Neolarnaca Gorochov, 2004 New

Xun Bian & Fuming Shi, 2016, Review of the genus Neolarnaca Gorochov, 2005 (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae) from China, Zoological Systematics 41 (2), pp. 227-230 : 227-228

Neolarnaca Gorochov, 2004 New record to China

Neolarnaca Gorochov, 2004: 913 . Type species: Neolarnaca vera Gorochov, 2004 , by original designation.

Generic diagnosis. Body medium-sized. Fastigium verticis broad, about 1.5–1.8 times the width of scape. Occiput smooth. Antennal scape elongated. Eyes prominent; ocelli small, nearly circular. Pronotum black, with anterior margin slightly projected medially, posterior margin nearly straight; lateral lobes longer than height with ventral margin oblique, without humeral sinus. Fore coxae with 1 small spine. Fore and median femora unarmed spine on ventral surface; hind femora armed with small ventral spines, genicular lobes with apices obtuse. Fore and median tibiae with 4 pairs of ventral spurs and 1 pair of ventral apical spurs, the apices of median tibiae with 1 inner dorsal spur; hind tibiae with 1 row of dorsal spines, 1 pair of dorsal apical spurs, 1 pair of ventral subapical spurs and 2 pairs of ventral apical spurs. Abdominal stridulatory teeth very sparse, appearing as a single row on the second abdominal tergite, which a widely spaced, and as double rows parallelly distributed on third abdominal tergite. Tegmina well developed, longer than pronotum, reaching apex of abdomen. Male ninth abdominal tergite densely bearing hairs, with 1 pair of long spines, which downwards and forwards pointing; integument of ninth abdominal tergite nearly membranous; tenth abdominal tergite short, membranous; urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:56A53B5D-F983-4E63-B7DF-25D91DD68AAA Received 29 September 2015, accepted 3 April 2016 Executive editor: Fuqiang Chen

227 subgenital plate simple with developed styli. Female larger than male in size, subgenital plate with membranous basal area and slightly sclerotized at the middle; ovipositor short, strongly upcurved, hook-shaped.

Up to now, only one species of the genus is known from Vietnam (Tam Dao Vill., Vinh Phu Prov.; Gorochov, 2004; Eades et al., 2015). It’s mainly distributed in primary forest, at elevation of 800–900 meters. A new species and a new subspecies of the genus are described herein.

Distribution. China, Vietnam.