Apterolarnaca quadrimaculata Bian & Shi, 2016

Luo, Ting, Zhang, Hui & Bian, Xun, 2024, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Stenopelmatoidea) XXVI: New additions based on the specimens from Southern China, Zootaxa 5538 (6), pp. 546-560 : 548

Apterolarnaca quadrimaculata Bian & Shi, 2016

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Description. Female (new description). Fore tibiae with 4 pairs of spurs and 1 pair of apical spurs on ventral surface. Middle tibiae with 3 pairs of spurs and 1 pair of apical spurs on ventral surface. Hind femora ventrally with 5–6 internal and 1–8 external spines; tibiae with 3–4 pairs of dorsal spines, apices with 1 pair of dorsal spurs and 2 pairs of ventral spurs, subapical area with 1 pair of ventral spurs. Seventh abdominal sternite wider than long, posterior margin arched. Subgenital plate slightly longer than wide, basal margin with 1 copulatory depression on each side, lateral margins faintly convex, posterior margin straight, the lateral angles obtuse ( Fig. 4F ). Ovipositor upcurved, apices obtuse ( Fig. 4G ).

Measurements (mm). Female: BL 19.02–19.44, PL 4.40–4.93, HFL 9.26–9.28, OvL 7.83–7.89.

Material examined. 4 males and 8 females, Dahaoping, Gaoligongshan , Yunnan, September 1, 2024, coll. by Yanting Qin and Ting Luo .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Apterolarnaca quadrimaculata Bian & Shi, 2016. Male: A. head in frontal view; B–C. head and pronotum: B. dorsal view, C. lateral view; D. second and third abdominal tergites in lateral view; E. hind leg in lateral view; F–I. apex of abdomen: F. lateral view, G. dorsal view, H. apical and ventral view, I. ventral view.

FIGURE 4. Apterolarnaca quadrimaculata Bian & Shi, 2016. Female: A. head in frontal view; B–C. head and pronotum: B. dorsal view, C. lateral view; D. second and third abdominal tergites in lateral view; E. hind leg in lateral view; F. seventh abdominal sternite and subgenital plate in ventral view; G. apex of abdomen in lateral view.