Zilingxi dian He, 2022

Li, Shi-Yu, Liu, Yi-Jiao & He, Zhu-Qing, 2022, New and little-known mute Trigonidiinae species from China (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Trigonidiidae), Zootaxa 5115 (2), pp. 210-220 : 216-217

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.2.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E183D4F-2E0F-42E2-BDF8-403ED2E3A523
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6352290
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038587CC-B432-FFF0-FF10-834AFECDDC7D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Zilingxi dian He
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Zilingxi dian He View in CoL sp. nov. ÷ḙḃae

Figs. 3F View FIGURE 3 , 4F View FIGURE 4 , 5F View FIGURE 5 , 6F View FIGURE 6 , 7F View FIGURE 7

Holotype. male, CHINA, Yunnan Prov., Menglun , E 101.28, N 21.92, 19-ix-2017, coll. He Zhu-Qing. GoogleMaps

Paratypes. 2 males & 2 females, CHINA, Yunnan Prov., Menglun , 19-ix-2017, coll. He Zhu-Qing ; 1 female, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Chongzuo, Ningming, Paiyangshan , E 107.17, N 22.06, 6-vii-2021, coll. He Zhu-Qing. GoogleMaps

Description. Male. Very similar to Z. danmai ( Figs. 3F View FIGURE 3 , 5F View FIGURE 5 ). Genitalia: pseudepiphallic apical lobe (ps. a. l.) blunt, pseudepiphallic paramere (ps. p.) possessing two branches, inner pair short and inwards curved, outer pair outwards curved, and as long as ps. a. l. ( Fig. 6F View FIGURE 6 ).

Female. Similar to male. Ovipositor similar to that of Z. danmai ( Fig. 7F View FIGURE 7 ).

Coloration. Very similar to Z. danmai . A black line above clypeus, and extended to frontal rostrum ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ), mid-femora possessing a black spot near apex ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ).

Measurements (in mm). Male: SZ 8.94–9.33, PR 0.85, HF 4.25–4.38; Female: SZ 8.95–9.54, PR 0.71–0.82, HF 3.71–4.22, OV 2.95–3.08.

Etymology. The specific epithet dian is for the Chinese phonetic alphabet ÷, which refers to the spot near the apex of mid-femora.

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Yunnan)

Remarks. Z. dian and Z. danmai were sympatric in Menglun, Yunnan (He Z.-Q. personal observation), but they have different color patterns in frontal rostrum, mid-femora possessing a black spot near apex, and the shape of male genitalia.