Microconema clavata ( Uvarov, 1933 )

Duan, Yanhao, Liu, Qing & Chang, Yanlin, 2022, One new species of the genus Microconema Liu, 2005 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China, Zootaxa 5154 (1), pp. 81-86 : 84-85

Microconema clavata ( Uvarov, 1933) , Chinese name 棒尾小mā

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Xiphidiopsis clavata Uvarov, 1933 . Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae . Arkiv för Zoologi, 26A(1), 7.

Xiphidiola (Microconema) clavata: Liu & Zhang, 2005 . Orthoptera : Tettigonioidea and Stenopelmatoidea. In: Yang, X.K. (Ed.), Insect Fauna of Middle-West Qinling Range and South Mountains of Gansu Province, 91 [English 94].

Microconema clavata: Wang & Liu, 2018 . Tettigonioidea. In: Lian, Z.M. (Ed.), Insect Fauna of the Qinling Mountains. Vol. 1. Entognatha and Orthopterida, 471.

Type locality: Gansu, China .

Supplement description. Male. Fastigium verticis conical, apex obtusely rounded, furrowed in the midline. Eyes globular, prominent. Apical segment of maxillary palpus slightly longer than subapical one, apex swollen. Lateral lobe of pronotum longer than high, humeral sinus shallow. Thoracic auditory spiracle exposed, peanut-shaped. Forecoxa with 1 spine. Hind tibia with one pair of dorsal apical spurs and two pairs of ventral apical spurs. Posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite with a pair of inconspicuous tubercles. Cercus simple, basal half stout, with a ridge along inner surface, apical half strongly curved upwards and inwards, apex slightly inflated, rounded. Subgenital plate nearly trapezoidal, long equal to wide, apical area with quadrate area slightly concave dorsally, posterior margin slightly projected. Styli short, apices obtusely rounded, inserted on lateral margins of subapical area of subgenital plate.

Female. Appearance is similar to male. Posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite split in the centre. Epiproct broad and short, posterior margin rounded. Cercus short conical, apex subacute. Subgenital plate comparatively broad, posterior margin feebly concave. Ventral valvula of ovipositor with a large tooth in subapical area, apex hooked.

Material examined. 3♂ 1♀, Guanyinlinchang , Maiji , Gansu, China, 14 September, 2020, coll. He Shi and Wenjing Li ; 2♂, Baihualinchang , Maiji, Gansu, China, 13 September, 2020, coll. He Shi and Juan Li ; 1♂ 3♀, Yanpinglinchang, Huixian , Gansu, China, 23 September, 2020, coll. Wenjing Li and Lanrui Wang ; 1♂, Zuojialinchang , Xiaolongshan, Gansu, China, 24 September, 2020, coll. Juan Li ; 1♂ 1♀, Tiantaishan , Hantai, Shaanxi, China, 6 October, 2020, coll. He Shi and Lanrui Wang ; 2♀, Zhangliangmiao , Liuba, Shaanxi, China, 2 October, 2020, coll. Juan Li and Lanrui Wang ; 2♀, Hekou , Fengxian, Shaanxi, China, 19 September, 2020, coll. Juan Li and Wenjing Li ; 3♀, Gaoqiaolinchang , Huixian, Shaanxi, China, 20 September, 2020, coll. He Shi and Juan Li ; 2♀, Tangzang , Fengxian, Shaanxi, China, 27 September, 2020, coll. He Shi and Lanrui Wang ; 1♀, Liziyuan , Qinzhou, Shaanxi, China, 18 September, 2020, coll. Juan Li and Lanrui Wang.

Distribution. China (Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Hubei).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Microconema clavata (Uvarov, 1933): A–B, G–H. head and pronotum: A, G. dorsal view; B, H. lateral view; C–F. apex of abdomen: C, ventral view; D, F. dorsal view; E. apico-lateral view; I. subgenital plate; J. apical area of ovipositor in lateral view; K. ovipositor in lateral view. A–C, E–F. male; D, G–K. female (The specimens were collected from Gansu province deposited in 75% alcohol).