Phlugiolopsis ramosissima, Wang, Hanqiang, Li, Kai & Liu, Xianwei, 2012

Wang, Hanqiang, Li, Kai & Liu, Xianwei, 2012, A taxonomic study on the species of the genus Phlugiolopsis Zeuner (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae), Zootaxa 3332, pp. 27-48 : 31

Phlugiolopsis ramosissima sp. nov.

( Figs. 11–14 )

Material. Holotype 3, China: Tibet, 2011. VI – IX, leg. BI Wen-Xuan. Paratype 13, 3ƤƤ, same data as holotype.

Description. Male. Fore tibiae with spines 4,4(1,1), middle tibiae with 3 inner and 4 outer spines, hind tibiae with 26 – 29 teeth on both margins of dorsal surface, and with 3 pairs of apical spurs. Tegmina very slightly exceeding hind margin of pronotum. 10th abdominal tergite with truncated hind margin, median portion of apex of dorsal surface with quadrate excavation. Cerci elongate, gradually curved, inner surface of basal half hardly excavate, with 3 branches ( Fig. 11 ), the upper two branches nearly triangular; apical half thin and curved inwards, apex obliquely truncate. Subgenital plate short, hind margin with a small median process ( Fig. 13 ); styli shorter.

Female. Subgenital plate wide in base, with narrow apex, hind margin rounded truncate, middle of base with a paired of weak keels. Ovipositor shorter than hind femora, ventral valve with apical hook.

Coloration. Body blackish brown. Dorsal surface of head with 4 black longitudinal lines of which two inner merged, antennae with few and scattered dark rings, dorsal surface of pronotum with a dark brown longitudinal band which and 2 black lateral stripes in metazona, abdomen entirely black, apical portion of femora darkish.

Measurements. (length in mm)

Body Pronotum Tegmina Hind femora Ovipositor 3 8.9~9.0 4.1~4.2 1.0 8.7~8.9 /

Ƥ 8.1~8.3 4.1~4.7 1.0 7.9~8.3 5.0~5.4

Discussion. This new species is similar to Phlugiolopsis chayuensis sp. nov, but differs from it by the longer male cerci gradually curved, with obliquely truncate apex. Subgenital plate of female with rounded middle lobe and distinct laterally concave.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from Latin ramosissima , referring to the cerci with its many branches.

Distribution. China (Tibet).

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 14. Phlugiolopsis ramosissima sp. nov. 11. Apex of male abdomen, dorsal view; 12. Apex of male abdomen, lateral view; 13. Apex of male abdomen, ventral view; 14. Subgenital plate of female, ventral view.