Tachycines (Tachycines) asynamorus Adelung, 1902

Qin, Yanyan, Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2018, Divided the genus Tachycines Adelung (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae: Aemodogryllinae; Aemodogryllini) from China, Zootaxa 4374 (4), pp. 451-475 : 453-455

1. Tachycines (Tachycines) asynamorus Adelung, 1902

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Tachycines asynamorus Adelung, 1902 . Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sciences St. Petersburg, 7, 59. Tachycines (Tachycines) asynamorus Karny, 1937 . Genera Insectorum., 206, 247.

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Tachycines (Tachycines) asynamorus Storozhenko, 1990 . Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie., 69(4), 846. Diestrammena (Tachycines) asynamora Kim, J. I. & T.-W. Kim., 2002. Korean J. Entomol., 32(3), 145. Diestrammena (Tachycines) asynamora Sugimoto, M. & Ichikawa., 2003 . Tettigonia ., 5, 9.

Diestrammena (Tachycines) asynamora Storozhenko, T. -W. Kim & Jeon., 2015. Monograph of Korean Orthoptera , 97.

Description. Male. Body medium sized. Vertex of head divided into conical tubercles. Legs elongate and slender; fore femora about 1.6 times as long as the pronotum, ventrally with 6–15 spines, internal genicular lobe with a small spine, external genicular lobe with 1 elongate movable spur; fore tibiae ventrally with 2–3 external and 1–2 internal spur(s). Mid femora with an elongate movable spur on the internal and genicular lobe, ventrally unarmed; mid tibiae ventrally with 1 external and 1 internal spur. Hind femora beneath with 7–9 inter spines and without outer spines; hind tibiae above with 47–66 outer and inner spines respectively, arrange in groups. Super internal spur of hind tibiae not exceeding the dorso-apical spine of hind metatarsus ( Fig. 1 ). Hind metatarsus with bristles beneath. Male epiproct rather short and rounded. Epiphallus of male genitalia triangular ( Figs. 2–3 ).

Female. Subgenital plate with hind margin nocthed deeply ( Fig. 4 ). Ovipositor longer than half the length of hind femur.

Coloration. Body yellowish with distinct dark brown stripes. Face with 2–4 light yellowish longitudinal stripes. Legs with dark annular stripes.

Measurements. (length in mm) Body ♂ 11.0–13.0, ♀ 14.0–18.0; pronotum ♂ 4.5–6.0, ♀ 5.0–6.5; fore femora ♂ 8.0–10.0, ♀ 9.2–11.0; hind femora ♂ 15.0–20.0, ♀ 18.5–21.5; ovipositor ♀ 18.5–21.5.

Material examined. 1♂, Wuxi , Jiangsu, 1951-XI-21, collected by Xia Kai-Ling ; 1♂ 3♀♀, Dongtai , Jiangsu ; 1♂, Shanghai, 1984-X, collected by Bi Dao-Ying ; 1♂, Shanghai, 1949-IX-29 ; 1♀, Dongan Road , Shanghai, 1991- IX-1 , collected by Liu Zu-Yao et al.; 3♂♂ 2♀♀, Emei Mountain (Sichuan), alt . 350m or 1100m, collected by Liu Xian-Wei et al.; 1♂ 1♀, Jinan , Shandong, 1991-X-8 ; 1♀, Yangling , Shanxi, 2007-VII-1,collected by Zhou Shun ; 1♂ 4♀♀, Yuanguping, Dayong , Hunan ; 1♂, Shanghai, 1949-XII-29 ; 1♂, Shanghai, 1979-VI, collected by Nancun ; 1♂, Shanghai, 1959-XI-4 ; 1♂, Dongshan, Suzhou , Jiangsu, 1994-VIII-27 /VIII-9, collected by Liu Zu-Yao et Zhang Wei-Nian ; 1♀, Yaan , Sichuan, 2007-X-21 ; 1♀, Shanghai, 1962-X-5 , collected by Li Cheng-Yu; 3♂♂, Tongmu, Wuyishan , Fujian, alt . 600m, 2010-VII-10 ~16, collected by Liu et al.; 4♀♀, Tongmu, Wuyishan , Fujian, alt . 600m, 2010-VII-15 ~16, collected by Guo Jiang-Li; 1♂ 6♀♀, Daan, Wuyishan , Fujian, alt . 350m, 2009-VII- 7 ~9, collected by Liu Xian-Wei et al.; 1♂, Qiyu Xian , Japan , 1984-VII-20, collected by Jiu Jing Qing Liu; 1♀, Qiyu Xian , Japan , 1995-VII-VIII, collected by Liu Xian-Wei; 1♀, Gutian Mountain, Kaihua , Zhejiang, 2 012 - X- 14 ~16, collected by Liu Xian Wei et Wang Han-Qiang; 35♂♂ 32♀♀, Laoshan, Qingdao , Shandong, 30m, 2017-IX- 19 ~20, collected by Liu Xian-Wei, Qin Yan-Yan et al..

Distribution. China (Henan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hunan, Sichuan, Shandong); Korea; Japan; Europe; North America.

Diagnosis. This species is different from other species in this subgenus in that: hind metatarsus with bristles beneath and fore femora with spines beneath.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Tachycines (Tachycines) asynamorus Adelung, 1902. 1. Hind tarsus, lateral view; 2. Male genitalia, dorsal view; 3. Male genitalia, ventral view; 4. Female subgenital plate, ventral view; 5. Ecological condition of male; 6, Ecological condition of female.(Figs.5–6 from Shandong, Qingdao)