Larnaca (Larnaca) longispina Zhang, Zhang & Bian, 2023

Pang, Siyu, Zhang, Qianwen & Bian, Xun, 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Stenopelmatoidea) XXII: New descriptions from Southwest China, Zootaxa 5374 (4), pp. 487-504 : 497-499

Larnaca (Larnaca) longispina Zhang, Zhang & Bian, 2023

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Description. Female (new description). Body slightly larger than male, the other characters as male except for the following: hind femora with 3 internal and 10 external spines on ventral surface; dorsal surface of tibiae with 6 internal and 5–6 external spines.

Seventh abdominal sternite wider than preceding sternite, with lateral margins rounded; ventral surface with 1 pair of copulatory depressions, between of them semi-membranous ( Fig. 11H ). Subgenital plate short and wide, ventral surface with transverse riffles, posterior margin faintly concave ( Fig. 11I ). Ovipositor falcate, most strongly upcurved in subbasal area, margins gradually approaching towards apex; apices subacute ( Fig. 11G ).

Measurements (mm). Female: BL 22.81, PL 5.44, TL 2.02, HFL 10.59, OvL 8.26.

Material examined. 1 male, Xima, Yingjiang , Yunnan, July 11, 2023, coll. by Weizhong Yang ; 1 male, Xiniaogu, Yingjiang, Yunnan, August 21, 2023, coll. by Siyu Pang and Ting Luo ; 1 male and 1 female, Xima, Yingjiang, Yunnan, August 27, 2023, coll. by Weizhong Yang.

Distribution. Yunnan (Yingjiang).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Larnaca (Larnaca) longispina Zhang, Zhang & Bian, 2023. Female: A–B. head: A. frontal and slightly ventral view, B. frontal view; C–D. head and pronotum: C. dorsal view, D. lateral view; E. left wings in lateral view; F. second and third abdominal tergites in lateral view; G. apex of abdomen in lateral view; H–I. seventh abdominal sternite and subgenital plate in ventral view.