Phlugiolopsis circolobosis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013

Zheng, Mengjia, Shi, Fuming & Chang, Yanlin, 2023, Two new species of the genus Phlugiolopsis (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) and the male description of Phlugiolopsis circolobosis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013 from Yunnan, China, Zootaxa 5296 (1), pp. 67-74 : 71-73

Phlugiolopsis circolobosis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013

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Phlugiolopsis circolobosis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013 . Zootaxa, 3701: 163.

Type specimen: female; type locality: Daweishan, Pingbian, Yunnan, China; location of type specimen: Museum of Hebei University .

Supplementary description. Male. Body small. Fastigium verticis conical, apex rounded, furrowed dorsally. Eyes nearly globular, slightly protruding forward. Apical segment and subapical one of maxillary palpus subequal in length, apex slightly inflated.

Pronotum slightly elongate backwards, anterior margin slightly prominent, posterior margin rounded; lateral lobe longer than high, humeral sinus absent. Most parts of tegmina concealed beneath pronotum, apices not surpassing posterior margin of pronotum, apices rounded; hind wings absent.

All femora unarmed ventrally. Fore coxa with 1 spine; fore tibia with 5 spines on inner margin and 6 spines on outer margin of ventral surface; tibial tympana open on both sides, long oval. Middle tibia with 4 spines on inner side and 5 spines on outer side of ventral surface. Hind femur with genicular lobes apically rounded; hind tibia with 24–28 spines on both sides of dorsal surface separately, with 1 pair of dorsal apical spurs and 2 pairs of ventral apical spurs.

Tenth abdominal tergite lightly concave in posterior margin. Cercus robust at base, gradually narrowing, apex acute; dorsal surface with a long and narrow lamellar process at base ( Fig. 3C ), apical area slightly curved ventrad, tip rounded; ventral surface with a digital process near base ( Fig. 3E ), apical half slightly curved forward, apex rounded. Basal area of subgenital plate broad, which split in the midline, lateral margins subparallel, posterior margin protruding backwards; styli long on ventral surface of subapex of subgenital plate.

Female. Posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite split. Subgenital plate slightly concave at base, lateral margins slightly expanded in basal half, moderately curved dorsad, medial carina distinct in apical half, posterior margin concave, the lateral lobes with apices rounded.

Coloration. Body yellowish brown. Eyes brown. Dorsum of head with 4 longitudinal dark brown stripes. Scape and pedicel brown, lamellar uplift on internal margin of antennal socket blackish brown, flagellum with sparse annulate black stripes. Pronotal disc with a broad longitudinal brown stripe, posterior half slightly expanded, outer margins dark brown. With pinniform brown stripes on outer surface of hind femur, genicular lobes black. Tibial spines brown. Trasi blackish brown. Abdomen dark brown.

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, Daweishan, Pingbian, Yunnan, 24 August, 1990, coll. Xiaohong Ou. Other specimens: 9♁ 13♀, Daweishan, Pingbian, Yunnan, 8 August , 2021, coll. Qi Guo and Yanhao Duan ; 3♀, Daweishan, Pingbian, Yunnan, 19 July , 2022, coll. Hao Xu, Qi Guo and Mengjia Zheng ; 1♁ 1♀, Daweishan, Pingbian, Yunnan, 20 July , 2022, coll. Hao Xu, Qi Guo and Mengjia Zheng ; 1♁ 2♀, Daweishan, Pingbian, Yunnan, 23 July , 2022, coll. Hao Xu, Qi Guo and Mengjia Zheng ; 1♁ 2♀, Daweishan, Pingbian, Yunnan, 24 July , 2022, coll. Hao Xu, Qi Guo and Mengjia Zheng ; 1♀, Gula, Funing, Yunnan, 19 July , 2021, coll. Qi Guo and Yanhao Duan ; 1♁ 1♀, Xiaojie, Wenshan, Yunnan, 23 July , 2021, coll. Qi Guo and Yanhao Duan ; 1♀, Gulinqing, Maguan, Yunnan, 1 August , 2022, coll. Hao Xu, Qi Guo and Mengjia Zheng.

Measurements (mm). Body: ♁5.2–7.6, ♀ 9.2–10.2; pronotum: ♁3.2–3.6, ♀ 3.3–3.6; tegmen: ♁1.1–1.3, ♀ 1.4– 1.6; hind femur: ♁8.5–9, ♀ 8.7–9.3; ovipositor: 6.3–6.7.

Discussion. The species Phlugiolopsis circolobosis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013 was described from a single female. We collected members of both sexes of this species from type locality and adjacent localities in recent years. In this paper the male is described for the first time.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Phlugiolopsis circolobosis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013., male: A–B. head and pronotum: A. dorsal view; B. lateral view; C–F. apex of abdomen: C. dorsal view; D. dorso-apical view; E. ventral view; F. subgenital plate in ventral view; female: G–H. head and pronotum: G. dorsal view; H. lateral view; I. ovipositor in lateral view; J. apex of ovipositor in lateral view; K. subgenital plate in ventral view.