Pseudepitettix torulosinota ( Zheng & Lin, 2016 ) Deng, 2020

Deng, Wei-An, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from China with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4789 (2), pp. 403-440 : 431

Pseudepitettix torulosinota ( Zheng & Lin, 2016) , comb. nov.

( Figure 13 A–B)

Epitettix torulosinota Zheng & Lin, 2016: 1-4 [description] (holotype— ♂, China, Yunnan prov., Cangyuan County, in IZSNU, examined).

Type material examined. Holotype ♂ and paratypes 3♂ 1♀, China: Yunnan prov., Cangyuan County, Mengleng , 18 IV 2012, IZSNU.

Notes. The species is not an Epitettix -species because disc of pronotum is rough, with dense protuberances; anterior margin of fastigium of vertex is straight and not distinctly surpassing anterior margin of eyes. It belongs to Pseudepitettix Zheng, 1995 . Pseudepitettix torulosinota is easy to identify, disc of pronotum is rough, with dense protuberances; vertex is much wider than one of the eyes; upper margin of pronotum is slightly arc-shaped and uplifting before shoulders in profile; it is nearly straight after the shoulders.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURE 13A–D. Pseudepitettix torulosinota (Zheng & Lin, 2016), comb. nov.; Tetradinodula bambusae Zha, 2017. A—P. torulosinota, dorsal view of body; B—P. torulosinota, lateral view of body; C—Tetradinodula bambusae, dorsal view of body; D—Tetradinodula bambusae, lateral view of body. (A–B photo: Liliang Lin, C–D photo: Weian Deng).