Zhengitettix albitarsus Storozhenko, 2013

Dawwrueng, Pattarawich & Vitheepradit, Akekawat, 2024, The genus Zhengitettix Liang, 1994 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae) from Thailand, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5397 (4), pp. 589-597 : 591-592

Zhengitettix albitarsus Storozhenko, 2013

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Zhengitettix albitarsus Storozhenko, 2013: 206 , figs 1–6 (holotype-male, Thailand: Nakhon Ratchasima Prov., environs of Khao Yai National Park; in Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg); Storozhenko &

Dawwrueng, 2014: 325; Dawwrueng & Doodduem, 2014: 5; Storozhenko & Dawwrueng, 2015: 548; Chen & Deng, 2022: 73; Storozhenko, Tan, Trung & Pham, 2023: 209.

Material examined. 3 males, 2 females, Thailand: Ratchaburi Province, Hub Hang stream, environs of Khao Krajom , 700–800m, 19 IV 2021, coll. P. Dawwrueng.

Remark. Storozhenko, 2013 reported this species for the first time from Nakhon Ratchasima Province in the Sankamphaeng Range (Northeastern Thailand) and Mae Hong Son Province in the Daen Lao Range (Northern Thailand). This is the first record in the Tenasserim range from Ratchaburi Province (Western Thailand). This species seems to be a widespread species in Thailand. The specimens from Ratchaburi Province are similar with the description of holotype and paratypes from Nakhon Ratchasima and Mae Hong Son Province. However, the posterior process of pronotum and hind wings are somewhat shorter. This species also found in Vietnam presented in the recent paper by Storozhenko et al. (2023), which stated that the lower part of lateral lobes of pronotum is with slightly curved backward spines.

The coloration of this species when dried are dull, in contrast, the live specimens are colorful. Therefore, the coloration of the live specimens of this species is as the following: 1) the pronotum from above are greenish-grey with some light spots on the disc of pronotum and the median carina of pronotum, 2) the lateral area of pronotum is white with spine of lateral lobe of pronotum pinkish or reddish-white, and 3) the humeral carina and lateral carina are pink or reddish pink, which is faded out in the posterior part of pronotum.

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FIGURE 2. Zhengitettix albitarsus Storozhenko, 2013: male (A, C) and female (B, D): General habitus, in lateral view (A, B) and dorsal view (C, D).