Mecopoda niponensis, (Haan, 1843)

Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Baker, Ed, Ingrisch, Sigfrid, Korsunovskaya, Olga, Liu, Chun-Xiang, Riede, Klaus & Warchałowska-Šliwa, Elżbieta, 2021, Bioacoustics and systematics of Mecopoda (and related forms) from South East Asia and adjacent areas (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea, Mecopodinae) including some chromosome data, Zootaxa 5005 (2), pp. 101-144 : 113

Subgroup niponensis ( Haan, 1843)

Member of this species group are characterized by wide tegmina, long files and wide mirrors compared to the confracta subgroup ( Fig. 1 ), and have long-lasting, trill-like songs (see measurements in Liu Cx et al. 2020). In the song of many species regular changes between soft and loud parts are observed. Typical members are M. niponensis , M. fallax and M. himalaya . However, in morphology species of the minor subgroup (see below) are quite similar and can at present be separated only by the beginning of the song or by genetics (Liu et al. in prep).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Mirror cells in the right male tegmen, viewed from the lower (A, C) and upper (B, D) side. A–B Mecopoda himalaya (CH3411), a member of the niponensis subgroup, C–D M. sismondoi sp. nov. (CH3688), confracta subgroup. Note the pretzel-shaped mirror in both species. Scale 5 mm.