Metiochodes flavescens Chopard, 1931

Li, Kai, He, Zhuqing & Liu, Xianwei, 2010, A taxonomic study of the genus Metiochodes Chopard from China (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Trigonidiinae), Zootaxa 2506, pp. 43-50 : 47

4. Metiochodes flavescens Chopard, 1931

( Figs. 12–14 )

Metiochodes flavescens Chopard, 1931 . Bull. Raffles Mus., No.6: 137; Chopard, 1932. Ark. Zool. 23A N:o 9: 13; Chopard, 1936. Ceyl. J. Sc., (B) 20: 49, fig. 9b; Chopard, 1968. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 12: 337; Chopard, 1969. In Sewell [Ed.]. The Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries 2: 289; Gorochov, 1987. In Medvedev [Ed.]. Insects fauna of Vietnam: 14.

Material. 1♀, CHINA: Yunnan prov. Xishuangbannajinuo 1995. VIII.5–9, leg. Liu Xian-Wei, Zhang Wei- Nian, Jin Xin-Bao ( IEAS).

Diagnosis. Body small; dark yellow or reddish yellow. Head much wider than fore margin of pronotum, vertex flattened, eyes horizontal lengthened as in Fig. 12 . Pronotum rather strongly narrowing in front. Each fore tibia with a rather large, oval tympanum on inner side, tegmen with 5 longitudinal veins on dorsal field ( Fig. 13 ). Male genitalia with hooks shaped apical branches ( Fig. 14 ).

Measurements. (in mm) Body♀6.5; body with wing♀10.5; pronotum ♀1.0; tegmen♀5.5; posterior tibiae ♀4.8; ovipositor 2.5.

Distribution. China (Yunnan); Thailand; Singapore; Malaya; Indonesia.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 14. Metiochodes flavescens Chopard, 1931. 12. head of female, lateral view; 13. head, pronotum and tegmen of female, dorsal view; 14. apex of male genitalia, dorsal view (from Chorpard, 1936).