Nicephora (Eunicephora) ulla Gorochov, 1998

Wang, Hanqiang, Li, Miaomiao, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2013, Review of genus Nicephora Bolívar (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae), Zootaxa 3737 (2), pp. 154-166 : 163-165

Nicephora (Eunicephora) ulla Gorochov, 1998

( Figs. 29–32 )

Nicephora (Eunicephora) ulla Gorochov, 1998 . Zoosystematica Rossica, 7 (1): 116.

Description. Male. Pronotum long and rather low, hind lobe elongate. Tegmina reaches base of cerci, strongly narrowing to round apex, stridulatory apparatus entirely conceal beneath the hind margin of pronotum. Spines of the fore and middle tibiae long, fore tibiae with spines armed 4, 4 (1, 1). Male 10th abdominal simple, without lobes; cerci upper medial process not bifurcated, lower denticulate process short, distal part long with curved apex. Genitalia with an apical and a pair of lateral sclerites. Subgenital plate long and narrow, hind margin little notched, styli short.

Female unknown.

Coloration. Brownish, antennae with numerous brownish spots. Apical part of hind femora and tibiae darkened, fore and middle tibiae spines dark. Abdominal tergites darkish, cerci very dark, abdominal sternites and subgenital plate greenish.

Measurement. (length in mm) Body: ♂8.5–9.5; pronotum: ♂5.2–5.6; tegmina: ♂5.5–6.0; hind femora: ♂10.5–11.0.

Distribution. Vietnam (Tam Dao).

Figures

FIGURES 29 – 32. Nicephora (Eunicephora) ulla Gorochov, 1998. (after Gorochov) 29. Tip of male abdomen, dorsal view; 30. Tip of male abdomen, lateral view; 31. Male subgenital plate, ventral view; 32. Male genitalia, ventral view.