16. Tachycines (Tachycines) rammei Karny, 1926

(Figs. 48–50)

Tachycines rammei Karny, 1926 . Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin., 12, 363.

Tachycines (Tachycines) rammei Karny, 1937 . Genera Insectorum., 206, 248.

Tachycines rammei Jin Xing- Bao & Xia Kai-Ling, 1994. Jour. Orth. Res., 3, 18.

Diestrammena (Tachycines) rammei Gorochov, 1998 . Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie., 77 (1), 73–105. Diestrammena (Tachycines) rammei Rampini, Di Russo & Cobolli, 2008 . Monografie Naturalistiche., 3, 130.

Description. Male. Body medium sized. Vertex of head divided into conical tubercles. Legs elongate and slender; fore femora about 1.7 times as long as the pronotum, ventrally unarmed, internal genicular lobe with a small spine, external genicular lobe with 1 elongate movable spur; fore tibia ventrally with 2 external internal spurs. Mid femora with an elongate movable spur on the internal genicular lobe, ventrally unarmed; mid tibiae beneath with 2 external and 1 internal spur(s). Hind femora ventrally with 1–4 inner spines and without outer spines; hind tibiae above with 50–60 outer and inner spines respectively, arranged in groups. Super internal spur of hind tibia exceeding the dorso-apical spine of metatarsus (Fig. 48). Hind metatarsus keeled beneath. Epiphallus of male genitalia “A”-shaped, the upper end blunt (Figs. 49–50).

Female. Unknown.

Coloration. Body and legs with the uniformly color, yellowish brown.

Measurements. (length in mm) Body ♂ 18.3; pronotum ♂ 6.8; fore femora ♂ 11.5; hind femora ♂ 24.0.

Distribution. China (Guangdong).

Diagnosis. This species is rather similar to T. (T.) sichuanensis sp. nov., but differs from the latter in that: hind femora beneath with 1–4 internal spines and hind tibiae above with 50–60 spines on each side.