Velarifictorus beybienkoi, Gorochov, 1985

Chen, Guang-Yu, Shen, Chu-Ze, Liu, Yun-Fei, Liao, Wang & He, Zhu-Qing, 2018, A phylogenetic study of Chinese Velarifictorus Randell, 1964 based on COI gene with describing one new species (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae), Zootaxa 4531 (4), pp. 499-506 : 502

V. beybienkoi Gorochov, 1985

Ƒelarifictorus beybienkoi Gorochov, 1985

Material examined. 1 male, CHINA, Shanghai, 30-viii-2016, coll. HE Zhu-Qing ; 1 male, CHINA, Shandong, Dongying , 1-viii-2012, coll. HE Zhu-Qing.

Distribution. China (Hainan, Shandong, Zhejiang).

Note. Males of this species are similar to V. micado , but females have shorter tegmina ( Fig. 1g ). It is univoltine in Shanghai, overwintering as eggs. Adults are usually stationary or slow moving.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Ƒelarifictorus spp. in living condition. a, flavifrons; b, arisanicus; c, micado; d, aspersus; e, ornatus; f, dianxiensis; g, beybienkoi.