Xiphidiopsis (Dinoxiphidiopsis) fanjingshanensis (Shi & Du, 2006) Wang, Liu, Li

Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2015, New taxa of Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Guangxi, China, Zootaxa 3941 (4), pp. 509-541 : 532-536

Xiphidiopsis (Dinoxiphidiopsis) fanjingshanensis (Shi & Du, 2006) Wang, Liu, Li comb. nov.

( Figs 65–67 )

Xiphidiopsis fanjingshanensis Shi & Du, 2006 : Insects from Fanjingshan Landscape, 125.

Material examined. 1♂ 1♀(pure alcohol soaked), 2♂ 2♀, Fanjing Mountain, Jiangkou County, Guizhou province, 2014. VIII.6, alt. 1000–1800 m, leg. SUN Mei-Ling.

Supplemental description. Female (first description). Body generally consistent with male. Fastigium of vertex conical, shorter, dorsally shallowly furrowed and apically obtuse. Compound eyes circular, globularly protruding outwards. Last segment of maxillary palp little longer than preceding. Paranota of pronotum high, FIGURES 57–64 . (Continued) ventral edge rounded, inconspicuous of humeral sinus, metazona littler longer than prozona, little expanded in dorsal view and slightly elevated in lateral view. Tegmina exceeding apex of hind femora, hind wings longer than tegmina. Inner and outer ventral spine of fore tibiae: 4, 5 (1, 1), mid tibiae each bearing 6 outer and 5 inner ventral spines, each dorsal margin of hind tibia bearing about 33–39 teeth, apex with 3 pairs of apical spurs. Lateral corner of 9th abdominal tergite with carina laterally expanded. Cerci elongate and thin, conical. Subgenital plate elongate, furrowed medially ( Fig. 67 ), little expanded in lateral margin near the middle, hind margin bilobate. Ovipositor long and thin, gently upcurved, apex of ventral valve bearing a hook.

Coloration. Probably lightish green while alive. Dorsal surface of head with lightish brown and thin longitudinal stripe, probably green in accordance of previous species; disc of pronotum with inconspicuous paired lateral brown stripe, probably light yellow when alive; dorsal apex of hind femora and apical half of genicular lobe blackish brown.

Measurement. Lengths in millimeter: body ♂11.0–12.2, ♀12.2–13.1; pronotum ♂4.2–4.7, ♀4.1–4.7; tegmina ♂18.9–19.5, ♀21.8–22.0; hind femora ♂11.0–11.8, ♀12.5–13.0; ovipositor ♀9.2.

Discussion. Type locality of this species is Fanjing Mountain, Guizhou Province, but the Paratype is from Luocheng County, Guangxi province, since this species is very close to the previous taxon, perhaps the paratype is actually Xiphidiopsis (Dinoxiphidiopsis) expressa . As a result of the symmetric hind process of 10th abdominal and specialized subgenital plate of male, inflated ventral margin of female 8th abdominal tergite, it should be included in Xiphidiopsis (Dinoxiphidiopsis) .

Distribution. Guizhou (Fanjing Mountain), Guangxi (?).

Figures

FIGURES 65 – 67. Xiphidiopsis (Dinoxiphidiopsis) fanjingshanensis (Shi & Du, 2006) (from alcohol soaked specimen). 65, 66. male abdomen terminal in dorsal and ventral view; 67. female subgenital plate in ventral view.

FIGURES 57 – 64. Xiphidiopsis (Dinoxiphidiopsis) expressa sp. nov. 57, 58. male in habitats. 59. head and pronotum of male in lateral view; 60 – 62. male abdomen terminal in rear dorsal, ventral, lateral view; 63, 64. female abdomen terminal in ventral and lateral view.