Rhaphidophora longitabula Bian, Zhu & Shi, 2017

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Figures 12–13

Description. Female (new description). Body large. Head and pronotum as other species of the genus. Fore coxae with 1 spine; femora with 1 short ventral spine on internal margin; tibiae with 1 internal and 2 external spines ventrally, apices with 1 pair of spines on ventral surface. Middle femora with 1 pair of apical spines on ventral surface; tibiae dorsally with 2 pairs of spines, ventral surface with 1 internal and 2 external spines, apices with 1 pair of spines on dorsal and ventral surfaces separately. Hind femora with 1 short ventral spine on internal margin; tibiae dorsally with 19 internal spines, 17–19 external spines and 1 pair of small subapical spines, apices with 1 pair of dorsal and 2 pairs of ventral spines; basitarsi with 3–4 small spines and 1 apical spine on dorsal surface along the midline (Fig. 13E).

Tenth abdominal tergite with median furrow on dorsal surface, posterior margin projected with arched concavity in middle (Fig. 13G). Epiproct roughly triangular, dorsal surface concave, apices rounded (Fig. 13F). Cerci slender, moderately upcurved. Subgenital plate longer than wide, the lateral margins of basal third convex, after constricted and terminating into a spine, apex acute (Fig. 13J). Ovipositor longer, moderately upcurved, dorsal margins smooth, apices acute; apical areas of ventral valvulae with small teeth (Fig. 13I).

Coloration. Body black, genae with yellowish brown spots. Sterna yellowish brown.

Measurements (mm). BL: ♀ 21.85; PL: ♀ 9.23; FFL: ♀ 12.41; MFL: ♀ 12.16; HFL: ♀ 28.95; HBL: ♀ 6.25; OvL: 20.23.

Material examined. 2 males, Xiaohaoping, Tengchong, Yunnan, August 10, 2023, coll. by Siyu Pang and Ting Luo ; 3 males and 1 female, Tongbiguan, Yingjiang, Yunnan, August 20, 2023, coll. by Siyu Pang and Ting Luo .

Distribution. Yunnan (Longchuan, Tengchong, Tongbiguan).