Aphlugiolopsis punctipennis Wang, Liu, Li

Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2015, New taxa of Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Guangxi, China, Zootaxa 3941 (4), pp. 509-541 : 511-517

Aphlugiolopsis punctipennis Wang, Liu, Li sp. nov.

( Figs. 9–16 )

Holotype ♂, Paratype 16♂ 1♀, Daming Mountain, Wuming County, Guangxi province, alt. 1250 m, 2013. VII.19–25, leg. LIU Xian-Wei et al. .

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Description. Male. Body small sized among this tribe. Conical rostrum of vertex of which apex obtuse shallowly furrowed on dorsum, with subcircular and prominent compound eyes and almost of equal lengths last two segments of maxillary palp. Pronotum elongate but low in profile, metazona longer than prozona, humeral sinus weak. Thoracic auditory spiracle fully exposed. Tegmina extending to abdominal terminal and longer than wings. Each femur unarmed, fore tibiae with inner and outer ventral spines of type 4, 5 (1, 1); 6 outer and 5 inner ventral spines on each ventral margin of mid tibia, hind tibiae with 23–26 teeth and 1 pair of apical spurs on the each margin of dorsal surface, ventral surface with 2 pairs of apical spurs. 10th abdominal tergite with rounded hind margin, middle little concave ( Fig. 12 ); cerci with 2 branches, upper one shorter than lower one and bearing a ventral lobe. Subgenital plate long and narrow, with narrowly rounded apex, styli placed at subapical part of subgenital plate ( Fig. 14 ). Genitalia entirely sclerotized, notched at apex and dorsal surface with a median keel.

Female. Generally similar to male. Prozona and metazona about equilong. Cerci short and small. Subgenital plate with almost parallel lateral margins, hind margin triangular and obtuse at apex ( Fig. 15 ). Ovipositor long with a small ventral apical hook.

Coloration. Brownish with sparse dark rings of antennae, darkish brown lateral stripes of pronotal disc, darkish spots of tegmina, brownish rings of fore and middle legs, keen of hind legs darkened.

Measurements. Lengths in millimeter: body ♂6.0–6.5, ♀6.0; pronotum ♂4.5–4.6, ♀4.6; tegmina ♂5.5–5.6, ♀6.0; hind femora ♂8.5–8.6, ♀8.6; ovipositor ♀7.2.

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to darkish spots of tegmina, from Latin ‘punctatus’ and ‘penna’. The gender of the epithet is feminine.

Distribution. Guangxi (Daming Mountain).

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Figures

FIGURES 9 – 16. Aphlugiolopsis punctipennis sp. nov. 9. male in habitat; 10. female in habitat. 11. head and pronotum of male, lateral view; 12 – 14. male abdomen terminal in dorsal view, lateral view and ventral view; 15, 16. female abdomen terminal in ventral view and lateral view.

FIGURES 1 – 8. Sinothaumaspis damingshanicus sp. nov. 1. male in habitat; 2. female in habitat; 3. head, pronotum and tegmina of male, lateral view; 4 – 6. male abdomen terminal in dorsal view, ventral view and lateral view; 7, 8. female abdomen terminal in ventral view and lateral view.