightly shorter than hind metatarsus. Hind metatarsus with 2 dorsal spines. Apex of paraproct compressed ( Fig. 27 ). Apex of process of male 7th abdominal tergite blunt ( Fig. 28 ).

Female. Unknown.

Coloration. Body yellowish. Face with 4 darkish longitudinal bands and 2 dark spots near clypeal suture. Legs with brown stripes.

Measurements. (length in mm) Body Ƌ17.0; pronotum Ƌ5.5; fore femora Ƌ15.0; hind femora Ƌ23.0; hind tibia ♂27.0.

Material examined. Holotype, 1♂, Fanjing Mountain, Guizhou, alt. 1000–1800m, 2014. VIII.6, collected by Li Miao-Miao et al ..

Distribution. China (Guizhou).

Discussion. This new species is similar to D. subrectis sp. nov., but differs as follows: process of male 7th abdominal tergite angularly curved behind middle, paraproct of male without a projected angle near apex.

Figures

FIGURES 27 – 28. Diestramima curvicaudata sp. nov. 27. Male abdominal apex, lateral view; 28. Process of male 7 th abdominal tergite, dorsal view; scale bars = 2 mm.