Allocyrtopsis parva, Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei, Li, Kai & Fang, Yan, 2012

Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei, Li, Kai & Fang, Yan, 2012, A new genus and five new species of the Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), Zootaxa 3521, pp. 51-58 : 55-56

4. Allocyrtopsis parva sp. nov. Wang & Liu.

( Figs. 12–14 )

Material. Holotype ♀, China: Tibet, Yadong county, Xiayadong, Alt. 2500m, 2010. VIII.10, leg. BI Wen-xuan; Paratype 3, same data as holotype.

Description. Female. Tegmina concealed beneath pronotum, situated laterally. Fore tibiae spines armed 2, 3(1, 1). Middle tibiae with 2 outer spines excluding apical spurs, hind tibiae with 11~14 dorsal teeth each margin above and 3 pairs of apical spurs. 10th abdominal tergite with median processed on hind margin. Subgenital plate is nearly pyriform ( Fig. 14 ). Ovipositor shorter than hind femur, slightly curved upwards, margins smooth.

Male (probably last instar nymphs). End abdomen as in Fig. 13 .

Coloration. Yellowish. Antennae with scattered dark rings, head, pronotum and legs mottled with pale brown, abdomen with a darkish longitudinal band and lateral spots, apex of ovipositor darkish. Measurements. (in mm)

Discussion. This new species is similar to Allocytopsis ornata sp. nov., but smaller, the subgenital plate is pyriform and the femora mottled.

Etymology. The new specific name derived from Latin “parvus”, refers the character of body. Distribution. China (Tibet).

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 14. Allocyrtopsis parva sp. nov. 12. Lateral view, holotype; 13. End of male abdomen, dorsal view; 14. Subgenital plate of female, ventral view.